Pausing a Javascript game on incoming call

[eran]

I use game.onPause.add(myPauseFunction) but this does not detect an incoming call.

I'm doing a race game in Phaser and would like to pause the race on incoming call.

any idea how to get this event on Phaser / JS?

[in mono]

If running in a browser, it will most probably lose focus when a call comes.

 

game.onPause.add() will add a callback for when you do pause your game, but won't initiate the pause itself.

 

As for the focus, try something like this:

window.onblur = function() {    console.log("lost focus");    // Pause}

[eran]

Thanks. Tried this with no success ;(

I receive the window.onblur event in my client when pressing the home button in my iPhone, but not when a call is coming in..

It might be that the browser doesn't lose focus, or is there another event worth trying?

[ekeimaja]

I would wrap game with if(game.is.active){ //code here }.

[eran]

thanks. what should the actual syntax be for "game.is.active"?

also, I believe that the game is active, as it doesn't pause.

[ekeimaja]

Try this:

if (this.game.input.activePointer) { }

On me game pauses immediately, when mouse is outside of game area.

[eran]

I tried this, also with no success. Just so we'll be on the same page - does this solution relate to the case of playing on mobile and receiving a call?

[ekeimaja]

Can you show your code, so we can help you better?

[eran]

Sure. I gathered the relevant parts:

This is put in the create: game.onPause.add(pauseGame, game);

pauseGame() - is a global function that does some things and sets - game.paused = true;

 

The onPause is triggered when I minimize the browser on my phone, move tab on my desktop and some other cases - so I managed to get the pauseGame() function working in these case.

The thing is that game.onPause.add(...) is not triggered on receiving the call. I also tried capturing the following events when call is received, using addEventListener() - onpageshow, onpagehide, onblur, onfocus, onfocusin, onfocusout, and more..

 

no success ;(

 

Thank you for the interest and help!!

[pog]

So the update call is still happening while on a phone call?

 

Maybe you can put something in the render function of your game loop. You will need to test if the render function is also being called during the phone call. If the render isn't called for about 5 updates then you're not the active app. 

function update(){    ticks++;    if(ticks > 5){        pause();    }}function render(){    ticks = 0;}

I haven't tested this, just throwing ideas out there

[chongdashu]

Have you tried the Page Visibility API? More specifically, listening for the "visibilitychange" event?

//startSimulation and pauseSimulation defined elsewherefunction handleVisibilityChange() {  if (document.hidden) {    pauseSimulation();  } else  {    startSimulation();  }}document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", handleVisibilityChange, false);

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