reopen app from background iOS 7 and 8 / multitask

[Gerry]

Ralph is referring to a method that involves changing some settings in a
file in the LiveCode application package. That change stops iOS apps
quitting when they are sent to the background.

It's insane that we have to resort to such hacks but RunRev don't seem
interested in providing a real solution (they don't even answer emails
about it).

Gerry
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 at 3:30 am, Ralph DiMola <rdimola at evergreeninfo.net>
wrote:

> 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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