Is there any way at all to have a mobile app simply resume rather than restart?

[jonathandlynch at gmail.com]

I don't actually know how to do any of the steps for this - would be easy on a pc. Researching it now.

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> On May 24, 2017, at 4:27 PM, jonathandlynch at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> I read that on the forums, but I defer to Ralph on this.
> 
> I am playing with the hack now.
> 
> I think I could also have a legitimate reason for playing audio - changing the music as a user gets closer to a marker - but that would be a lot of trouble to set up right now.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 24, 2017, at 4:07 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Are you sure?  I'm pretty sure I have at least a couple of apps I built in
>> 8 that still use the hack.
>> 
>> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> It looks like the plist hack is not available in version 8.
>>> 
>>> Choosing background audio works - but that means I need to have a
>>> plausible reason for having background audio or Apple reviewers might ding
>>> the app.
>>> 
>>> What a pain - why not just allow it to work the way other apps work?
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On May 24, 2017, at 3:43 PM, jonathandlynch at gmail.com wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you!
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 24, 2017, at 3:34 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you're referring to ios, look up "plist hack", here.  The only thing
>>> to
>>>>> remember is that for each version of LC, you have to perform the hack,
>>>>> again, until Edinburgh gives us a Standalone Settings option.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode <
>>>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Having to restart the app from scratch sucks. I can store the current
>>>>>> state, but my users would have to wait for the map widget to reload
>>> every
>>>>>> time they came back from another app.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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