Is there any way to set "recent app" of long press home key to the search button
I tried but cant find any option for it....using mik_os CM7 rom
Also tried some third party apps for multitasking but they keeps refreshing the background app resulting in fresh start of those apps instead of resuming them
Try "smartbar"
I have always used smartbar and IMO, it has lots of useful stuff in it. Right now, I have "quick settings"(brings up a pop up menu to toggle wifi/gps/BT/etc) assigned to my "serch key's" long press, but I can also change it to "recent apps"(not the default one though)(won't work on opera mini though, will bring up the search bar instead).
sid2k7in said:
Is there any way to set "recent app" of long press home key to the search button
I tried but cant find any option for it....using mik_os CM7 rom
Also tried some third party apps for multitasking but they keeps refreshing the background app resulting in fresh start of those apps instead of resuming them
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Sorry, but why would you use search button for recent apps when longpress home button works perfect no matter where in the menu/apps you are.
Really thanx for smartbar...its working awesome
@22VIN
it can be used for better multitasking
ungaze said:
Try "smartbar"
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I checked the appbrain website for the app. It says:
*DOESN'T WORK WELL ON FROYO
So, is it true or Optimus One is good enough a phone to ignore the above warning?
Cm7 is gingerbread rom....havent tried it on froyo
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Is android as bad as apple? Iv come from a N900 and it was simple. You pressed a button and the app was sent to the background (still running) and then you press a different button to see all the apps running in little windows..
I dont even know how to close a app for good or keep it running in background and how to see whats open and whats not without a app killer app?
Am I missing something?
As bad as apple? Nope...but i am also waitin' for this "button". =)
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there's no taskswitcher built in, there's obviously lots out there, but that doesnt mean it has no multi-tasking as you can press the switch apps by going to home screen and trigger the app again which has been running in the back ground.
fards said:
there's no taskswitcher built in, there's obviously lots out there, but that doesnt mean it has no multi-tasking as you can press the switch apps by going to home screen and trigger the app again which has been running in the back ground.
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How do I do this dont get what I press? It seems to have a mind of its own and I never know how to close the app for good or keep it running..
sorry new to android..
to close most well behaving apps you use the back button, holding down back button will close whatever app you are using with just one press.
some apps will stay resident (but not active) in the background if you press the home key once which should drop you back to the homepage.
on the streak if you hold the home key down then you get the switcher screen and across the bottom there's a list of recently used apps, so you can switch between apps that way..
I'm also new to android and learning quickly
tbh I've tried a few taskswitchers etc and have jkAppswitch at the mo because it works well, but that method above works ok as well.
I wish Dell had given us a basic drop down taskswitcher..
sottyc said:
Is android as bad as apple? Iv come from a N900 and it was simple. You pressed a button and the app was sent to the background (still running) and then you press a different button to see all the apps running in little windows..
I dont even know how to close a app for good or keep it running in background and how to see whats open and whats not without a app killer app?
Am I missing something?
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Once tap to back button take you backward
tapping twise close the app
holding back button takes you to homescreen which you were on
home tap dosent close the app its just take you to homescreen
Hi,
Can you help me with a problem?
When I want to kill an application on my Desire, I must go to the app drawer and find the Task killer. And then, find the app that I want to kill, press and wait for the options and finally kill that app. It's annoying, because it takes a lot of time... (sorry, but for me 5 sec IS a lot ) Please don't tell me to just avoid killing tasks.
I got an idea if it is possible to kill a tasks just by pressing HW keys or a combination of HW keys. For example: By pressing 3x HOME I'll kill the application I'm just using. That should save a lot of time (that 5 sec).
So my question: Is there a way to assign own actions to HW keys? By remapping or something like that?
Thanks a lot.
In MIUI (and I think CM7) there's an option to long-press the back button to kill the current task.
If you're not interested in using either of those roms, I believe there's an app that will do the same. There's also an app that will allow you to close the current app from the notification bar.
Those apps may require root, and I don't know the names of them. Just search the Market, you may find them.
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plainjane said:
In MIUI (and I think CM7) there's an option to long-press the back button to kill the current task.
If you're not interested in using either of those roms, I believe there's an app that will do the same. There's also an app that will allow you to close the current app from the notification bar.
Those apps may require root, and I don't know the names of them. Just search the Market, you may find them.
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I'm currently using CM7, so I'll try to find this options.
Thanks!
