On my Samsung Gingerbread /Touchwiz Galaxy Phone long touch of the home button brings up recent applications with a task killer button that lists running apps with an exit button each.
The recent apps button on the Nexus doesn't seem to lead to a kill option.
I guess I could go to settings/apps/running and select an app and pick the stop from its page, but thats a lot more complicated.
Is there an easier way?
Press the right button (looks like two windows) then swipe to kill
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rowanparker said:
Press the right button (looks like two windows) then swipe to kill
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Thanks, I had the right button, but I was trying to kill with a long press instead of a swipe. I thought kill/delete with Swipes was an Apple thing, while Android used long press.
Maybe Apple will sue
Nah, in the iPod touch and iPad it's long press which brings up close buttons
According to the manual the only way to kill a task is in the settings / apps section. "Force Stop"
Swiping away the "recent apps" simply removes it from "recent apps"
Jellybean manages apps / memory automatically. You should never be short on memory.
Hemidroids said:
According to the manual the only way to kill a task is in the settings / apps section. "Force Stop"
Swiping away the "recent apps" simply removes it from "recent apps"
Jellybean manages apps / memory automatically. You should never be short on memory.
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Yea, that isn't killing an app.
You don't need to kill apps as a matter of routine although people always seem to think so. Sometimes it is necessary if the app is behaving badly and there a lots of task-killers available that will do that.
I like "system panel" as it has other uses too.
The "recent apps" button is supposed to be there for your convenience so you can easily go from one app to another, if you are swiping them away you are just nullifying the point of the button.
Actually swiping away from the recent apps does indeed kill the app. You can verify the behavior on apps by swiping them away and opening them again. They will load from the beginning instead of where you left off.
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ok thanks, didn't know that. I think some of the other stuff I said is still kinda valid tho. There is no real need to kill apps.
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kangxi said:
Actually swiping away from the recent apps does indeed kill the app. You can verify the behavior on apps by swiping them away and opening them again. They will load from the beginning instead of where you left off.
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I would hardly call that proof. It could simply be a signal to refresh instead of "pick up where you left off". After all, if you swipe it away you dont really have an urgent need to go right "back where you left off".
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I would hardly call that proof. It could simply be a signal to refresh instead of "pick up where you left off". After all, if you swipe it away you dont really have an urgent need to go right "back where you left off".
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The proof is already out there. I just simplified it. There was a huge debate about it when the Gnex came out and I believe a Googler posted about it on Google+ as well.
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Don't most people put a task manager widget (Application Manager) on their home screens anyway for this so you can quit all active apps and clear your RAM? It was a standard app on my Samsung Captivate Glide, and I keep it next to my battery widget so maybe between the two I can make the battery last more than 8 hours.
-Ara
is there a way to delete all the runnings apps at once? It's tiring to swipe them out one by one..
sometimes after a long use you have more than 10 apps running, it would be easier if i can simply swipe them all out with one button
thunder9111 said:
is there a way to delete all the runnings apps at once? It's tiring to swipe them out one by one..
sometimes after a long use you have more than 10 apps running, it would be easier if i can simply swipe them all out with one button
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Again, that's why I like my App Manager widget, you have the option to kill everything in one click (at least until I get the ics update, then it's two clicks for that damn confirmation screen).
-Ara
I've always heard it likened to the backing out of an app with the back button. If I go into G+, go into a room in messenger and skip to home, I can resume the app right where I left off (provided it's soon, hasn't been killed). But if I exit home, swipe the app out, it acts as if I've closed it but it's kept in memory. If I do the same but long press the app in the recent apps list, go to app info and kill the app, then it is forced out of memory. It's essentially killing the app. A good example is a music app; the app continues to play when you've backed out of the app via the back button, even when you swipe the app away as it is still in use. Force stopping the app has a definite result.
Guess it is time for the obligatory "why you shouldn't don't need to use a task killer" with Android. This is an old article, but this was true then and is even more so now. Killing all apps isn't necessary and can have negative effects.
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Probably should have linked the mentioned article;
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
AraDreamer said:
Again, that's why I like my App Manager widget, you have the option to kill everything in one click (at least until I get the ics update, then it's two clicks for that damn confirmation screen).
