I agree but with one caveat, the one thing that I think is good about the iOS approach is that it's instantaneous: there's no 4-5 second pause while the app freezes and the "force close" dialog pops up. Perhaps if it was like iOS (instant kill back to home screen) but with a toast explaining what happened, it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, and would be an improvement imho. The 4-5 second hang when an application has a critical error while there's no feedback to the user in my opinion is a little frustrating, especially if there's just a single button to press after that. iOS going back to the home screen instantly is a bit dramatic, but it's also fast, and doesn't leave the user hanging.
On May 27, 4:37 pm, Indicator Veritatis <[email protected]> wrote: > That is a good example of the many cases where it is NOT a good thing > to do as IOS does! > > On May 26, 2:05 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:46 PM, dipu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Developing apps for android is fun. I just do not want to put a nail > > > on every null to avoid force close. Now even an ardent Agile fan would > > > call me a bad programmer. That is where I see religion (or cult). How > > > about get a few ex-ms people on board. Maybe they can resolve the > > > issue with the new incarnation of "Blue Screen of Death" called "Force > > > Close". > > > Core engineers on Android come from Sun, Be, Danger, Palm, Microsoft, as > > well as other companies. > > > Also "Blue Screen of Death" is when your entire computer crashes. "Force > > Close" is when the current application crashes. These are very much not the > > same thing. The force close dialog is the same as the app crash dialog on > > windows. > > > Of course we could do like iOS and just silently kill the app and return to > > the launcher. > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > [email protected] > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > > answer them. -- 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
