OnLaunched called with LauchActivatedEventArgs.PreviousExecutionState = Running in 8.1 app?

Question

While debugging my app, I got a strange crash once, and can't reproduce it.

The crash occurred because I add resources from my launch code in the code behind, and the item was already in the resource dictionary.  The code that does that is only called as a result of OnLaunched, yet when the crash occurred, the PreviousExecutionState was set to Running.

That doesn't look like a legal state to be in.  Has anyone else seen this?

---

Anthony Wieser | Wieser Software Ltd | www.wieser-software.com

Answer 1

According to this page, if app crashes, the PreviousExecutionState should be NotRunning. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464925.aspx. This may be an issue which has not been found. I suggest narrow down it and find some code for reproduction.