Multi-Tasking/Background Audio - Is It Possible?

IllumiProj

I currently have a project built in Unity that creates procedural music by using scripting to trigger small individual sound effects. In other words, I'm not just playing a background/looping mp3 file, but am instead using the sound effect pipeline to trigger individual sounds via delays and scripting.

Unity currently doesn't let you keep sound/music going when the app is in the background, so I'm investigating other solutions. I've used GameSalad before, but it's been about a year, so I'm not up to date on how GameSalad's mult-tasking works.

Is it possible to keep sound effects and game logic going while the app is in the background, or is GameSalad's mult-tasking limited to suspend/resume behaviors like Unity's?

Thanks in advance for any help here!

tenrdrmer

In iOS no it all shuts down when the app is closed. I have noticed on android build the music will continue when the device is asleep although as soon as you close the app out it it shuts off as well.

IllumiProj

Ugh. Anyone know if there are any plans to change this behavior?

tenrdrmer

It's an apple thing. You have to look and see f apple allows it . Has nothing to do with game salad. Now that I think of it I know of apps that have had it added so it may just be a matter of actuvating it properly in iTunes connect when updating.