Sorry to say but I am on a HTC phone but this question is for someone making use of a Xperia Ion.
I do know these phones are alright, that's not the reason why I went elsewhere.
Although the ion is a good phone there is something odd with its behavior.
As far as I know now the back key in an open application closes the app and the home key pauses the app.
Paused apps are visible in the recently used apps list, there you can reactivate them and
go further where you left or you can close them by swiping them off the screen.
But this does not seems to be the case with the Ion.
Even when quitting an app with the back key the app gest in a paused state and thus visible in the recently used apps list.
I know developers can override the behavior of the back key so I tested this out with the
stock gmail and stock calendar app and they both are getting paused.
So, is this normal behavior in the Ion,
if yes how to quit an app without quitting it in the recently used apps
if no, how to solve this.
The xperia ion is on android 4.1.2 and full stock, so no problem with custom roms
deboopi2 said:
Sorry to say but I am on a HTC phone but this question is for someone making use of a Xperia Ion.
I do know these phones are alright, that's not the reason why I went elsewhere.
Although the ion is a good phone there is something odd with its behavior.
As far as I know now the back key in an open application closes the app and the home key pauses the app.
Paused apps are visible in the recently used apps list, there you can reactivate them and
go further where you left or you can close them by swiping them off the screen.
But this does not seems to be the case with the Ion.
Even when quitting an app with the back key the app gest in a paused state and thus visible in the recently used apps list.
I know developers can override the behavior of the back key so I tested this out with the
stock gmail and stock calendar app and they both are getting paused.
So, is this normal behavior in the Ion,
if yes how to quit an app without quitting it in the recently used apps
if no, how to solve this.
The xperia ion is on android 4.1.2 and full stock, so no problem with custom roms
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Well back button should keep going back untill exit, it will not pause
But depending on the app, if you go home then it should pause, some games or heavy apps will be closed and some are designed to close when not active
Its like this on most androids
Hope this answers you question, if not ask more
EDIT: recent apps does not mean it is active, just means recent apps
System apps are never closed or often never,
Envious_Data said:
Well back button should keep going back untill exit, it will not pause
But depending on the app, if you go home then it should pause, some games or heavy apps will be closed and some are designed to close when not active
Its like this on most androids
Hope this answers you question, if not ask more
EDIT: recent apps does not mean it is active, just means recent apps
System apps are never closed or often never,
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Well, also tested on Samsung galaxy mini and then home button pauses, back button closes.
Long press home on Samsung shows recently used but you have a button to show open apps.
If you where going back with home key those app(s) are in the open apps list.
Htc reacts as Sony.
But what about multitasking then on android, is it possible to leave an app in a paused state?
What about open recently open apps, what about an app in this list, for me it seems the last state open from to app has been saved?
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Even before flashing a new ROM I was getting this lag. When you're in a message with the keyboard showing then press home, the messaging app clears but the keyboard stays up for literally like a full second then disappears. Yet, if you are within a message and go back out of the message (press upper left) it has no issue disappearing as it should.
Any way to fix this, it's really annoying.
Had the same thing. No matter which rom
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Yep same here...
Its about half a second lag if you actually time it. But it never bothered me at all, i'm surprised it bothers so many people. This issue was posted before too.
I dont think its a lag but more just a transition type effect issue.
It is because the keyboard is its own application. The way android runs is it shuts down the messaging app first then the keyboard second thus the lag. Manually close keyboard before exiting if it bugs you. It bugged me a lot coming from my iPhone where the keyboard is a UI element and closes at the same time. I've just learned to close my keyboard then go home.
I've had it with every Android phone I can remember having. It's not remotely an issue for me.
theherodrownd said:
It is because the keyboard is its own application. The way android runs is it shuts down the messaging app first then the keyboard second thus the lag. Manually close keyboard before exiting if it bugs you. It bugged me a lot coming from my iPhone where the keyboard is a UI element and closes at the same time. I've just learned to close my keyboard then go home.
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This. I now always press back, then home or my OCD kicks in.
