[Exit] Button On Mobile Platforms?

JeZxLee

Hi,

When we exit our Godot game on our Android mobile device, it exits but it's still running in the background? We use "get_tree().quit()" to exit on Android devices. We read somewhere on the Internet that [Exit] buttons on mobile are bad and poor platform etiquette?

Should we not show an [Exit] button on mobile platforms? Let us know, thanks!

Jesse www.FallenAngelSoftware.com

JeZxLee

forum is too quiet - great game engine, but not much support?

TwistedTwigleg

@JeZxLee said: forum is too quiet - great game engine, but not much support?

Well, the forums has been having posts daily, so I'm not sure that counts as quiet. Your post likely has not got any replies because no one really knows what to suggest, or simply they missed the post entirely. A single topic does not reflect the forums nor Godot engine support. Finally, remember that the forums is just one of many Godot communities, and the forums are entirely community run and supported.

To address the OP: I say it depends, but on a whole most games avoid having a exit button because on mobile platforms (iOS and Android), you can just leave the app it and it will be kept in memory. If you want to exit the app, you just leave the app and dismiss it, which kills the app's execution, just like an exit button. For this reason, using an exit button is generally not needed on mobile platforms, as everyone is used to just using the OS to exit and terminate the process.