Does onPause() { finish(); } work?
On Oct 25, 2010 11:10 AM, "Miguel Morales" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd just make an automatic response explain to her that hitting home
> is like you're minimizing the application, or getting it out of the
> way.
> Or ask her where in what other program or place do you hit home and
> expect the application to close or exit?
>
> Ask here what happens when she hits back on her browser.
>
> I agree, developers adding these buttons to their apps are NOT helping.
> Even in web apps, users are stupid. They don't know what they want so
> you have to make a standard that people conform to. I wouldn't change
> my app if it's going against standard practices. It's like when a
> teacher dumbs down the lessons because of a couple stupid students.
> In the end you lower the standard for everyone.
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:04 AM, kernelpanic <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> I've been debating this myself, so have been following this discussion
>> here with interest.
>>
>> Another good read is this article
>>
>>
http://blog.radioactiveyak.com/2010/05/when-to-include-exit-button-in-android.html
>>
>> I had a user contact me yesterday who said this
>>
>> "And I just discovered if you do not get out of the program with the
>> exit button you can hit the back button and it takes you back the to
>> the last copy you had open and will do so until you have gone back on
>> all you did not exit from...hmm again...."
>>
>> This is more of a user issue really - she's been using the "Home" key
>> to "quit" the app. If I include an "Exit" command that simply does
>> what the "Back" button does and they actually use it instead of
>> hitting "Home", then I feel like I've helped my users.
>>
>> Granted, a better way to help the users is to explain what the the
>> Home and Back button are for, which I have done many times, but that's
>> a bit out of my jurisdiction really.
>>
>>
>> On Oct 24, 11:17 pm, Frank Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I might add that we should contact developers who add "exit" buttons to
>>> their apps (against Android development guidelines) that they are
>>> contributing to the confusion of new developers. If any such developers
read
>>> this, I'd be interested to hear their defense.
>>
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