I am on latest update and using Nova Launcher. All of a sudden today my recent apps option changed. The Cross button was replaced by a Close Apps button and there is no Split Screen options. How to get back to earlier options?
Found the reason, it was due to Oneplus Launcher update. Split screen option comes after long press on app
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I'm on CM7 nightly 256. I would love for a single tap on my home button launch the recent apps, then a second tap bring up the home screen. Is this possible? instead of a long press to open the recent app screen. I recently installed Perfect Task Switcher to fill the void left from the ics switcher and it leaves quite a bit to be desired.
If I were to self into writing an app for this, what function is called to bring up recent apps?
If you look at the screenshot of Dolphin browser there is a black bar with 3 dots on it.
I'm not sure what made it appear, but its functionality is:
1) open settings for some applications (dolphin, golauncher).
2) not do anything for some applications even though it shows up.
3) annoys the crap out of me because I want it gone. It blocks a big amount of screen.
I don't know what caused it to appear, I've never seen it before. I was updating my phone and installing some applications when I suddenly noticed it.
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That's the 3-dot menu button.
Go to Settings - Display, gestures & buttons - Recent apps button
and pick either Press for menu, press and hold for recent apps
or Press for recent apps, press and hold for menu
I personally use the second one, long press the recent apps button will bring up the menu
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I don't know what caused it to appear, I've never seen it before. I was updating my phone and installing some applications when I suddenly noticed it.
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You'll see it in apps that haven't been optimised for ICS (or higher) yet. On phones without a hardware menu key, correctly coded apps will display an overflow button somewhere on their action bar to access the menu. Apps which haven't been coded in this way need some other method of accessing the menu - phones with on-screen buttons (like the nexus range) display a menu button beside the other buttons, we obviously can't do that so HTC chose to stick a massive menu bar across the bottom of the screen. As already pointed out you can reassign the menu function to the 'recent apps' key which will hide the menu bar, or you can pester the devs of those apps to do things properly in future.
Oh my god. Thanks guys!
I looked everywhere but couldn't fix it!
After updated to 4.4, first of my version is 757, I have found that when I press "back" button to quit an app and want return to the home screen, sometime I will see the other app shown which I have opened before, but it will only show half second, and then return to home screen, anyone got to the same problem? Thanks.
OS: Android 4.4.4 (108)
Launcher: Apex Launcher Pro
There's a bug in Android, but the correct way to return to the homescreen is by using the home button anyway. Using the back button is very different, depending on the app.
So the recent apps disappear after each split screen on nova launcher. And the only way to bring the recent apps back after a split screen is to restart my phone or switch to emui 9.0
Do I have an option set to make it act like that or is this some kind of bug?
Someone please help ?
Suddenly, without any update or other obvious change, I can no longer switch between apps using the square icon on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
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DETAILED BEHAVIOUR:
When I press the square icon, the list of recent apps appears normally.
When I press any app in the list, the list disappears, but instead of finding myself in the selected app, I am back on my home page.
This happens with any app selected from the task list.
Also, my home page sometimes (but not always) is soon replaced by the "Search Apps" overlay, so that I must press the homepage (circle) icon on the taskbar to get the homepage back. There is no problem encountered with doing this.
When I open an app I wanted to switch back to using its icon on any of my launcher screens, it opens exactly where I left off, as if I had successfully reached the app using the task switcher.
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I have not changed my launcher, which has remained Nova Launcher ever since I purchased the phone. I have used Nova for years on several phones.
Changing the default "Home App" from Nova Launcher to the default "Moto App Launcher" made no difference at all to the described behaviour.
Is there something short of a destructive reinstall that I can do to repair my phone?