Handle mobile device's lifecycle w/ C2

Good Evening Gentlemen,

I am eager to know if there is any way to handle lifecycle events on mobile devices? I.e. I want my game to save the player's progress when my app is minimized on android or iOS devices. Are there any common practices to achieve that?

When coding a native app for Android (as an example) you can always respond to onPause() or onStop()-Events and put all your data- or game-saving-code in there. Is there any system-event or something that is triggered when the app is minimized or "short-to-be-terminated"?

Are there any other common saving-procedures that the dedicated C2-user should use?

Regards,

Chris

Hi again. No ideas? I was thinking about regularly saving my game in fixed time intervals or game events. But both options do not really suit the style of my game... Any ideas?

You would need to look at cocoonjs or appmobi objects to see what device options are supported. You should also look at web storage for saving data between plays, etc...

The Browser object's 'On suspended' and 'On resumed' are the right triggers for this. You could do something like write to WebStorage in 'On suspended'.

Hi BluePhaze and Ashley,

thanks a lot for your responses. As far as I can see, the CocoonJS and Appmobi objects do not support those triggers.

Ashley: That's great news. However, doesn't the CocoonJS-Tutorial state that Construct 2's "Browser-Object" is not being supported?

Chris

EDIT: Oh I see. The Tut states that "Most features of the Browser object are not supported." - Is there a list out there that says which features are supported and which are not?

These triggers are supported on all platforms. I think they're pretty much the only Browser object features that work in CocoonJS and directCanvas.

Thanks a lot, Ashley!