Brian, Thank you! At least now I have some independent confirmation that this problem has nothing to do with my particular web app. I just wish there was something I could do about it, since my customer will not blame Apple for this problem. My customer will blame me. :-(
Dave On Oct 13, 11:05 am, Brian McMillin <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave - > > OK, here's the poop from my tests. This is iPhone 4 running iOS 4.1(8B117). > > You are quite correct. DECLINE a call and the Web-App is deader than a > doornail. None of the active control work and time has stopped passing. You > must reload the Web-App manually. If you ANSWER the call, when the call ends > your Web-App is automatically reloaded from scratch. > > However ---- > > Do the same tests in Safari, and the DECLINE returns you to where you were, > and > the ANSWER/END also picks up right where you were with no reload. > > This does seem like a real bug in the Web-App handling. Most likely, since > the > Javascript engine is running without the magical protective envelope of Safari > the behavior is not quite what would be desired. > > ----- > > For your convenience, you can play with a page I have under development at > http://wisen.us/timeline/ > > The clocks are quite convenient, since they are synced to the second and do > not > use the abysmal telco network time. Also, on the setup screen there is a > running-time value that lets you see the pause caused by answering a call. > > Hope this helps... > > Brian > > ________________________________ > From: DaveInATL <[email protected]> > To: iPhoneWebDev <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, October 13, 2010 9:41:17 AM > Subject: Re: My web app becomes unresponsive or restarts after an incoming > call > > I cannot believe that nobody knows anything about this. Can you at > least tell me if this is a problem that only I am experiencing? How > does YOUR web app behave when a call comes in and the user declines > it? > > Here is a restatement of the problem: > > After an incoming call is declined, the iPhone web app that I've > developed completely becomes unresponsive. The app is written in HTML, > CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and jQTouch. > > If the call is accepted, then the app restarts after the call ends. > I’ve read that it is normal for iOS to terminate your app when a call > is accepted. (I do not know if the expected behavior is for iOS to > return the user to the iPhone home page or perhaps to kick off the web > app again.) > > I doubt, though, that it is normal for the app to freeze if the call > is declined. > > Does anyone know what to do about this? > > Is there even a way that my web app can know that a call is coming in > and take action accordingly? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iPhoneWebDev" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en.