-Ara
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There's no need for task killers. This has been confirmed over and over, even by Google. That's why they made them stop working in Froyo I believe'
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Hemidroids said:
According to the manual the only way to kill a task is in the settings / apps section. "Force Stop"
Swiping away the "recent apps" simply removes it from "recent apps"
Jellybean manages apps / memory automatically. You should never be short on memory.
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Well, actually i use Cool Tool to monitor my available ram, and when I swipe away apps from the recent apps view, i free up lots of ram.
AraDreamer said:
Again, that's why I like my App Manager widget, you have the option to kill everything in one click (at least until I get the ics update, then it's two clicks for that damn confirmation screen).
-Ara
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It works, but it ruins the the running tasks page. After you killed everything, bring up the running apps, and they are all still there. It doesn't get rid of the apps there, so that's still annoying
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Heya is there any way to closed programs throw the side bar on android 3.2.1?
I cant closed it and it too many apps running on background and it make my tab too slow.
Please help me out
Thanks
When you are done with an app use the back button to close it, the ones that show in the bar are recent, it doesn't necessarily mean they are running.
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>DARKMAN< said:
When you are done with an app use the back button to close it, the ones that show in the bar are recent, it doesn't necessarily mean they are running.
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I echo his sentiment; you usually close applications by pressing the back button several times or selecting "Quit" or similar from menu. Pressing home button or switching to another application via the recent-menu leaves the app still running. Ie. try to use the back button more often.
Also, if you wish to see actual list of running applications and be able to force quit them, then I could suggest Advanced Task Manager ( https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hcnJvbi50YXNrTWFuYWdlciJd ) on Android Market; I have that one installed myself and it works just peachy.
WereCatf said:
I echo his sentiment; you usually close applications by pressing the back button several times or selecting "Quit" or similar from menu. Pressing home button or switching to another application via the recent-menu leaves the app still running. Ie. try to use the back button more often.
Also, if you wish to see actual list of running applications and be able to force quit them, then I could suggest Advanced Task Manager ( https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hcnJvbi50YXNrTWFuYWdlciJd ) on Android Market; I have that one installed myself and it works just peachy.
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this is exactly as how things should be done.. Only difference i use Advanced task killer Widget. But i set its settings to all off.. Especially Auto kill. and when ever i see there are things that decided on there own to run i just tap the widget on home screen and they are gone.You can also long tap and select what you wish to Kill. Its preference to use as to what one you use.. Just be sure it does not run in background. or it will become one of the things your trying to prevent .
Read this to understand why closing these is not unnecessary (other than for privacy reasons)
Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers
There are some ROMs that allow for this. However as the person above me pointed ot, its unnecessary. ICS has the built in ability to remove appps from the multitasking menu. I don't know if this suspends the app or something like that, or not.
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Not neccesary with ICS
In ICS you just have to slide the aplications on the lists to the sides and they will dissapear.
Cr0ssb0n3s said:
In ICS you just have to slide the aplications on the lists to the sides and they will dissapear.
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anyone else noticed that even if you slide to close the app in ics if you go to running services you find the app is in fact still running? and to clarify i am talking apps that are not using outside services like updates/wifi
chisme said:
anyone else noticed that even if you slide to close the app in ics if you go to running services you find the app is in fact still running? and to clarify i am talking apps that are not using outside services like updates/wifi
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This is correct. Swiping away the app simply removes it from the list. I learned this when I Home buttoned out of Grand Theft Auto III, swiped to the right and it was still running in the background. Pretty much, it takes a task-killer to absolutely, positively stop an app. But, unless it's effecting your battery life, using wifi, or Bluetooth, there's not a huge need to kill apps. Android has some pretty smart algorithms to manage resources...making task killers unnecessary. You should only kill apps if you're sure they're effecting overall performance.
I was just wondering if someone knew what was going on when you swipe away an app in the app switcher. (I'm not sure what the proper name is for the 3rd soft button so my searches haven't proved very useful - although I'm sure this information is out there!)
