iPhone app startup

Question

How do I make my iPhone app start at the same place each time, i.e. my 'home' screen? I do NOT want the user to return to where they were last time they played - right in the middle of gameplay - but that's what's happening. Thanks in advance for any tips!

Answer 1

You need to set the UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend key in your info.plist file to YES. Then the app will quit when the home button is pressed, and launch fresh when it is opened again.

Answer 2

This is presumably only happening because your app isn't really being stopped - it's simply being backgrounded. (If you double click the home button whilst viewing springboard does it show up at the bottom? If so, it's still running.)

You can disable this behaviour (so your app quits when the user hits the home button) by setting the UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend key (known as "Application does not run in background" within Xcode) in your info.plist file. See Apple's Information Property List Key Reference docs for more information.

Alternatively, you could simply capture the applicationDidEnterBackground: UIApplicationDelegate method in your app's add delegate and handle the situation from there programatically. (i.e.: Do whatever you need to do to reset your app back to the 'home' screen, etc.)