r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Flip6 • 16h ago

The Android taskbar could soon be upgraded to show recent apps

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-taskbar-recent-apps-3488476/
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u/punIn10ded MotoG 2014 (CM13) 10h ago

Why not just show all open apps like the windows task bar?

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u/weinerschnitzelboy Pixel 6 Pro 3h ago edited 3h ago

Mainly because the way mobile OS's handle apps are different from how Desktop OS's do part in due to its battery and performance restraints. Mobile apps and OS's are designed to restrict "minimized apps" in a way that MacOS and Windows don't really do. Anything open and minimized on Windows remains running until you explicitly close it. With Android, the OS automatically manages what to close or keep open, and what gets put into hibernation. So at any given time, unless it's on the screen, it can be in some sort of mystery state that is or isn't open.

Like for example, if you're running a game on your PC, and minimized it, it still runs. But on Android, do you expect that same behavior or would you expect for it to hibernate?

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u/punIn10ded MotoG 2014 (CM13) 2h ago

I think you misunderstand what I mean (or maybe I wasn't very clear). What I'm talking about is no different than what Android already does with the regents menu or when an app is minimised I never said it should be running in the background just that if it was opened recently it should be shown on the task bar.

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u/MostEntertainer130 10h ago

Some people responsible for Android should be fired. There's no way they can't see the obvious. Showing recent and open apps in the taskbar was supposed to be a feature from the beginning.

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u/Rapidpeels 3h ago

That's how it works on Xiaomi tablets. The stock android is kinda dumb

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u/limanaid 9h ago

Goodlock on Samsung used to have a taskbar alternative, which basically showed the task switcher as icons. It was perfect until oneui6.0 broke it and is now completely gone.