I’m just so use to It. Now we have to press down on an app then swipe up..grrrr
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Hate that you can’t swipe up in app switcher to close an app!
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I see Apple’s reasoning that swipe up is now the home screen gesture. And yes I know that you can still swipe away apps, but you first have to long press on them.
Here’s my argument: the swipe up for home gesture is only used from the bottom of the phone, where as when swiping up to close an app is done from the middle or bottom-middle. I don’t see any reason why they had to do away with this feature and make us long press first.
Thoughts?
Here’s my argument: the swipe up for home gesture is only used from the bottom of the phone, where as when swiping up to close an app is done from the middle or bottom-middle. I don’t see any reason why they had to do away with this feature and make us long press first.
Thoughts?
It’s pointless to close apps unless there’s a problem with one, but yea you’re reasoning is right. I don’t see why they couldn’t make that change. I’m sure they will.
While I totally agree it should close an app just by flicking, I guess they didn’t want users to close apps by accident. Not a huge deal to press down for a second and swipe up but still rather not press at all and just swipe.
Don’t see why Apple can’t program the gesture so that swiping up in one motion only allows the phone to activate the app switcher, and then wait for a second swipe after lifting your finger before allowing apps to be dismissed.
I don't have any apps that continuously crash, but I've still worked out what I think is the quickest 2 step gesture to close: diagonal bottom corner to middle opposite side (works either direction), lift, tap-hold-slide (and you can slide as many additional apps as you'd like).
The entire idea of introducing new gestures to an old interface is an invitation for "Accidents". Accidental screenshots. Accidental Wallet activation. Accidental keyboard switching. Accidental 3D Touch triggers. Accidental Control Panel pulls.
We can go on forever with how many "accidents" people can have with these new gestures. But the point is that people will learn whatever you give them. So the best way to minimize a learning curve is to retain what is familiar.
Adding an extra step to a common gesture only makes things more difficult (and in this case, a giant pain in the notch).
Yes. Unless you set them to keep running in the background you are wasting your time closing them for battery reasons.
When in the the app switcher to get out of it and go home you have to swipe up. However if there was no "close app mode" you would likely swipe a app away inadvertently. You can tell apple did they're research on this. Not just changing stuff for the sake of change. Actually serves a purpose. Liked the swipe up after face unlock.
I agree, we've been trained to swipe them up for so many years. Doing the long press first is annoying and most times I end up forgetting and leaving app switcher by accident.
Most of the time it just isn’t worth closing apps on iOS. I stopped closing apps and have noticed no discernible difference in battery life with everyday usage. I do believe feel that Apple is trying to steer people away from the practice of force closing all apps.
You guys know you guys can still swipe to close ? Hold the app down so the red minus shows up and then just swipe to close like normal
Apple has stated that force closing apps all the time not only slows the phone down but negatively impacts battery life. They say you should only close them if the app is having an issue. iOS is smart enough to know when you are not using an app and it puts it into a suspend state so that it’s not using battery or processing power. It takes the phone more effort to start apps from fresh all of the time. I definitely think Apple is trying to push people further and further away from doing this and that’s why they made it harder to do on the X. Part of the reason I’ll say.