To be clear, you know how you can cycle between open apps by hitting the 3rd soft button? And you can also 'swipe away' an app here. Does this shut the app down along with all related processes? Does anyone know what's going on behind the scenes?
For example if I lose my twitter app this way I no longer get tweet notifications, but if I close gmail I do get email updates - but perhaps the latter is more tightly integrated or maybe I've remembered this behaviour wrong!
I guess what I'm really trying to understand is if this is the easiest way (without using 3rd party apps) to keep tabs on open apps and make sure my poor Nexus doesn't get overwhelmed by processes.
Thanks.
oops typo in the thread title.. should be "an app"
That third button is called a Recents button. And currently when you swipe away an app all it does is remove that app from your recents list but it does not close the app
Ah, great, just the info I was after.
no problem im glad to help
To answer your original question... Settings -> Apps -> Running -> tap an app -> Stop
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it does not close the app
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yes it does. could just try it...
Is it the back button all the way out of the application or pressing the Home button? I can't seem to find a concrete answer!
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Is it the back button all the way out of the application or pressing the Home button?
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Those do the same thing, which is either leave the app running or leave it in a nearly running state. To actually close an app, you press the multitasking button (the button to the right of home) and swipe the app off the screen.
BUT, you generally don't need to do that in Android -- The OS manages most well behaving apps fine.
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Those do the same thing, which is either leave the app running or leave it in a nearly running state. To actually close an app, you press the multitasking button (the button to the right of home) and swipe the app off the screen.
BUT, you generally don't need to do that in Android -- The OS manages most well behaving apps fine.
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Swiping an app out of recents does the same thing as pressing the back button actually. To answer the first question, the back button exits an app properly, the home button just suspends the app
jaybeeunix said:
Those do the same thing, which is either leave the app running or leave it in a nearly running state. To actually close an app, you press the multitasking button (the button to the right of home) and swipe the app off the screen.
BUT, you generally don't need to do that in Android -- The OS manages most well behaving apps fine.
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The back button actually does a better job closing the app, and usually the app has a close button when after jamming the back button. This is how you close (not force close/stop) the app.
If you are using an app and tap the home button, do other stuff and go back, you will be exactly where you were before. This is how you multitask (with the home button).
The multitask menu is like the one on iOS 4 and above. It is a menu of RECENTLY USED APPLICATIONS and is there just for quick switching. Swiping will not close the app, it will delete it off your "history."
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jacklebott said:
Swiping an app out of recents does the same thing as pressing the back button actually. To answer the first question, the back button exits an app properly, the home button just suspends the app
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http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#ActivityLifecycle
Swiping gets you to the "activity shut down" phase (onStop and onDestroy are called, assuming your app is nice, it'll shut down).
Home-ing gets you to the onPause phase (from the things I tested, they usually then go to onStop (cached phase)).
Backing out gets you to the onStop (cached) phase.
(You can verify this by looking at Settings>Apps>Running. When I back or home out of an app, the app is shown with the same state (cached). When I swipe an app away, it's gone from both of those task lists.)
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http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Activity.html#ActivityLifecycle
Home-ing gets you to the onPause phase (from the things I tested, they usually then go to onStop (cached phase)).
Backing out gets you to the onStop (cached) phase.
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Although that is native Android behavior, developers almost always make it so the app will nicely shut itself off when pushing the back button.
For example, when I open Root Explorer, it starts of with a black screen, and only after Root Access is granted my files show up. If I tap back and open it again, bam! Same process.
If I tap home after opening and open it again, bam! Takes me right to the / file directory, no inital "startup" of app
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Why can't developers just put an exit button in the app menu?
donec said:
Why can't developers just put an exit button in the app menu?
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They can, some do, some don't *shrugs*
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donec said:
Why can't developers just put an exit button in the app menu?
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Generally speaking, there isn't a need for it -- The OS closes and restarts apps as needed to manage resources optimally. Additionally, as gagdude said, most apps save and restore their state beyond the OS cached state, so it isn't always obvious that an app was ever "gone".
In the LG-E960 service manual there is a question about battery consumption is too fast and one of the answers is.
After turning on the application and turning it off using the home key, invisible applications are still being used on the background, so battery consumption becomes faster. It is recommended that delete/before key is always used to end applications or programs.
