How to make my app keep running in the bg

[William Prothero]

Scott:
I think I’ve got it.
 
mobileLockIdleTimer

Best,
Bill

> On Sep 29, 2016, at 5:46 PM, William Prothero <prothero at earthednet.org> wrote:
> 
> Scott:
> I use the native sound player to play the sounds. Actually, what I really want to do is to keep the app in the foreground. I play the audio through my wifi and if it goes to background, the wifi gets disconnected and it’s a real pain. A previous version of this app stayed in the foreground. So, perhaps there is some kind of property that will keep an app in the foreground?
> Bill
>> On Sep 29, 2016, at 5:41 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
>> 
>> AFAIK, you can't do this on iOS for just a timer.  I was told from someone
>> high up in Apple that the phone will automatically end or reset a
>> backgrounded app after roughly 10 minutes or so (at most).  Audio is a
>> different story, because Apple allows music-playing apps to run when
>> backgrounded, but I imagine you'd need to make use of Apple's native music
>> player for this to work.  I'm not sure if the native LC player qualifies
>> -- have you already tried backgrounding an LC app with the native player
>> running?
>> 
>> Don't expect to fool Apple by enabling a non-music-playing app to keep
>> itself active by playing sound.  I was told this story: Apparently several
>> versions back, Facebook came out with a version of their mobile app which
>> included a player that played silence when backgrounded, as a means to
>> keep itself active.  Apple discovered the behavior and slapped Facebook on
>> the wrist, after which Facebook claimed it was a bug that was introduced
>> by mistake.
>> 
>> It's possible the Apple has changed it policy on this over the last year
>> or so, but I doubt it.  Google may be more forgiving with Android.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Scott Rossi
>> Creative Director
>> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/29/16, 5:16 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of William Prothero"
>> <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
>> prothero at earthednet.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Folks:
>>> I have an app that plays sounds and I donąt want the iPhone to stop
>>> playing them when the phone hibernates. I also have a timer that runs and
>>> I donąt want it to stop after a minute or so.
>>> 
>>> So, how can I keep an app up front and running without constantly
>>> touching the screen?
>>> 
>>> I know there is a way to do this, but how?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> William Prothero, Ph.D.
>>> University of California, Santa Barbara, Emeritus
>>> prothero at earthednet.org
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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