Pause application when set to background and resume when set to foreground

[sonaatti]

Hi, I've built a html app using the html5application template in Qt creator, however. It did not pass the QA cause the app is not paused when the app goes into the background and resumed when it goes to the foreground again. I guess the MeeGo multitasking is better than Nokia wants it to be...

Is there a way to simply pause / resume the entire app and what events should I be listening for when app goes into background/foreground ? Thanks.

[izinin]

Hi

implement in html5viewer detecting the application goes to background / foreground then handle the detection result appropriately in your app --- check this on how to communicate with JScript by using QWebFrame::evaluateJavaScript

You cannot pause / resume the whole app.

[mvuori]

You can't pause an app, but you can put it to idle... Here is an evenhandler as a member of the main window:

bool MyAppMainWindow::eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *event)
{
if (event->type() == QEvent::ApplicationDeactivate) {
QThread *this_thread = QThread::currentThread();
this_thread->setPriority(QThread::IdlePriority);
return true; // The event is handled
}
if (event->type() == QEvent::ApplicationActivate) {
QThread *this_thread = QThread::currentThread();
this_thread->setPriority(QThread::NormalPriority);
return true;
}
return QObject::eventFilter(obj, event);
}

[izinin]

Hi

So what is the point in change a thread priority? You need to pause the whole process. That won't work , i think. There is no other easy way as to handle go-to-background/foreground events in html code.

That is definitely trouble in html use

Implement the application exit when it goes on background --- maybe it will not affect users much.

Regards,
Igor