Does anyone know what is meant by "delete/before key"?
The back button.
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I think the service manual is wrong. Back key doesn't close apps (at least, most of them). You need to use app key and swipe it from there to really close it.
VivaErBetis said:
I think the service manual is wrong. Back key doesn't close apps (at least, most of them). You need to use app key and swipe it from there to really close it.
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Actually that doesn't do anything on stock android, cyanogen and other custom ROMs have it though
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sy224048 said:
Actually that doesn't do anything on stock android, cyanogen and other custom ROMs have it though
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It works on stock. I just tested swiping tapatalk and it dissapers from background cached processes.
VivaErBetis said:
I think the service manual is wrong. Back key doesn't close apps (at least, most of them). You need to use app key and swipe it from there to really close it.
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It depends on how the developer coded the app to handle the function. It doesn't close everything.
AFAIK apps are closed, services don't.
They probably mean the " long press back button to kill apps" function.
Check the developer options. It should be the last option.
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They probably mean the " long press back button to kill apps" function.
Check the developer options. It should be the last option.
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That is not a option on stock android
First of all you may have to have Play store installed, unless you can find any of the apps I mention in this thread from different sources. UPDATE: I found one of the apps that is need for this tutorial below at 1mobile.com link will be below. For more info on that search around the threads or visit my kindle fire HDX setup thread. It is targeted for the 7" model but you may be able to download these apps from 1mobile.com on the 8.9" or on a 7" that doesn't have play store.
So, first off, I installed a app from play store called recent apps quick button, which basically activates android's recent apps, I havent found another (legal) link to this besides playstore so please share if you do. then I installed a app from play store called Home2 shortcut, here's a link to Home2 shorcut on 1mobile, I haven't confirmed it works on default ROM so let me know your findings! this lets you assign the resent apps quick button to double tapping the home button so now when i double tap the home button it brings me to recent apps. It's really nice since kindles default Rom doesn't have a recent apps button! let me know what you think and if i works for people without a different launcher (I use ADW launcher). post any questions you have in this thread.
Nice work! Screenshots in recent apps does not seem to work though, but it's a start
Epedemic said:
Nice work! Screenshots in recent apps does not seem to work though, but it's a start
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Are you using a third party app to screenshot? or is there a button combination to do it that i don't know about.
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Are you using a third party app to screenshot? or is there a button combination to do it that i don't know about.
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No not that kind of screenshots... I mean the "previews" in the recent apps which is in reallity small screenshots of the apps while recent apps are running.
Does sliding the right side of the screen to the left show the same recent apps?
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Does sliding the right side of the screen to the left show the same recent apps?
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Possibly, but this program he is referring to also allows you to close recent apps by swiping them away. I like to pin this recent apps program to the "W8 taskbar" application which also has a task killer and shortcut to desktop. It makes accessing wifi toggle and reboot/ power off simple to do.
You can use switchr for recent apps. It works and looks good too. Lmt launcher is also working although it fcs. I think fc has to do with root, cause it actually needs root to work properly.
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Hanzo.Hasashi said:
You can use switchr for recent apps. It works and looks good too.
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Seconded. Switch works great.:good:
thewihlygeek said:
Seconded. Switch works great.:good:
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I like switcher but it seems like it is more designed for phones and doesn't look very good on tablets, also I like being able to delete apps to free up ram witch you can't do with switchr
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I like being able to delete apps to free up ram witch you can't do with switchr
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Yeah you can, it's in the options. You can have so you swipe through open apps, swipe down to kill the currently selected one and even swipe to the upper right corner to kill all.
Though that might be the pay version. I can't remember what's in which version off the top of my head.
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Yeah you can, it's in the options. You can have so you swipe through open apps, swipe down to kill the currently selected one and even swipe to the upper right corner to kill all.
Though that might be the pay version. I can't remember what's in which version off the top of my head.
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Also I like how I can have a close all button in the recent apps page using a module from exposed framwork
Here's a cool recent apps app ported from Omni Rom called OmniSnitch
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2637388
Been using it for a couple hours & it works on my rooted hdx.