textfields iOS not updated when the XML allready is updated

[multitalented_Captain16E5]

Hi,

I am testing an app for iOS and later on also for Android. I am using an XML from PHP with and also without a MySQL database.

In one case I only use the current date to be published in the app in a textfield. Problem is that to get all ML connected textfields updated even when the XML allready is updated I have to completely restart the iPod Touch which I use to test on. Is there a way that the user is able to push a button to manually update the app without closing down the device? In addition, is there away that the app automaticaly refreshes its content?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[kglad]

what happens that updates your textfield when your app starts and that does not happen when you try to manually update?

[multitalented_Captain16E5]

Thanks for responding. I don't understand what you mean but it might be a good idea to see what happens if (if possible) I import the xml when hitting a button. At this moment the code is executed when the app starts. It seems that the external-xml is stored in memory until the device is restarted. Which is not allways a disadvantage.

Thanks for bringing up idea of it that what you meant.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

i don't understand your issue.

but, if you're trying to reload your xml and it's being retrieved from a cache, you can prevent that by appending a changing query string to the url. for example, instead of:

var url:URLRequest=new URLRequest("php/getXML.php");

use:

var url:URLRequest=new URLRequest("php/getXML.php?rannum="+Math.random());

[multitalented_Captain16E5]

Thanks a lot. I will try that out.

[kglad]

sounds good.

[multitalented_Captain16E5]

Took me some time to find out why I didn't succeed.

I finally succeeded in the way kglad suggested.

Problem was that when you close the app and later on open it the information for example a date/time through php/xml doesnot change.

That is untill you click something.

So  my test with just the date didnot seem to change anything.

But when I hit a button to another frame and send it back

The date/time are updated.

Thanks kglad for pointing me in the right direction.

[kglad]

you're welcome.