To add, the "exit" button also has the effect of turning off GPS updates, so "exiting" also has a feature that implies something else: that you quit draining the user's battery.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Latimerius <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:24 PM, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:18 AM, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Latimerius <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Yeah, well, it's probably not by Google, or one that Google had any > >>> say in. None of the built-in apps on my devices have an exit button, > >>> not even games (that in general do include it AFAICT). > >> > >> > >> Google Maps Navigation has "Exit Navigation" as an option in the menu > (at > >> least on my device running 2.3.4). > > > > > > Oh, and in reference to the original point of this thread, if you press > > back, it asks you "Exit Navigation? This will end all route guidance". If > > this check wasn't there, and you exited the app accidentally, you would > have > > to re-enter the app and re-input your route guidance parameters and > restart > > the process, which would be a pain in the ass if you're in the middle of > > driving. So seems like there are some valid use cases for such > validation. > > Interesting, thanks for pointing this out. I'm guessing something > about Navigation must be somehow expensive or slow so they had to put > that check in. Or otherwise, was the crusade against exit buttons I > remember seeing all over the net back in 2009/2010 misguided? > > -- > 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 > -- 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
