Just a question about: SAMSUNG Apps

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#21

Hi all,

Sorry for re-opening an old thread but a client of mine has asked me to discover if it is possible to deploy their app to the Samsung market. I replied that it should be possible but they have contact me to let me know it’s been rejected with the following reason. I should note there were two other reasons which have been fixed, but this remains a problem.

“
Lock screen appears after Back key is pressed after Hold Off

1. Turn OFF HOLD mode.


On Hold Off the Lock Screen should display”

“Hold” here seems to mean what I think of as the “power” button. So when the app is running and the device is put “On Hold” then taken “Off Hold” the lock screen should show up. But it doesn’t. I feel like I have no control over this within Corona code, is there any chance I have done something that could affect this or is it a Corona SDK problem?

They are testing on a samsung phone and I have a HTC, I cannot reproduce their problem on my phone at all.

Cheers!
Richard [import]uid: 96471 topic_id: 21112 reply_id: 119560[/import]

#22

Hi,

I would like to have this answered, too - we wanted to start to upload our Corona apps to the Samsung market next week…

Best,
Andreas
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#23

@richard.kroon you should got a video with more detail about the issue… from the review team from samsung… [import]uid: 86417 topic_id: 21112 reply_id: 119582[/import]

#24

I have no idea what they’re talking about. You are going to have to ask them for more details.

I know for a fact that we have customers with apps on the Samsung App Store. I’m not aware of any issues with backing out of a Corona app. It shouldn’t work any different than any other Android app. Perhaps you are overriding the Back key event and it’s doing something that the app reviewer didn’t expect? That’s the only thing that I can think of. [import]uid: 32256 topic_id: 21112 reply_id: 119660[/import]

#25

Hi Joshua and Martin,

They did send a video and it was quite clear what the problem is, perhaps I explained it poorly as it has nothing to do with the “back” button really.

(for the purposes of this explanation I will call the button that makes the screen go dark the “hold” button, if this isn’t the correct nomenclature then please let me know)

The expected behaviour is as follows:

  1. Open Application
  2. Push Hold, Screen goes blank
  3. Push Hold, Phone shows lock screen
  4. Slide lock screen out of the way
  5. Resume app use as normal

Actual behaviour (On Samsung phones)

  1. Open Application
  2. Push Hold, Screen goes blank
  3. Push Hold, Phone shows app
  4. Push back button, phone shows lock screen
  5. Slide lock screen out of the way
  6. Resume app use as normal

I have no behaviour coded for the back button at the time of submission, I will be adding some as it needs to also exit the app on pushing the back button from the main screen.

The behaviour it exhibits on the video makes no sense to me. I can make the video available to Joshua if it will help understand the problem?

Cheers,
Richard

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#26

i think they want for the back button a menu like exit or not… if you touch it.

it was for my app so… there are some guidelines from goggle also how the back button in a app should work. I think this has sometime to do with that respond from them.

Because you cant get feature if the back button has not the right behaviour ;( [import]uid: 86417 topic_id: 21112 reply_id: 119714[/import]

#27

This still doesn’t make any sense to me. An Android app can’t control the lock screen. I’ve never seen an Android app appear when pressing the power button… it always goes to the lock screen first. Honestly, I’m baffled by this. Or perhaps the description is confusing.

Can you post a video of this behavior? If you don’t want to do so publicly here, then you can do so by clicking the “Report a Bug” link at the top of this web page. You should mention my name and this forum post so that our tech-support people will know to contact me. Thanks! [import]uid: 32256 topic_id: 21112 reply_id: 119785[/import]