iOS Games closes when multitasking

[CutControl]

Hello. I have this problem:

I made a game for the iPad with ~110mb RAM footprint.

• I launch the game
• Switch into another application, say safari with tabs opened or a different game
• Switch back to my game
• The game restart as if just first started it

My guess: IOS runs out of ram and forces my game to close in the background.

Question: Is there something that can be done about it? Any help is greatly appreciated.

ps I tried google, but couldnt get the right key words

 

[jnoxx]

Save the state, but remove the used resources, and force a PAUSED screen on it when you come back, and load the sources back in when they press resume, just a wild guess..

 

[CutControl]

Save the state, but remove the used resources, and force a PAUSED screen on it when you come back, and load the sources back in when they press resume, just a wild guess..

Not a bad idea. I will consider that for a future project. TYVM
But this one has to be released real soon.
I was mostly wondering if this is normal for ios or not.
Tried Cut the Rope and some others and found that they can be unloaded like this too. So I guess I'll have to leave like this and work on ram footprint.

 

[dejo]

So I guess I'll have to leave like this and work on ram footprint.

I think you're better off putting your efforts into saving the state of your app.

 

[robbieduncan]

I think you're better off putting your efforts into saving the state of your app.

I absolutely agree. Unless an apps RAM footprint is zero bytes iOS might remove it from memory.

 

[CutControl]

I think you're better off putting your efforts into saving the state of your app.

Well yeah, that too
Thanks guys. Somehow I never thought of save states.