Isn't that the same model that is used on the Desktop?Launching an app usually puts you in a clean state, but switching back to a running instance (Alt/Cmd+Tab) brings you to the screen of the app you were most recently on.That makes perfect sense to me.
Actually now that I learned about android:clearTaskOnLaunch [use in contacts<http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Contacts.git;a=blob;f=AndroidManifest.xml;h=71a90eb3b6f4d1a7285a462d0965aeb6660506ca;hb=HEAD#l149>] here, I can finally try to get my app to behave like I would expect it to. This discussion is very enlightening. Dianne that would be a great topic for a blog post of yours, wouldn't it? ;-) On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Mike Hearn <mh.in.engl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > As far as contacts goes, though, this is actually intentional -- some > apps > > (like contacts and settings) want to put the user back to their front > door > > when relaunched from home, so they set the option to do that. This is > > actually a "desired" inconsistency. > > Right, I realise it's intentional. What I'm unclear on is, why these > apps are special? I presume usability testing revealed this is the > behavior users expected. In which case why not reset task stacks for > every app? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---