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Use same App on 2 diffrent phones, and use same session?

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If I have one app, that uses global variable to save and write out data to screens.

 

And open that app on one phone, and do stuff in the app like save a timestamp or so.

 

Can I then be able to open that app in a second phone and take part of what the first phone do and the resault of what the first phone do in the app?

 

Example.

Phone one use the app and press a button on a timer so the timer starts, and later phone one change a value in a input from 0 to 100.

And then phone one press a button to get to second screen in the app, and on the second screen the timer is visible and the input changes that we made on first screen are visible via global variables.

 

Is it then possible to open the same app on phone two, and then take part and be on the same screen as phone one is? And see the input  changes that phone one did and see them on phone 2.

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    Drrickryp Profile Picture
    Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @JCB02 

    A global variable is like a snapshot created on one phone that will be used on that phone in all of the screens until it is reset or the session ends.  It will not carry over to another phone.  That one will have its own global variable set at a single point in time. 

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    3,458 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @JCB02 variables are per session/instance of the app. So unfortunately this is not possible. You would need to store the data in some datasource like sharepoint and build your logic based on that.

     

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    79 on at

    Thanks for the answers

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    79 on at

    Is it possible to be able to sync a timer that are in the app so if I start the app one phone one.

    And start a timer, and then open the app on phone 2, be able to see that timer that started on phone 1?

     

    How to store that kind of data and make it so phone 2 can read the timer on phone 1?

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    3,458 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @JCB02 no, it is not possible to sync a timer between different app sessions.

     

    What would you like to achieve? Could you provide some more details about your requirement?

     

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