Initiating Background Services BEFORE onTimerStart()

I've tried to "registerForTemporalEvent" in the onStart() AppBase method, and in the DeviceView initialize() method. I get an error (at least in the simulator) about Out of Bounds.

It works fine in the onTimerStart() method. But this is to grab a JSON payload from a WebService and I'd like to try to get that data before the user starts their activity if possible.

There must be a way to do that. I don't know what sequence I'm violating by attempting that in onStart() or even in DeviceView initialize()? Where else can I do this before onTimerStart()?

Thanks!

0 jim_m_58 over 1 year ago

onStart runs for both the main app as well as the background, and with backgrounding there will also be calls of onAppInstall and onAppUpdate, so the background can run up to 3 times right at the start,

Move the registerForTemporalEvents into getInitialView, and it will only run once when the main app starts.

0 DaveBrillhart over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

worked like a charm! Thanks!