Is closing apps generally unnecessary in UT like in Android?
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Ideally yes. The system should be able to handle managing apps lifecycle but of course, UT isn't as good as Android yet in this regard. Sometimes the current app gets killed or crashes because there are apps in the background that consume memory. This is ususally more noticeable in the browser or webapps. So in general, it'll be good to kill apps you don't use. Also, multitasking is so much better in UT in my opinion so you'd want to keep the app spread/switcher as clean as possible. On Android, I barely use the app switcher. I only use it mostly for switching betwen 2 apps. In UT, I'd use it to switch between multiple apps.
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@kugiigi said in Is closing apps generally unnecessary in UT like in Android?:
multitasking is so much better in UT...
Multi-tasking is unfortunately not efficient on some UT devices including the Volla for me. And you are also aware of the problem. https://gitlab.com/ubports/core/morph-browser/-/issues/495
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@arubislander said in Is closing apps generally unnecessary in UT like in Android?:
When Lomiri is rendering in windowed mode
Could you elaborate on that? How does that differ from normal mode?
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@opolork It is a convergence thing.
When docked it is assumed that the need is for a desktop-ish experience.
So we switch to windows mode enabling having multiple windows rendered on the same screen (mosaic).
Thus we should have multiple apps running at the same time in foreground (but only one having focus).The UT Tweak Tool allows you to manually switch to windows mode (IIRC, I'm not sure if it's part of the system but I doubt it) hence allowing multiple apps to run simultaneously.
BTW this windows mode is more battery consuming, so use it accordingly. -
@applee So by default, I'm only using non-windowed mode?
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@opolork That's correct
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@applee said in Is closing apps generally unnecessary in UT like in Android?:
The UT Tweak Tool allows you to manually switch to windows mode (IIRC, I'm not sure if it's part of the system but I doubt it)
Don't you have this setting "mode ordinateur" (desktop mode) ?
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@keneda
You proved me wrong. Thanks.
At least I didn't make a plain assumption
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@applee
I was not sure you have it because the "system" part of the drop down menu only appears on my phone since i scalled down grid size (same thing for text on the left of the menu, "navigateur" on the screenshot). -
@keneda Sadly I'm back to android until I receive my Pro1 X (hopefully in few weeks now)
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@applee
Ah ok, that'd sad indeed.
Hope you'll enjoy your pro1 the sooner
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@domubpkm Sadly that is true. What I meant more is how you multitask. I think Lomiri encourages you more to multitask than Android. Hopefully, we can have a more optimized memory management especially with web views because when it works well, it is a joy to use
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Thanks, all, for the feedback.
