iOS 7 - Multitasking

[Max(IT)]

I have used the remove all feature myself on three Android phones.
Let me remind you also that a review doesn't necessarily have to cover such a feature, which is a given, having been implemented for a number of iterations.


You should inform yourself before making any kind of claim.




So what?
Are you stating that since Android (false information, too) and WP8 don't implement such a feature, iOS should be no different and avoid it?

Brilliant logic. Thanks for sharing.

Right from gsmarena review of Nexus 5:

"Last but not least, the Recent Apps list has remained virtually unchanged. It would be nice if Google finally adds a kill all/close all option."

http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_nexus_5-review-1011p4.php

Speaking about false information ...

Maybe YOU are the one that should inform yourself.

 

[mach]

iOS 7 is just a big fail. And it's also soooo slowwww compared to iOS6. I feel like my phone is 3 years old, waiting entire seconds for the unlock animation, or for the cards to stop moving so I can close the app, or for the screen to "rescale" when switching between apps.

Completely agree. I did discover one nice little touch though:

If you scroll by dragging across the icons along the bottom (rather than the thumbnail images), you can tap into the thumbnail without having to wait for the scrolling animation to settle. They scroll faster so it's a little harder to be accurate, but you'll get used to it.

Inversely, tapping the app icons allows you to jump into the app without having to wait for the animation to finish as well. This is a little harder to do though, since the icons are even smaller targets, so I usually scroll along the bottom and tap the thumbnail to multitask.

 

[Vanilla35]

Completely agree. I did discover one nice little touch though:

If you scroll by dragging across the icons along the bottom (rather than the thumbnail images), you can tap into the thumbnail without having to wait for the scrolling animation to settle. They scroll faster so it's a little harder to be accurate, but you'll get used to it.

Inversely, tapping the app icons allows you to jump into the app without having to wait for the animation to finish as well. This is a little harder to do though, since the icons are even smaller targets, so I usually scroll along the bottom and tap the thumbnail to multitask.

Thanks! I think I had done this once but didn't realize it bypasses the animation. We'll see if I can get used to the speed

 

[roadbloc]

You didn't try wp8, don't you ? You have to hit furiously on the back button until every app is close

And as an owner of a WP8 phone, I can confirm that the above is total rubbish.

 

[Max(IT)]

And as an owner of a WP8 phone, I can confirm that the above is total rubbish.

And as an Nokia 620 owner I can confirm what I've said.
Only in gdr3 they introduced the X button to close apps (one at time)

 

[roadbloc]

And as an Nokia 620 owner I can confirm what I've said.
Only in gdr3 they introduced the X button to close apps (one at time)

Neither Windows Phone or iOS have real multitasking. All apps are frozen whilst in the background with only certain tasks such as audio and push notifications still active. Repetitively pressing the back button on WP8 does nothing but clear your list of recently used apps. And it is the same with swiping away apps in iOS 7.

WP8 automatically caps its multitasking feature to the last six(ish) recently used Apps. iOS displays them all. Having loads or none in that list will have no effect on battery life or resource usage.

 

[Max(IT)]

Neither Windows Phone or iOS have real multitasking. All apps are frozen whilst in the background with only certain tasks such as audio and push notifications still active. Repetitively pressing the back button on WP8 does nothing but clear your list of recently used apps. And it is the same with swiping away apps in iOS 7.

WP8 automatically caps its multitasking feature to the last six(ish) recently used Apps. iOS displays them all. Having loads or none in that list will have no effect on battery life or resource usage.

You aren't up to date on knowledge of iOS multitasking ....
Install an app like system monitor (there are several), open a few apps and look at the free ram available.
Then swipe out all of them and look again at the free ram.
You will be surprised

While iOS actually uses a "controlled" multitasking (now improved with the background app refresh functionality), apps in the multitasking list uses resource also when frozen. If ram is needed the iOS will free it from the last used app, but the system became less responsive in the process.

Regarding battery drain, only apps actually working on background (with BAR supported and activated) could influence it.

 

[LostSoul80]

Right from gsmarena review of Nexus 5:

"Last but not least, the Recent Apps list has remained virtually unchanged. It would be nice if Google finally adds a kill all/close all option."

http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_nexus_5-review-1011p4.php

That review refers to the stock Android KitKat featured in the new Nexus 5.
The implementations of manufacturers are almost always different from the stock version.

As I have stated, I have personally used a "close all" feature on three different Android devices.

You have also the option to install widgets and launchers that implement that very feature, so you can get it on stock Android too without an effort.

What exactly is hard to understand about that?
What does the review you linked and the useless argument you are supporting add to the topic, which is related to iOS and the way iOS treats multitasking?

Speaking about false information ...

False information?

Maybe YOU are the one that should inform yourself.

As if that wasn't enough, you have missed an important bit:

Are you stating that since Android (false information, too) and WP8 don't implement such a feature, iOS should be no different and avoid it?

What exactly are you arguing about in the iOS 7 section of the MacRumors forums, in a thread involving multitasking in iOS 7?

 

[roadbloc]

You aren't up to date on knowledge of iOS multitasking ....
Install an app like system monitor (there are several), open a few apps and look at the free ram available.
Then swipe out all of them and look again at the free ram.
You will be surprised

While iOS actually uses a "controlled" multitasking (now improved with the background app refresh functionality), apps in the multitasking list uses resource also when frozen. If ram is needed the iOS will free it from the last used app, but the system became less responsive in the process.

Regarding battery drain, only apps actually working on background (with BAR supported and activated) could influence it.

None of that proves my original point wrong. Windows Phone 8 requires no closing of Apps, making your backwards button statement totally absurd.

 

[Max(IT)]

None of that proves my original point wrong. Windows Phone 8 requires no closing of Apps, making your backwards button statement totally absurd.

I don't know about wp8 because I haven't any system monito program installed, but it's reasonable to presume a similar behavior as iOS 7 since it has a similar multitasking model.

Apps in background, frozen or not, aren't there "for free", so it's better to clear the list from time to time, and until wp8 gdr3 it was ridiculous ....

So my original point wasn't wrong neither