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Action Script code to restart air app at regular time intervals

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May 27, 2013
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I am hoping someone more versed in action script 3 for air can help me!

I have an app, which I am planning to display on the ipad at an exhibition. Would I be able to add some code to the action script,
which will restart the app after a certain amount of time (say 5 minutes) if it has not been interacted with i.e. the screen has not been touched?

I would be very grateful if someone could help me with this

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Correct answer kglad

you can call a function when the idle time is 5 minutes and in that function reset whatever is appropriate for your app:

var fiveMin:int = 5*60*1000;

var timer:Timer=new Timer(fiveMin,0);

timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,resetAppF);

timer.start();

this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, resetTimerF);

function resetTimerF(e:MouseEvent):void{

timer.reset();

timer.start();

}

function resetAppF(e:TimerEvent):void{

// do whatever to reset your app

}

kglad

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you can call a function when the idle time is 5 minutes and in that function reset whatever is appropriate for your app:

var fiveMin:int = 5*60*1000;

var timer:Timer=new Timer(fiveMin,0);

timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,resetAppF);

timer.start();

this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, resetTimerF);

function resetTimerF(e:MouseEvent):void{

timer.reset();

timer.start();

}

function resetAppF(e:TimerEvent):void{

// do whatever to reset your app

}

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Anonymous

Aha! thank you, thank you! If I have boolean variables, will I need to call the to be reset?

kglad

Community Expert

yes, you should reset everything so it has the value at your app's start. that's easiest done by initializing/declaring your variable types outside a function body and then assigning their initial values inside a function body.

you can then assign the initial values when your app starts and when you want to reset by calling that function:

var i1:int;

var b1:Boolean;

var a1:Array;

var mc1:MovieClip;

function intializeValues():void{

i1=0;

b1=false;

a1=[];

mc1=new MovieClip();

}

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