Hi!
PlayFab in InitializeHttp() set Application.runInBackground to true.
And never set it to false.
I don't want my game to work in background.
What should I do?
Can I write Application.runInBackground = false when I get response from server and than when I send response set to true again?
Yes, you can change this, but you will experience some subtle changes in functionality.
First, our code is open source, so you can simply comment out that line in our code, or change that line to " = false". You can also set it yourself in your own code, though, you'll have to be careful about timing. I'll see if I can make a small tweak to the next publish to make this a bit simpler for you.
Second, the reason our code forces runInBackground to true is that your API calls take time, and if the user drops focus in the middle of an API call, that API call will appear to fail. But, the PlayFab server will have done all the work, and so the error you get won't match reality.
SO, you'll have to code your game with the expectation that every API call could succeed, and report failure. It will be rare obviously, but it becomes likely to happen whenever the app loses focus.
So if I set runInBackground = true when I make API call and set runInBackground = false in callback all would work fine, yeah?
Wow, that's...
Maybe? That's beyond my expertise. You'd have to ask Unity what happens if you toggle that on and off all the time.
Best case it might work as expected, worst case it will just be mostly/always on, or mostly/always off, which... is worth experimenting with at any rate.
Please contact Unity about that one and let us know how it turns out. I might integrate something like that into the SDK itself if Unity doesn't warn you away from it.
I have been told by a coworker that it's probably irrelevant.
https://forum.unity.com/threads/application-runinbackground-is-not-working-on-android.117723/
That flag does nothing for phone devices. It only applies to web and pc.
So now I just doing WebGL version of my game for play in browser on pc.
Aha, ok. Then we're back to the suggestion of "try it and see what happens".
Good luck!
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