Roku Developer Program

[fyb3roptik]

When watching a video I get all of the state changes, however pressing the home button does not fire any state change. This should fire a stop event so that tasks can be run properly before channel exit!

[renojim]

It's been like that for a long time. Pressing Home is like pressing the reset button. You better be prepared for the rug getting pulled out from under you at any moment.

[fyb3roptik]

There should be some sort of "Pressed home run these tasks before exit" like any other OS...

[renojim]

Agreed, but when this behavior first appeared many years ago (it wasn't always that way) any discussion about what should happen fell on deaf ears.

[fyb3roptik · Accepted solution]

I got around this actually by utilizing websockets. I am able to see when a client disconnects. Hope this helps someone!

[sjb64]

This is very intentional by Roku and they've made it clear it isn't changing.  The Home button is a nuke, and they are not allowing any app room to interfere, delay, or prevent it.  You program is simply done, with no notice.  It is to enforce a behavior the end user can rely on, that Home gets them back to the main menu, completely reliable, with no exceptions or surprises.