That is not a list of running applications, it is most recently used applications. Some of them may actually be running, some may not, but it's not something you need to be aware of.
In a very course way, yes, the design is like Windows Mobile where the system takes care of killing apps as memory is needed. However, the way this is done is very very different, and is designed from the ground up to not be something that users need to deal with (which also means that it is a fundamental of how all applications interact with the system, which helps us make it work well). Our goal is that from the user's perspective, all applications are running all of the time, and the fact that their processes are being killed and returning as the system runs is not something the user needs to care about or is ever aware of. Just let the system run and do its thing and all will be happy. :) On Sep 23, 5:54 pm, Razor1973 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Multitasking is paramount for me (the main reason I never got into the > iPhone frenzy) and I am glad Android allows applications to multitask > and has a task manager. Using the emulator, all you need to do is > press and hold the Home key and a window with all running applications > will open. You can click on any of them to go to it, but does anyone > know how to close/kill them? Is this going to be like WinMo where the > O/S is designed to kill apps by itself as memory is needed and the > user shouldn't have to? I personally hate this, since if I am no > longer working with an applicaiton, I don't want to keep seeing it in > the list of open applications, but at least WinMo offers a very > rudimentary task manager that's also difficult to get to without a > keyboard shortcut, but at least it's there. Does anyone know whether > Android will allow this functionality out of the box? I tried several > things with the emulator, but nothing worked. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
