Hello everyone! First of all, I hope this is at least somewhat on-topic for this discussion group, as it seems to be the only way to reach Android developers easily.
The problem I would like to discuss is the way Android handles running multiple applications at the same time. Take the following scenario, for instance: 1. Open the browser 2. Open a few links that you want to read later in new windows/tabs 3. Open another app (Say you received an SMS, for instance) 4. Reopen the browser, expecting to continue where you left off 5. Browser has closed all open windows WITHOUT saving the state or notifying the user This happens even if you're only jumping between completely Android- Native apps that came with the OS. There are various other similar scenarios, but this is easily the most annoying, since it results in complete loss of stuff I was actually planning on reading later. Why would anyone consider this to be actual multitasking? If there's no guarantee that the app you just left will still have the same state when you come back to it from your other tasks, it's NOT MULTITASKING. How is it that this is still an issue? We've arrived at Android 2.2, and we still can't minimize a program without running the risk of losing everything we just did? Are there at least plans to integrate proper multitasking in the future? Or a way to allow users to specifically select tasks that are not to be killed under any circumstances? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
