No multitasking: iPad iOS switching apps disconnects MC:EE
Hello,
I'm using MC:EE on classroom iPad with iOS 13, newest updates. Is it intended that if I switch from MC:EE to let's say a browser app and back to MC:EE, my game session gets disconnected? Is there a fix in settings allowing more multitasking? It is annoying to connect again with Join Code and all just because the user need to check something in a different app. This is not multitasking as it meant to be.
Same happen when using Apple Classroom, like locking all student iPads from the teacher iPad. In my use case, this is meant to be a pause in the Minecraft class because I need the attention of all students. So I lock the iPads to get full attention from class. But if we want to continue and I unlock all iPad again everyone need to connect again using Join Code which creates extra chaos. This is quite an impediment, and should not happen. Is there a solution to this issue? Thank you
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The only workaround I found in iOS to not get disconnected while switching to another app like the Classroom app or safari is to use Slide Over. Whereas Split View does not work for me with MC:EE.
In Windows or Mac OS switching to other apps is no problem. But in school, if the teacher use an iPad to host multiplayer games, it turns very bad if the teacher switches to necessary apps like Safari or Classroom app since to hole game disconnects kicking all students. So they need to join again with the Join Code. That issue makes the teacher look like a noob!
The Slide Over solution has it's flaws. The Slide Over window is only a portion of the iPad screen. And usability with dragging and sliding accurately can be a pain in the middle of a class. So please, provide a fix to do disconnects only if it is intended. Thank you
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Hello Christoph Peters,
Thanks for posting. Yes switching apps on iPad causes a loss in connectivity. Thank you for sharing the Slide Over workaround.
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