reopen app from background iOS 7 and 8 / multitask

[Ralph DiMola]

I have used the plist hack for 3 years now. I know there are some threading
issues with LC and the plist hack IS NOT supported or recommended by RunRev.
That being said I have had no problems/customer complaints or trouble
getting the app approved by Apple. My apps are a DB based applications and
there are no messages in the path or timers active when the user leaves the
app. It works for me but your mileage may vary.

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net


-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of Mark Talluto
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 6:30 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Subject: Re: reopen app from background iOS 7 and 8 / multitask

On Nov 24, 2014, at 2:06 PM, Alain Vezina <alain.vezina at logilangue.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Does anybody knows if it is possible to go back to an app that was pushed
in the background by using the home button on iPad without the app reopens
with the splash screen but showing the state it was before pushed back?


Hi Alain,

You can do this by storing the state when the app closes or at various
points in your app usage.  It is not a perfect solution in that the app
truly does re-open again. All your variable data will be lost.  Storing the
state of your app and then bringing that state back upon restart of the
software is the best thing we have going at this time.

We used this technique to good effect in the LiveEvents app.  It is used
when the user needs to validate their email. Upon returning from the email
program, the mobile app returns the user to the exact same spot.

You can give this a try in the actual app from here:
http://livecloud.io/runrevlive-14-conference-app/
You can download the source code to the app here:
http://livecloud.io/live-events-source/


Best regards,

Mark Talluto
livecloud.io
canelasoftware.com

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