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iOS already closes everything for you as soon as you switch app 😂
Welcome to an Android feature I’ve had for at least 4 years now. Next thing you’ll tell me is that I can charge my ear bugs wirelessly from the back of my phone.
how dare you ask this question on here! people will just tell you that iOS is smart enough to do it on its own ... except when it doesn't. I would already be fine with a little indicator, showing me what is really still running, like the dock on macOS. Until then, I will continue to close apps such as Google Maps as soon as I stop using them or everything at least once a day. (usually in the morning and before bed)
Because that's what Apple says. The whole reason we have the ability to swipe away apps is due to the second part of the bolded quote. No software is perfect.
But carry on swiping away all of your apps. You're not hurting anybody by doing it even if it is counter to what the manufacturer/developer says. I just wouldn't expect to see them change their tune after all these years.
iOS already closes everything for you as soon as you switch app
Which is the important take away. Why do something that is the job of the OS (manage RAM)? And why close all at once, is there some troubleshooting benefit?
I personally believe that apps such as Google Maps, YouTube (at least the premium version with background activity enabled) or Instagram continue to run for far longer than they should.
Sounds like the thread might have gotten moved here after the fact.
Yup- I think they moved it to the iOS forum.
Not sure if there’s really a benefit when closing the app, but it makes me feel good that there’s nothing running in the background and reduce the risk of battery drain.
Apple - how hard is it to add a darn button!!!???
Not sure if there’s really a benefit when closing the app, but it makes me feel good that there’s nothing running in the background and reduce the risk of battery drain.
Apple - how hard is it to add a darn button!!!???
Not sure if you've been told so I'll be that guy.
You're causing more strain on your battery by forcing all of your apps to open from a zero state rather than recalling from the app switcher.
Apple Says Swiping iPhone Apps Closed Is Bad For The Battery
You're better off just leaving them
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Why on earth would you want this feature. There is zero benefit to closing an application on iOS due to the way iOS handles its memory management and multitasking. The only reason you should ever need to close an app this way is if the app isn’t working properly
support.apple.com
Close an app on your iPhone or iPod touch - Apple Support
If an app won’t respond or seems frozen, you can close it, then open it again.
It seems that given the design of iOS Apple doesn't feel it's something that's needed (and potentially might even be counter-productive, in some sense, for most people, in their view).
Yes, you press and hold the icon in the lower right hand corner that you would normally press to minimize the open tab and access your other tabs and you have several options:
"Close All xxx tabs"
"Close This Tab"
"New Private Tab"
"New Tab"
I stand corrected. Perhaps I need to start wearing my glasses these days...
Maybe you’re like me and just waiting for these Apple glasses
for the full Retina experience, hehe.
It’s beta. There are rampant threads running. Also corrupt files? Perhaps cache? If it will clear up an issue that otherwise requires shutting down, wait, restart?
4GB in 2020 is insufficient. Yes I can code in assembly and machine code but are all apps doing so and doing a good job? No. Definitely not.
id like to see a Developer Mode with added ability. Do we take it in faith or with proof what Xcode and memory management is up to?
I can compare how my iPhone X and 11 operate and compare that to Galaxy 10+ and Note doing same and all 4 are running latest OS and similar setup.
4GB in 2020 is insufficient. Yes I can code in assembly and machine code but are all apps doing so and doing a good job? No. Definitely not.
id like to see a Developer Mode with added ability. Do we take it in faith or with proof what Xcode and memory management is up to?
I can compare how my iPhone X and 11 operate and compare that to Galaxy 10+ and Note doing same and all 4 are running latest OS and similar setup.
I’d say giving Apple way too much credit believing they will always do the right thing for customer is just purely...not right for the very least. iOS has gone so many years of development and it is very complex. Gone the old days of single app mode. Switching out means that app is killed.
However, I don’t feel swiping away an application Actually turns it off, except maybe for games or certain apps. On Windows, killing the process will prevent that process from utilising anymore resources. But we have child process and such. What if the “app” we swipe away is only the Child process of another main one, and that main one still handles some functions? Granted, I’m not a developer and does not use resource monitor on Xcode to monitor iOS processes, so feel free to ignore my speculations. My main point is while completely leaving iOS to do management itself seems “too good to be true”, allowing Users to swipe away all apps in app switcher by tapping one button isn’t going to solve the resource Management problem either.
However, I don’t feel swiping away an application Actually turns it off, except maybe for games or certain apps. On Windows, killing the process will prevent that process from utilising anymore resources. But we have child process and such. What if the “app” we swipe away is only the Child process of another main one, and that main one still handles some functions? Granted, I’m not a developer and does not use resource monitor on Xcode to monitor iOS processes, so feel free to ignore my speculations. My main point is while completely leaving iOS to do management itself seems “too good to be true”, allowing Users to swipe away all apps in app switcher by tapping one button isn’t going to solve the resource Management problem either.