Keeping app active while phone sleeps?

[ctflatt]

Good morning, everyone!

I have been working on an app that is basically a timer/calorie counter, with which Bernd has helped immensely.

Is it possible to have an app still active (ie. timers running/alarms firing) if the phone has gone to sleep?

The app I'm working on requires at least 15 minutes of the phone being "on." After those 15 minutes, an alarm sound plays, prompting the user to reset the timer. The problem I am running into is that the phone "sleeps" after 1 minute, and it appears that the timer stops and doesn't restart until the phone is "on" and active again.

I didn't expect this, as the iOS Simulator never "sleeps."

Any suggestions?

:Todd

[bn]

Hi Todd,

look at "Idle Timer configuration" in the release notes. As of end of January of this yeare you can disable the going idle and stopping the app.

Kind regards

Bernd

[ctflatt]

Thanks Bernd.

I'll have a look!

:Todd

[bn]

Todd,

if you want the app to go on with the timers while it is "in the background" this will not work yet. Livecode iOS apps don't support "background mode" yet. So you will have to keep the app "awake"

Kind regards

Bernd

[hliljegren]

The background task is limited to 10 minutes to most applications so it won't be an alternative even when LC supports it.