Tracking Accelerometer in Background (iOS)?

Conifer_AppsConifer_Apps Member Posts: 100
in Working with GS (Mac)

Is it possible, while either the device is locked or the app is still running in the background on iOS, to measure accelerometer values and then have the app process this values while still running in the background? Thanks.

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  • tatiangtatiang Posts: 11,949
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    Unfortunately, no. It's not just accelerometer values, either. Try anything: have a timer that changes an integer attribute every second and then background the app for 10 seconds and see if the value has changed.

    If the value did change -- and by extension if the accelerometer did work -- it would negate the ability of an app to pause when backgrounded. You'd have to always code in a pause whenever the player decided to press the home button. And since we don't have access to home button events in GS, our apps would be ruined by people complaining that our games don't pause when they switch apps.

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