Audio plays on when I hit the Android home key..

lbc4ever

Anyone else seeing this?
Game works fine on my eee pad and my s2. All quits fine if I hit the back key but plays on regardless if I hit the home key and return to my devices home screen. Wierd. Anyone got any ideas?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Turn off run to completion on all your sound files.

ericdg123

@ibc4ever This is a bug. Turning off run to complete does not help. It happens when you have a looping audio file. It is currently preventing me from releasing 5 games to amazon and barnes and noble. The workarounds I have used in some of my other apps are to use music files instead of audio when possible and instead of looping use a timer to repeat the sound if its possible in your app.

I have contacted them about this, but it may help if you contact the help desk too.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Okay here is the other work around, loop your sounds with a timer instead for the loop check box. I did it for my loops and it works!

ericdg123

Yeah, I mentioned that above and that is what I did on some of my apps. I have 5 of my top selling apps that use a looped audio file and changes the pitch on the fly so I've been unable to find a workaround that works for those apps.

lbc4ever

Got it guys... Use a timer. Brilliant.

Thanks for the advice, I'm off to make some adjustments...

lbc4ever.

RacetotheMoon

I've just been bitten by this as well, by way of a rejected app from BN.

Jury rigging it is all fine and dandy.. but is this something that's on the list to be fixed?

tenrdrmer

this issue was supposed to be fixed in 0.9.90 I have not checked the Public Release but I do know for a fact I did not have this issue on my sous-chef build of 0.9.90

Make sure you are up to date and if it still doesn't work Report through the feedback/bug reporting link. Let me know if this is still having issues with the latest build. I'll send them a message as well but ultimately they need you to report your issue and send the project so they can investigate.

jonmulcahy

I just had an app I submitted for the nook get rejected for this issue. I swear I built it with the public version of .9.90.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Sent in bug report.

ericdg123

I'm positive it was with .9.90, and I've already reported it and they said they are aware of it. They asked me for a copy of my project, but I told them you can simply make a new project and loop an audio file to test it. It will stop when you loop a music file, but not audio. It will stop when you hit the back button but continue to play when you hit the home button or when your game is suspended due to a phone call.

tenrdrmer

Ah I see…. I was referring to the Music continuing. I did not realize there was also an issue with looping play sound as well.

While I understand you can recreate the issue in a blank project it is probably still a good idea to send your project in. There often can be unknown conflicts with how behaviors interact. Sometimes fixing the issue based only on the blank project could miss other areas there are still similar issues. Being that you have had this issue another way they can ensure your specific issue is fixed is to test there fixes on your specific project file. So while I understand your hesitant to send it in. I would still reccomend you do it.

Cheers
Aaron

lbc4ever

tendrmer,
Can you point me to an address for sending my project to?
Many thanks,

lbc4ever

tenrdrmer

If you scroll to the bottom there is a link that says "Report a Bug"

http://arcade.gamesalad.com/feedback

RacetotheMoon

I'm ready for a new version of GS with this fixed along with the 'Sticky Buttons" and Sound Delay issues fixed.

lbc4ever

Thanks tenrdrmer. It's on it's way.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

We just got our approval from both the android store and Amazon. I might do a video on the sound issues and how I dealt with them as well as using iPhone version for fire and android tablets.