HTML: Window becomes null

Lime
#1

Hi,

on chrome mobile the window function of Application.hx returns null if the phone is locked for a while. So the html game works fine, you lock the phone, unlock of some seconds, everything is fine. But if you keep it locked for a while, window will become null. No messages in the log. A timer is still running, but the game freezes.

I have no idea where to start looking, any ideas here?

Thx in advance!

#2

Could it be that this is triggering?

This will cause the window to be removed from the application, because the window is considered closed. It’s strange that a page could dispatch an unload event, then be active again (rather than doing a full reload), but I suppose it is possible. Thank you for your help :slight_smile:

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#3

Yes, it is triggered. I logged the window events and excactly 5 minutes after the phone is locked, the beforeunload event is triggered:

09:07:15.378 HTML5Application.hx:322: handleWindowEvent: blur
09:12:15.564 HTML5Application.hx:322: handleWindowEvent: beforeunload
09:13:20.625 HTML5Application.hx:322: handleWindowEvent: focus

The focus is triggered when i unload the phone again.

I’m not a 100% sure, but i think it worked some time ago without problems. Maybe a new Chrome version changed this.

So what to do now? :slight_smile:

#4

I’m making this change in Lime for now:

I wonder if we should use “load” instead (and if that is not actually dispatched on sleep?) though I think “beforeunload” was used because it was cancelable, and maybe allowed network activity.

Since the application comes back, with the window dead already, I feel like we need to just let it run and not close it for now, unless we’re sure the page is truly dead?

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