Kill apps running in Android player?

[Nethervue]

Hey guys, how do you kill apps running in this environment? On the native side, you have the X's you can hit to close an item. See attachment:

[07thking]

This will be great to know!

[workfromphone]

Install Advanced Task Killer or another task killer.

Advanced Task Killer bar file

[Michel Souris]

Actually, you don't need to kill apps on either Android (or the PB, as far as I know). After an Android app runs, it does leave a footprint in the OS, and that shows as the row of Android icons at the bottom of the player, when you exit an Android app. The icons are not actually running and the very small amount of memory taken by them is instantly released to the system if it is needed. It is not necessary to kill them. You can kill the residual footprint but it means nothing for the memory actually available for the PB (or Android device). It's the way Android works.

[III 4U2NV III]

Good to know, I sideloaded for the first time today and was wondering the same.

[apengue1]

I'm not entirely sure, but as far as I can tell..

It really is a list of recent applications used in Android Player. They are not running. When you do choose an app on this list however.. It will open the app. You can open multiple apps in Android Player and while any one of them are open, a swipe down from the top bezel will bring up the Android menu, where you can close the app or switch between another running Android app. You will notice that when you close an app, you can re-open it and observe that it will restart the app, not go back to the previously used screen.

Correct me if I'm wrong, I do not have many Android apps yet.

[F2]

I had that screen and could not call up any of the apps showing on it. I guess I got locked out of the Android Player. Only fix was to restart the pb.

[GGKoul]

The Apps have to be running or are stored somewhere.. as I sideloaded a app that apparently caused the android player to crash. I restarted and deleted the app, but whenever I get a Android error, the app that caused the crash pops up and there is no way I can find the file or see what's causing the pop-up as that app has been deleted...

[wet_coast]

Originally Posted by GGKoul

The Apps have to be running or are stored somewhere.. as I sideloaded a app that apparently caused the android player to crash. I restarted and deleted the app, but whenever I get a Android error, the app that caused the crash pops up and there is no way I can find the file or see what's causing the pop-up as that app has been deleted...

the akido reader app by chance?? or whatever its name is...

[clem1604]

Originally Posted by workfromphone

Install Advanced Task Killer or another task killer.

Advanced Task Killer bar file

Does it mean were run an application to kill another application, that's kind of stupid, it means there's always at least one app running in the background.

[clem1604]

Originally Posted by apengue1

I'm not entirely sure, but as far as I can tell..

It really is a list of recent applications used in Android Player. They are not running. When you do choose an app on this list however.. It will open the app. You can open multiple apps in Android Player and while any one of them are open, a swipe down from the top bezel will bring up the Android menu, where you can close the app or switch between another running Android app. You will notice that when you close an app, you can re-open it and observe that it will restart the app, not go back to the previously used screen.

Correct me if I'm wrong, I do not have many Android apps yet.

Are you sure? I got around 580mb from fresh reboot but it got down to 400mb once I ran some android apps.

[Double_J75]

Ahahaha. I opened the attached picture and noticed the red glow, and then tried to swipe down to see what the notification was lol.

[EricB1968]

Originally Posted by clem1604

Does it mean were run an application to kill another application, that's kind of stupid, it means there's always at least one app running in the background.

That's ok, because there is an app to close the background app that kills/closes the android apps. Got it ?!

[apengue1]

Originally Posted by clem1604

Are you sure? I got around 580mb from fresh reboot but it got down to 400mb once I ran some android apps.

Its as far as I can tell

[dimm0k]

I was wondering about this... I've noticed some apps that misbehave and instead of quitting or closing themselves, they tie up the player. The PlayBook still works fine, but nothing can be accessed in the Android Player unless I reboot... wtf?