object:pause()

Overview

Pauses a Timeline created with animation.newTimeline(), including all child tweens within it.

Syntax

object:pause()

Example

local object1 = display.newRect( 50, 50, 100, 100 )

-- Create a timeline object
local timelineParams = {
    tweens = {
        { startTime=0, tween={ object1, { x=400 }, { time=4000, iterations=5 } } },
        { startTime=1000, tween={ object1, { y=400 }, { time=4000, easing=easing.outQuad } } }
    }
}
local newTimeline = animation.newTimeline( timelineParams )

-- Set the timeline playing
newTimeline:resume()

-- Sometime later, pause the timeline
newTimeline:pause()