interactive quiz timer - simple question

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awesome123 Aspiring developer Posts: 132 Reg: Dec 27, 2011 location unknow... 2,320	confirm \| cancel 07/25/13 04:37 AM (12 years ago) interactive quiz timer - simple question hey guys how are you all doing? i've tweaked the interactive quiz plugin and set the timer for 20 seconds per question. everything is fine, all is working great. the problem im having is when i tap the back button the timer doesn't stop counting! it goes in the background and finish the quiz itself. and when it does it fires the quizEnd method and the action sheet pops up automatically even when im outside the quiz! so guys, my question is, how can i stop the timer when the user presses the back button? Title Comments hey guys how are you all doing? i've tweaked the interactive quiz plugin and set the timer for 20 seconds per question. everything is fine, all is working great. the problem im having is when i tap the back button the timer doesn't stop counting! it goes in the background and finish the quiz itself. and when it does it fires the quizEnd method and the action sheet pops up automatically even when im outside the quiz! so guys, my question is, how can i stop the timer when the user presses the back button?

Kittsy buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 2251 Reg: Feb 22, 2012 Liverpool 31,360	07/25/13 05:34 AM (12 years ago) create the method below find what the timer is called -(void)viewwilldisappeare{ [timername invalidate]; } Comments create the method below find what the timer is called -(void)viewwilldisappeare{ [timername invalidate]; }

Kittsy buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 2251 Reg: Feb 22, 2012 Liverpool 31,360	07/25/13 05:35 AM (12 years ago) bare in mind above will not be spelt correctly but start typing the method the gist will appear Comments bare in mind above will not be spelt correctly but start typing the method the gist will appear

awesome123 Aspiring developer Posts: 132 Reg: Dec 27, 2011 location unknow... 2,320	07/25/13 05:40 AM (12 years ago) will test it out! thanks kittsy! Comments will test it out! thanks kittsy!

awesome123 Aspiring developer Posts: 132 Reg: Dec 27, 2011 location unknow... 2,320	07/25/13 06:04 AM (12 years ago) just finished trying and playing with it for a while and it is somehow working the problem im having now is the app crashes when the quiz ends and i click on the quit button from the action sheet it's probably because i'm killing the timer in the quizend method so it's being killed twice when i exit the screen? Comments just finished trying and playing with it for a while and it is somehow working the problem im having now is the app crashes when the quiz ends and i click on the quit button from the action sheet it's probably because i'm killing the timer in the quizend method so it's being killed twice when i exit the screen?

awesome123 Aspiring developer Posts: 132 Reg: Dec 27, 2011 location unknow... 2,320	07/25/13 06:09 AM (12 years ago) i think i fixed the crash issue. i just created a if (quizRunning) statement inside the viewwilldisappear method! Comments i think i fixed the crash issue. i just created a if (quizRunning) statement inside the viewwilldisappear method!

Kittsy buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 2251 Reg: Feb 22, 2012 Liverpool 31,360	07/25/13 06:10 AM (12 years ago) happy days, it's hard to diagnose without having xcode in front of me Comments happy days, it's hard to diagnose without having xcode in front of me

awesome123 Aspiring developer Posts: 132 Reg: Dec 27, 2011 location unknow... 2,320	07/25/13 07:08 AM (12 years ago) yeah :) thanks for the quick response though! really appreciate it! Comments yeah :) thanks for the quick response though! really appreciate it!

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