iPhone simulator and applicationWillTerminate()

Question

When my app is run in the iPhone simulator, the delegate method

- (void)applicationWillTerminate:(UIApplication *)application

is only called the first time I hit the iPhone simulator's home button.

After the home button is pressed and the app is launched again, hitting the home button does not call the delegate method.

What is going on here? Am I misunderstanding something fundamental?

Answer 1

I suspect this is one of the many areas where the iPhone simulator does not match a real device.

Answer 2

I suspect that it is being called, but that you are getting confused because after you hit the Home button in the Simulator, you've ended the current session in Xcode. You probably have an NSLog in your applicationWillTerminate: method, yes? Once you hit the Home button, NSLogs no longer show up in Xcode's run console. If you open /Applications/Console.app I expect they'll show up there.

Answer 3

My question to Kevin is how did the log appear on the Xcode console the first time?

Answer 4

@Kevin

/Applications/Console.app ??? What is this?