iOS : restarting the Omnis app

[Andy Hilton]

Dan

That sounds like a great idea - could I get a copy of that external ?

Andy

On Dec 15, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Dan Horner wrote:

> Hi Andy,
> 
> If you would like to do this programmatically there is an external that
> Directline Technologies offers that you can use to do to restart the machine
> as well.
> 
> Dan
> 
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Andy Hilton <andyh at totallybrilliant.com>wrote:
> 
>> Ray
>> 
>> Excellent and very informative - thanks for posting that link !
>> 
>> Andy
>> 
>> On Dec 15, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Raymond W. Treß wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi $iPhoners,
>>> 
>>> I published extracts of my EUROMNIS 2010  iOS sessions, may be you'll
>> find the one or other hint :
>>> 
>>> http://www.raymondtress.com/Services/Services/RaysSessions2010.html
>>> 
>>> $regs ray
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Am 15.12.2010 um 16:27 schrieb Andy Hilton:
>>> 
>>>> Also seen how to restart the Omnis app on the device - this *was* in an
>> email from Ben Butler on Nov 29th - I had forgotten about it till now !
>>>> 
>>>> Double clicking the Home button shows all running apps with a red minus
>> symbol that you can use to kill the process - which obviously then allows it
>> to restart cleanly next time you open that app......
>>>> 
>>>> So for Omnis, switching between Design mode and non-Design mode requires
>> the app to restart......
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers Ben !
>>>> 
>>>> Andy
>>>> 
>>>> On Dec 15, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Andy Hilton wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Progress so far :
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have communication going between my iPad simulator and my server -
>> and also between my iPad and my server......
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2 small problems which I currently have :
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1 - currently when I open my 'Omnis' app on the iPad I don't get
>> anything seen - the only way I can currently work is by doing a ctrl-T on my
>> web server app remote form.....I suspect this is to do with my settings
>> somewhere - just not sure where ! Does anyone know how you get a remote form
>> to automatically 'load' when starting the iOS app on the device ?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2 - now we have multi-taskign entering the picture ! If you time out
>> your connection on the iPad there seems to be a problem in reconnecting
>> currently. A message comes up on the device telling you that you are
>> disconnected and to use the home buttton to quit the app. All of which would
>> be fine - except that in the world of multi-tasking iOS - it doesn't quit
>> the Omnis app, so opening it again simply has you in the exact same spot !
>> i.e. disconnected......so the question now is : how do you actually force a
>> restart of the Omnis app on the device ?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am realising that I may not get too many answers as yet so am putting
>> these out as much as a trail for others to follow !!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Oh and another small thing I discovered by accident when trying to get
>> my xcode build on to my iPad :
>>>>> 
>>>>> I was diligently following the manual and created my build app - using
>> the 'Distribution' option as it says to do in the Omnis Whats New 5.1 doc -
>> however I then hit an error in xcode that the executable is signed with
>> invalid entitlements. After a little googling I realised that what this
>> means is that I am currently only signed up to Apple as a development only
>> profile - not with a full distribution profile.....so in this case I have to
>> switch my xcode build to a 'Debug' build - which the Omnis manual says not
>> to do - but it works !
>>>>> 
>>>>> This then probably also explains why the rest of the manual example of
>> using iTunes to sync the 'Omnis' app to the iPad followed the same path
>> (same entitlement error)......but what I did discover - which is a very
>> useful thing - is that if your device is hard wire connected to your mac
>> when you make your build - the build is put straight on to your device as
>> well at the same time - hurrah ! So no need to then sync via iTunes as well
>> - which saves a step....
>>>>> 
>>>>> But hey - I have a remote form working with data passing back and forth
>> so I'm pretty happy so far :)
>>>>> 
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