How to make my app keep running in the bg

Fri Sep 30 11:19:58 EDT 2016

Wow, I thought the background audio setting had been disabled.  cool!

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Ralph DiMola <rdimolad at evergreeninfo.net>
wrote:

> Selecting "background audio" in the iOS settings will keep the app alive
> when focus is lost. This will change the "suspend" plist setting that we
> used to have to hack every time.
>
> Also "disable ATS" will allow the lc browser to access non-https web pages.
>
>
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
>
>
>
> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Mike Kerner <
> MikeKerner at roadrunner.com> </div><div>Date:09/30/2016  10:05  (GMT-05:00)
> </div><div>To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> </div><div>Subject: Re: How to make my app keep running in the bg
> </div><div>
> </div>This is one of those things that is more involved.  You can read up
> on it
> by searching for those terms on the list, but the abreviated version is
> copy livecode out of your applications folder
> right-click and view package contents
> drill down to the engine for the ios devices you are targeting (see the
> discusson on the list for more)
> change the parameter
> close it all back up
> copy LC back into the application folder
>
> You have to do this for each version of LC that you download.
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Earthednet-wp <prothero at earthednet.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Mike,
> > I haven't tried that. I fire up my iOS dev projects rarely enough that my
> > skills with the intricacies are pretty rudimentary. For now, just keeping
> > the app from going to sleep is good enough.
> >
> > Thanks again for your help. The step by step procedure, with your
> comments
> > on several "gotchas" was extremely helpful.
> > Bill
> >
> > William Prothero
> > http://es.earthednet.org
> >
> > > On Sep 30, 2016, at 5:19 AM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > have you tried tweaking the settings.plist, specifically replacing
> > > ${APPLICATION_EXITS_ON_SUSPEND} with <false/>?
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 8:55 PM, William Prothero <
> > prothero at earthednet.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> 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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On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."