Hi everybody,

I'm doing some device testing and I have encountered a slight snag. Does anybody know how iOS interprets a 4-finger "application switch" in regards to Corona? Is this considered an EXIT from the application?

Right now, I am using "applicationSuspend" in the system events API to pause my game (i.e. user receives a phone call, game pauses). This works perfectly well, tested and true! But when I switch to another application (think ALT-TAB or Command-Tab on a computer), this "restarts" my game.

So, is this normal? Does an application switch basically constitute an application exit? If so, is there any realistic way to save the current game status in Corona, i.e. pause it using my functioning pause routine AND keep it running in background memory so the user can return to it later? Or, by basic design of mobile devices, is this considered an "application exit" and automatic restart of the game?

Hope this description makes sense... any insight is appreciated!

Brent Sorrentino
Ignis Design

> If so, is there any realistic way to save the current game status
> in Corona, i.e. pause it using my functioning pause routine AND
> keep it running in background memory so the user can return to
> it later? Or, by basic design of mobile devices, is this
> considered an "application exit" and automatic restart of the game?

It's worth noting that an application exit does not have to result in an automatic restart of the game. Just add the following in your build.settings file:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

settings =  {
    [...snip...]
 
    iphone = {
        plist = {
            UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend = false,        
        },
    },
 
}