PhoneGap keep running on Android after onPause
android, background, cordova
Solution
I am late with response. In phonegap there is `KeepRunning` param in `config.xml`
You must add following line to `config.xml`
<platform name="android">
...
<preference name="KeepRunning" value="false" />
It will call `pauseTimers()` and pause all WebViews. `pauseTimers()` is not hidden method and no reflection is needed.
Problem
I decided to test if phonegap WebView is live when app is in a background. ``` function test2(x){ $('<div></div>', {text: x.cmd}).appendTo($('#list')); } $(function(){test2({cmd:"start"});}); function cb_pause(){test2({cmd:"pause"});} function cb_resume(){ test2({cmd:"resume"});} function tick(){test2({cmd:"timer" + timer});timer++;setTimeout(tick, 1000);} document.addEventListener("pause", cb_pause, false); document.addEventListener("resume", cb_resume, false); tick(); ``` It prints `pause` and `resume` on `onPause` and `onResume`. and print `timer0`, `timer1`, etc every second. It was printing even when I left app and started playing game. I know I can and should stop timer in `onPause` but still. It looks wrong. I expected android will freeze WebView. I know background thread will not stop if in background app until it is unloaded. So question is: Is there way to freeze/suspend/unload webview on `onPause` and unfreeze/resume/load on `onResume` When I say load I mean it should be in same state when user left app. When I say freeze, I mean that my code to will pause even when it will continue to call `setTimeout` I guess I expect Android to behave like iOS.