We had an option to display an exit button that we removed in the last update. With millions of users, only one person complained that it was missing. I think the majority of users get the idea that the back key "backs" the user out of the application.
-John Coryat On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 11:08:00 AM UTC-5, jtoolsdev wrote: > > On 07/30/2013 08:16 AM, Chris wrote: > > On Saturday, March 2, 2013 2:32:23 PM UTC-6, John Coryat wrote: > >>>> it sounds like the bug on your side (no offense and sorry if I > >> misunderstood the problem)... > >> > >> The problem isn't our app, it's the state of Android introductory > >> orientation. If users don't know how to properly end apps, then they > can > >> run into all kinds of problems. Case in point are task killers. Perhaps > the > >> reason these are so popular is that their users just don't know what > the > >> back key is for. > >> > >> -John Coryat > >> > > Where does it state in developer documentation that the back button is > > supposed to end a program? I don't see what it has to do with Android > > introductory orientation, especially when that is not even the way > > Google's apps function. Try to use back in Gmail sometime - You'll get > a > > headache cycling through the last twenty emails you read. The best > Google > > could provide for an "introductory orientation" would be to say "If you > > download an app, we have no idea what the back button will do half of > the > > time. We haven't even figured out what we think it should do yet. Push > it > > inside of an application and find out! Don't you like a surprise?" > > The browser even has a "stack" icon that you can click to remove a > session on a web site. I mentioned it to someone who still only has > Gingerbread and their browser doesn't have that feature. He was > complaining about having to do so many back keying to get rid of a > session. I have downloaded some apps like the iHeart Radio app that had > an exit button or exit in their menu. Anything that can put up many > layers of interface should probably should have an exit. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
