What phone are you using? I do that stuff on my HTC Magic everyday, no issues. (Android 1.5 FTW? ;-)
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:00 PM, bemymonkey <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<android-developers%[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
