[Module] AppState - Behavior Completion

AppState is the API in ReactNative that detects whether or not the app has focus (is in Foreground vs Background).

Today's Behavior on Desktop:

• active
  App is running and has focus
  App is running and does not have focus
• background
  App is running and minimized
• inactive
  Does not occur. Default scenarios where this would get triggered are Mobile-specific

Proposed Changes to Behavior on Desktop

• active
  App is running and has focus
• background
  App is running and minimized
  App is running and does not have focus
  App is running but alt-tab is being preformed
• inactive
  *Occurs when Task View is opened
  *Start menu is opened in Tablet mode

*Need to review ones with respective team and key scenario owners.

Reasoning

There are essentially 6 different states that an app can be when on desktop as opposed to mobile's 4:

(RBG is the app who's AppState we are concerned about in these examples)

• Active
  

• Not minimized, but does not have focus (another window does)
  

• Not minimized, but does not have focus (alt-tab menu does)
  

• Minimized
  

• Inactive because Task View is open
  

• Inactive in Tablet mode when Start Menu is open
  (image coming)

Start with the linked React Native AppState API documentation and compare its states with the desktop behavior listed here. Review the focus, minimization, Alt-Tab, Task View, and Tablet-mode Start menu scenarios with the respective teams and scenario owners. Done requires an agreed mapping for each scenario and completed desktop AppState behavior.