Multiple Mobile Shutdown Messages?

[Stephen MacLean]

Hi Scott,

There are different notifications sent to an app, one of which is: 
- applicationWillTerminate: Tells the delegate when the app is about to terminate.

Monte’s http://mergext.com/home/mergnotify/ will help you get access to those notifications, although I don’t know for sure if it gets this one.

More info can be found here:

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/UIApplication_Class/#//apple_ref/c/data/UIApplicationWillTerminateNotification

Mike Kerner’s suggestions may also work.

hth,

Steve MacLean


> On Feb 2, 2016, at 3:44 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> I'm wondering if there are different messages sent on mobile (iOS) when an
> app is backgrounded versus when the app is swipe-dismissed (removed from
> the list of backgrounded apps).
> 
> I'm trying to set up a sort of "reset" behavior in an app that allows
> starting from screen 1 instead of starting from the last saved point.  I'm
> saving user settings normally in a on shutDown handler, but I can't figure
> out it there's some way to detect when the app has been "fully closed"
> (removed), so when the user relaunches the app it knows to start fresh
> from screen 1.
> 
> The only thing that comes to mind is a time stamp and setting an arbitrary
> session time threshold, like 10 minutes: if the user relaunches within the
> time limit they go back to where they left off, but if relaunching outside
> the time limit, they start over.  Obviously this isn't ideal as it forces
> a 10 minute wait to really start over.  Is there another message besides
> shutDown that I'm missing?
> 
> I'd prefer not to use a reset button as this is never done on iOS -- when
> apps are removed from the backgrounded apps list, they usually "know" to
> start over.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode