Game restarts when switch to another App/Game

[YummyV]

Iam using Unreal Engine 4 to create a game. The game runs fine on phones but for some reason when I switch to another App/Game and go back to the game Iam developing it always restarts (does not pause). Locking the screen works fine.

Any ideas if this is a phone setting or something I have to figure out inside the game engine? I have tried with developer mode on/off.

Thanks

 

[mikedt]

Have you tried restarting your phone or tablet, to see if that clears the problem ?

 

[codesplice]

It's likely that the OS is suspending your app when it's in the background. Maybe consider caching the current state to storage when your app loses focus? That would allow you to pick up where you left off.

https://developer.android.com/guide/components/activities/activity-lifecycle

Note: I'm not a developer so I can't actually help you implement this.