End application

Hi all! :)
Is the "End application" action supported by iOS exporter?
In my game I have an object and the event:
-Left click on Quit
End application

and I had an exception in XCode.
Then I've tried the following event:
-Timer equals to 2"-00
End application

and I had no exceptions, but the game freezed and did not close.

Am I doing something wrong or I just can't use that action with iOS?
Thank you in advanced! :)

No the 'end application' action is not supported. The reason for this is that Apple does not allow applications to close themselves. They must be closed by the user from the task-list on the device or by iOS itself.

Great! Thank you for the answer! :)

You can mimic the end of an app by rendering a full-screen black texture when an app is deactivated and call restart app when is reactivated.

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Originally Posted by BHGames

You can mimic the end of an app by rendering a full-screen black texture when an app is deactivated and call restart app when is reactivated.

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I must be missing something when I tried this? Can you give me the steps on how to do it Please.

There's no need for a quit option, the user just hits the home button and the multi-tasking takes care of everything else. If you want the home button to quit out of the game, just disable 'multi tasking' in the app preferences.

Sorry I disagree, that just gives an unpolished and incomplete look. I have far to many games on my Ipad and Iphone to know that 99% of the games out there restart or give the appearance of starting over when reaccessed from the main screen.

So anyone have the recipe for giving the appearance of starting from frame 1 on reactivation or after a set amount of idol time?

There's event conditions in the iOS object to detect when an app is deactivated and reactivated. You could use one of those in the global event editor to jump back to frame 1.

Yeah, but I would absolutely recommend only restarting when entering the background when in menus etc., imagine how annoying it would be if your user gets a text message and has to lose their progress to read it!

The proper way to end a game can be done in X-Code under info.plist there is a drop down boolean statement you select on or off this setting will cause your app to restart after the Iphone or Ipad menu button is pressed. So no coding needed just select your setting in X-Code and your done

Do you mean the "Application does not run in background" option in info.plist?
I believe it's set to NO by default with an MMF application

Default is "NO" you need to change it to "YES" if you want your game to resume at frame one ie start from the beginning. The game does hold memory space and an active status in IOS until it is killed manually by user (which most user don't do or are aware of. However this will start the game from frame one.