Run Background App, NO Pause

Hi, i need help, when my app is running and the app is minimized or block the phone, the app is paused, and i want the app continue running...

I search a lot on this forum, internet, etc. And i can't found the solution....

Please Help.

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Not sure that is possible, mate.

is it possible, but i don't know how

From the manual - Browser object..

On suspended

On resumed

Triggered when the page's visibility changes, or when a mobile app is going in to the background or foreground. When invisible or in the background the app is suspended: all events stop running and all audio is muted

So it seems the app automatically stops all events..

So it's impossible to keep the app running..

What you could do is use the system time plugin, to detect at what time the app was suspended and use it again on resumed to make the events happen that would have happened during the suspended time..

Ashley has stated this is deliberate behavior. Whether this is still the case, only Ashley could say.

See following posts:

https://www.scirra.com/forum/keep-game-running-in-background_p598652?#p598652

https://www.scirra.com/forum/quot-every-x-sec-quot-not-advancing-when-span-class-posthilit-app-s_p594850?#p594850

I think one reason is that a non-focussed app would continue to draw power from the battery, which is not a good thing.

I need the app continue running, because is a pedometer (with another functions), i need the app count walking steps.

any idea Ashley ??

The answer would lie in how you count the steps in the first place, because the app won't keep running, but maybe there is a way to simulate the app running..

but if the app is in pause is difficult to simulate something like that... because if you calculate with time, you can't know how much time the cellphone move, and how much time stoped in this range of time.

Browsers effectively suspend inactive tabs already, to save battery power. It's not a good idea to try to override that.

How are you planning on accessing pedometer information from HTML5? That's not a hardware feature exposed to Javascript yet as far as I know. This is one of the few things where a native app really may be more appropriate - modern phones have special hardware to measure steps in low-power mode and native tech is better for accessing that.

Browsers effectively suspend inactive tabs already, to save battery power. It's not a good idea to try to override that.

How are you planning on accessing pedometer information from HTML5? That's not a hardware feature exposed to Javascript yet as far as I know. This is one of the few things where a native app really may be more appropriate - modern phones have special hardware to measure steps in low-power mode and native tech is better for accessing that.

don't need to be accurated, but i need to count steps, imagine something like a "virtual pet"... but is neccesary to count steps or the movement in backgroud...

maybe creating an apk with another method and don't with crosswalk ?

Ashley