Issue closing modules/browsers in iPhones
April 1, 2016 12:00 AM
I am loving Lectora 16 (16.0.2)...We are aggressively producing mobile modules left and right--the "responsive title" feature is great!! I am in healthcare and our LMS in HealthStream.
The only issue I have run across is getting the browser to close on iPhones. Not having the issue with PC/laptop browsers, nor Androids...
I have it written into Lectora to mark as "complete" in our LMS on completion of the modules--which it does. It is just getting the browser to close.
I have tried separating the command to close from the command to mark-as-complete. I have made a button to click to close it. Just cannot get this to work...On a rare occasion, it will close as designed, but it is so sporadic I am not comfortable rolling this out yet. I hate that only the iPhone is holding up progress here (can you tell I am an Android guy?), but I am at a loss...
I'm not a guru or anything, but am a 5+ year and 3 version user of Lectora and can usually come up with something creative to make things work for me, so I've tried lots of little things...Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Discussion (2)
Apparently after a bit of googling this is a real iOS / Mac issue. Normal javascript code like window.close() wont work.
This might be a workaround that works. I cannot confirm that at the moment however, because i dont have a Mac or iPhone at hand. But give it a try i would say... and let us know if it works.
https://jeffclayton.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/javascript-window-close-method-that-still-works/
Separating the close command from the completion is definitely the right thing to do. Beyond that, I would ask if his LMS/Healthstream launches the course in a new window/new tab.
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