Preferences have keys as defined in ht.h. These keys can be used to read/write preferences. Preferences are saved in a .json on the disk.
This is much easier to work with than the old presences binary structures as it doesn’t require preference versioning.
In 1dceae4cf0ea47df5ee8ab24ae2fde2644527c43 the in-game mute option was
ignored. This has been undone because players requested a mute sound
button added to options.
If the client is connected to multiplayer when the app is backgrounded,
that connection will be closed. If the app is reopened, a message will
be presented with the user informing them of the disconnection. Single
player games will be paused when entering background and resumed when
entering foreground.
To encourage the use of accounts, new devices should be presented with
the login screen where they can create an account. New users can still
switch to anonymous login if they choose.
- Dictation reliable raises the handleAudioInterrupt notification, so that
is used for disabling / enabling audio
- Siri sometimes doesn't raise the handleAudioInterrupt notification, so
rely on applicationDidBecomeActive / applicationWillResignActive.
- Trial and error showed it is best to destroy and re-create the OS audio
objects when audio is disabled / enabled.