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Yeah, I'm having to do that too. Pretty bootsy if you ask me. Doesn't make sense why the OS can't close both applications at the same time though. Actually pressing back in the upper left closes the message and the keyboard at the same time.
shoman24v said:
Yeah, I'm having to do that too. Pretty bootsy if you ask me. Doesn't make sense why the OS can't close both applications at the same time though. Actually pressing back in the upper left closes the message and the keyboard at the same time.
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When you hit back in the app it doesn't have to close the messaging app itself and just closes the keyboard app
Also, the way Android is written, is when you hit home it has to draw the launcher which is why it doesn't simultaneously close the two apps. Downside of the way android is programmed.
I've had this issue before on my LG Power (Straight Talk branded LG Leon), running on Lollipop 5.0. No matter what I look for I can't find anyone who's experienced similar issues.
It just happened last night on my 5-day old Nexus. I could not open any of my folders to access apps. As soon as a touched a folder, it briefly showed the animation to open it, and it immediately closed. Whenever I selected a widget or the app drawer, they would immediately close as well. When I attempted to swipe down the notification/quick settings shade, they immediately closed themselves. Turning off the screen resulted in the screen immediately turning back on, albeit locked. I was even having trouble turning the device off because the 'Power Off' menu would disappear right after it popped up. Eventually I was able to time it right and was able to power off. Since I restarted I have not have any issues.
Any idea what gives? I'm unrooted, locked bootloader, everything 100% stock, running MM 6.0.1.
the only explanations i can come up with are:
-accidental touching the area in some way (unlikely)
-getting some substance stuck on the screen in that area (unlikely)
-a faulty touch panel (unlikely and very specific defect)
-a hickup in the software (again unlikely)
then again, if the OS (for whatever reason) thinks the home button is pressed, on default it should not only pull you back to the homescreen, but continue and send you right through to google. the conclusion of which would be, that this UI area is triggered repeatedly rather than continuously.
keep an eye out for what could have triggered it in case it occurs again.
check your settings what build exactly you are running (settings -> about phone -> build number).
ans lastly, if it happens again, you should still be able to hold your power button to hard-reboot it (no further interaction with the UI required).
RockinAmigo14 said:
I've had this issue before on my LG Power (Straight Talk branded LG Leon), running on Lollipop 5.0. No matter what I look for I can't find anyone who's experienced similar issues.
It just happened last night on my 5-day old Nexus. I could not open any of my folders to access apps. As soon as a touched a folder, it briefly showed the animation to open it, and it immediately closed. Whenever I selected a widget or the app drawer, they would immediately close as well. When I attempted to swipe down the notification/quick settings shade, they immediately closed themselves. Turning off the screen resulted in the screen immediately turning back on, albeit locked. I was even having trouble turning the device off because the 'Power Off' menu would disappear right after it popped up. Eventually I was able to time it right and was able to power off. Since I restarted I have not have any issues.
Any idea what gives? I'm unrooted, locked bootloader, everything 100% stock, running MM 6.0.1.
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That is extremely weird. It really sounds like a faulty digitizer, but you'd be the first... Maybe it's a rogue app, but unlikely.
Were you doing something before this starts to happen?
I haven't noticed any consistent apps or behaviors when this would occur. This most recent time, I was low on battery (10%) and I had just flipped on my data.
fyi. you could also just press and hold the power button, for 10 secs, for a reboot ( might come in handy when the screen isn't working properly).
dpj52190 said:
fyi. you could also just press and hold the power button, for 10 secs, for a reboot ( might come in handy when the screen isn't working properly).
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appreciate the tip! I'll keep this in mind if it happens again.
Finally was able to capture a video. The issue occurred after I was playing around with Open Camera and it crashed. Holding down the power button didn't work when this glitch is happening.
https://youtu.be/4n5vzXlUPqM
RockinAmigo14 said:
Finally was able to capture a video. The issue occurred after I was playing around with Open Camera and it crashed. Holding down the power button didn't work when this glitch is happening.
https://youtu.be/4n5vzXlUPqM
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What's the icon on the lock screen, top right in the status bar? That behavior is unusual if it's not a screen defect. Are you using any apps that monitor battery, a task killer, or maybe a security monitor app?
