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How do you go about stopping the game loop? (E.g. when wanting to stop the game, but stay on the same page)

ig.system.startRunLoop() and ig.system.stopRunLoop().
Be aware that this stops all update() and draw() methods, so if you have any in-game UI, it won't work. I have a pause button that's placed outside the canvas, and I have a custom pause() function in my game class that starts and stops the run loop, as well as a few other housekeeping chores.

That's what I was looking for, thanks KenD.

This code is not working on Android, any way I can pause the game on Android?

Thanks,
Louis

Anyone knows how to pause game in Android? The code is not working. Please help! Thanks!