So, we just recently started having a few projects kicked back to us from Amazon, with the reason being that the back button exits the app instead of doing “what’s intended.” I don’t think we’ve had to worry about this kind of thing before. Is this some new thing for Amazon apps, that we have to implement the back button for all apps now?
I don’t now how Amazon feels about exiting apps in general. In the iOS world apps that exit are believed to have crashed and Apple rejects apps that exit for the purpose of exiting. However in the general Android world, it’s about 50/50 on apps exiting or hanging around for multi-tasking.
But what is normal is for the back button to go back. Then if you are at the main menu, hitting back again should exit, tough you might want to popup an alert asking the user if they are sure they want to close the app.
Rob
Hi. I recently gave some feedback in another related thread:
https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/70345-event-key-back-and-composer/
You’ll see a ways down in that thread where I posted some code and examples. You may find this helpful if you need to re-work your app(s).
I don’t now how Amazon feels about exiting apps in general. In the iOS world apps that exit are believed to have crashed and Apple rejects apps that exit for the purpose of exiting. However in the general Android world, it’s about 50/50 on apps exiting or hanging around for multi-tasking.
But what is normal is for the back button to go back. Then if you are at the main menu, hitting back again should exit, tough you might want to popup an alert asking the user if they are sure they want to close the app.
Rob
Hi. I recently gave some feedback in another related thread:
https://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/70345-event-key-back-and-composer/
You’ll see a ways down in that thread where I posted some code and examples. You may find this helpful if you need to re-work your app(s).