I wonder how efficient IOS really is at quiescing apps that you've
started but haven't used in a while. I haven't looked at IOS code
obviously, and all I know is some theory on memory management and
swapping, but it seems that if IOS really did handle this efficiently
you wouldn't have to manually go through and clean up tasks in the App
Switcher so often to take care of so many problems. I'm not saying other
OS's don't have similar challenges, I just don't know that I'd call IOS
particularly efficient at this.
On 06/29/2013 12:44 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Yes, when somebody refers to a "triple click of the home key" this means to
physically press the round home button in the middle at the bottom 3 times
quickly. There is also a double press which brings up what Voiceover calls
the "App Switcher". This is a listing of all your apps that you have used.
iO/S is quite efficient in shutting down apps that are not being used, but
they do stay open or listed in the app switcher. When you press the home key
twice quickly the app switcher comes up and it displays 4 apps along the
bottom of the phone where you normally see your docked icons. You can remove
apps from this app switcher and it is actually a good idea occasionally to
do this and to clear it out. To do this, double tap and hold on any app in
the app switcher. After a very brief delay you hear a triple tone and
Voiceover will say "Editing" followed by the app name. For example, I have
the Settings app open and when I double tap and hold on Settings, Voiceover
says "Editing Settings". I then lift the finger and double tap anywhere on
the screen and since Settings still has focus, it will be removed and the
next app to the right will move over and gain focus. You can double tap
again to remove it, the double tap and hold to enter editing mode is only
required the first time and it then stays active until all apps are removed
or until you press the home key once or until you double tap on "Dismiss App
Switcher".
Now, briefly back to the triple click home. This will unload Voiceover, but
you have to make sure that this behavior is set up under Settings, General,
Accessibility. At the very botton you find first a heading that Voiceover
reads as "Triple Click, heading", swipe to the right once and you hear
Voiceover say "Triple Click Home, Voiceover button".
You can double tap on this and select other options, you have the following
choices:
Voiceover
Invert Colors
Zoom
Assistive Touch
Voiceover should say "selected" and you can double tap on other options and
have multiple items selected, in that case if you triple click the home
button you would be prompted which option you wanted, e.g. if you have
Voiceover and Inverted Touch selected, you would be able to choose between
the 2.
Unless you still have useable vision having just Voiceover selected is best
because it allows you to easily unload Voiceover should you want somebody
else to use your phone or if you play a game like Audio Archery which
requires you to unload Voiceover and you can just as easily start it up
again with another triple click of the home key.
Regards,
Sieghard
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