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SlimSnoopOS said:
What's the icon on the lock screen, top right in the status bar? That behavior is unusual if it's not a screen defect. Are you using any apps that monitor battery, a task killer, or maybe a security monitor app?
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The icon is a picture for my user profile on the phone.
I don't use anything like that. I had Clean Master installed briefly but it's been uninstalled for a couple of days now.
so it seems like this issue pops up whenever the camera crashes. happens occasionally when using the camera shortcut (double power tap) or in an app that uses the camera.
It's got to be software IMO. It didn't happen when you went to Google Now and your Recent Apps. I'd try uninstalling the Open Camera app first. Do you have Face Unlock active by chance? After that I'd FDR...
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It's got to be software IMO. It didn't happen when you went to Google Now and your Recent Apps. I'd try uninstalling the Open Camera app first. Do you have Face Unlock active by chance? After that I'd FDR...
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right, that's what's confusing me. i did a factory reset last week, set up the phone as a new device. haven't installed a new camera app, just the stock google camera. the issue occurred again last night when using an app called Shopkick, which accesses the camera but crashed.
Got my oneplus yesterday finally after 11 days from ordering.
One thing that is annoying me is on my old phone which was a htc one m7 I use to be able to hold down the back button to kill the app. This means it wouldn't even show on my recent apps menu
On 5t I went into the button setting but there is no option to kill an app while holding the back button.
Is there another way ?
I use gravity box but it requires Xposed
Why would you want to kill apps? Killing apps means if you want to re launch the app it will start from beginning costing you extra cpu power. Anyway if you don't want to root you can control your background activity on the developer settings
big_b0sss said:
Why would you want to kill apps? Killing apps means if you want to re launch the app it will start from beginning costing you extra cpu power. Anyway if you don't want to root you can control your background activity on the developer settings
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For me, it's just nice to have when an app is misbehaving. It's quicker than going into the app info and force stopping it from there. Sometimes my WhatsApp gets disconnected from WhatsApp web on my laptop; a force close of the app tends to fix the issue, and having a long press shortcut seems to be the quickest/most efficient way to do so
say 2 things, new to oreo and s9, last phone was an s7. anyways, if i had a program running in the notifications, say for my motorcycle gps, tomtom, i was able to long press the notification, then go to app data and force stop. not seeing that anymore.
Trying to find the fastest way to force stop an app running, that has a notification. for example this one says connect device. I am not trying to hide the notification, but force close it when i don't want it running. for example this app gives me live traffic, sometimes i want it, sometimes i don't.
hope this makes sense, and thanks.
anyone have any ideas here, to force stop an app.
thanks
I'd make use of the built in Device Maintenance. If you enter this menu and click the 3-dot menu on the top right, you can add a shortcut to your Apps List. You can then place this wherever you want on your homescreen. You'll be able to quickly enter the Maintenance sub-menu and then put whatever you aren't using to Sleep, immediately.
There may be a way to add an icon to your lock menu to jump right to it (using a 3rd party shortcut app,) but I haven't swam that far in the sea yet.
recents, long press the app icon on the left, wait for the i info letter to appear on the right, press i, force stop.
this was posted elsewhere. seems like the ticket !!
Is there a way to make the fold return to the apps that I was using in the main screen when I open the phone? I often have 2 apps open for work, close the phone - do nothing at all and then when you open the phone again it's at the home screen. Would love for it to stay there. Really would love a mod or something that just treats the front and rear separately but that's probably not realistic. At least staying on the app I was using would be great.
"Continue app use" or whatever that setting is isn't the answer either. If you have 2 apps open it just does nothing when you close the phone.
Thanks for any advice!
slowestcivic said:
"Continue app use" or whatever that setting is isn't the answer either. If you have 2 apps open it just does nothing when you close the phone.
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Continue app on screen cover does work for the apps that allow the continuity as I just tried ebay and allibaba apps. It did close it out when I closed the phone, but I could open recent tab(three lines next to home button) and was able to quickly bring back the split screen apps I was using