In cm7, from your home screen:
Menu > settings > applications > development > stop app via longpress
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mrrick said:
In cm7, from your home screen:
Menu > settings > applications > development > stop app via longpress
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Found it! Thx!!
Hi, I would like to know how I can toggle Recent App of ICS. It can be shown by long clicking on the home button. The one that has preview because I don't like to be pressing so much my home button as I am noticing improper responses from it. Is there a way to put this as an icon or widget on the homescreen? Thx
Anyone? Tried apps like button savior, etc. But it shows their built-in recent apps instead of the firmware's or samsung's.
BUMP
I know this post is old, but Im trying to figure a way too without using an app or service BUMP\
I found what I was looking for in app LMT using the "invisible swipe gestures" set to top center of screen so that swiping top left is notifications, top right is quick settings, and top center opens recents. This is for anyone who might be searching and happen to land on this dead thread. Any other particular method of shortcut will work if you set it to Activities>SystemUI>Overview.recents is the path to this.
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I use GMD Gestures, because my sensitive buttons aren't working. Before, I used CM official inbuilt option that you can change the option sensitive (or back) button for recent Apps. Can really recommend that. Greetings.
My home button had been acting up as of late, to remedy this I use an app called swipe pad to get me to home screen and other frequently used apps when I need. I am looking for a way to call up ICS recent tasks overlay with a shortcut so I can access it via swipe pad, anyone with a solutionor an idea to point me in the right direction?
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interesting, searched for this a lot and ended empty hand, lets see if any other can come up with a solution
should be possible
Interested too
I was redirected by Notification Toggle releaser to this thread:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/2534489-post5.html
Where it gives code to do it via an app
And, he released a process apk that will use screen swipe to launch the recent apps from ICS here:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/tools/190260-recentlauncher-unsichtbarer-recent-apps-softkey.html
Now if someone can code an apk to be launched instead of a process...
I used "Button Savior" on my old phone when the menu button was playing up.
It does have a home button, but i dont know if it supports long press.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey
markp1989 said:
I used "Button Savior" on my old phone when the menu button was playing up.
It does have a home button, but i dont know if it supports long press.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smart.swkey
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Thank you for pointing me to that app
It filled all my needs
Hm, that's good to know!
Apex and Nova launchers now support this as a gesture toggle from home too
No more need to a third party app
yeah apex launcher is the best solution, it's wonderful!
francesco.cordella said:
yeah apex launcher is the best solution, it's wonderful!
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Nova is also by far most stable for many
Test them both and decide, each and his needs
i use apex pro and it is stable for me..i have tested nova too but i prefer apex..
Great!
jonny_ftm said:
Apex and Nova launchers now support this as a gesture toggle from home too
No more need to a third party app
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Thanks for the heads up dude, just updated and set the gesture
I wonder if there is an app that can allow a rooted user to hold on the back key for the recent task instead of the home button..
nanoronline said:
I wonder if there is an app that can allow a rooted user to hold on the back key for the recent task instead of the home button..
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In cm9 they are discussing if its good to implement holding the menu button to recent apps
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Try this
itchetrigr said:
My home button had been acting up as of late, to remedy this I use an app called swipe pad to get me to home screen and other frequently used apps when I need. I am looking for a way to call up ICS recent tasks overlay with a shortcut so I can access it via swipe pad, anyone with a solutionor an idea to point me in the right direction?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721864
There is one released in the market by FactoryWidgets called
Recent Apps Quick Button
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=factory.widgets.recentapps
I won't be using S Voice a whole lot, and would rather repurpose my home key double click to something useful - such as recent apps/multitasking (as this would be much faster than holding home down). Is there a mod for this?
Also, I'd like to double click home to wake phone and unlock screen - any mods for this?
I'm on Omega v6.0, just flashed it.
Also, I'd like to do something about the wake-up delay. When pressing power or home to wake the screen up, there's a wait of a good half a second - I want it instantaneous, like my old phone was.
Any ideas?
Bump.
Afaik this delay is caused by waking up from deep sleep. There isnt much you can do, unless you want to force your phone to stay awake it will drain the battery quickly, though.
Try apex or nova launcher..
For multitasking try "wave launcher".not an ordinary launcher, check market
Editr try gesture launcher
Edit 2: or dock4droid also cool 4 multitasking
setspeed said:
I won't be using S Voice a whole lot, and would rather repurpose my home key double click to something useful - such as recent apps/multitasking (as this would be much faster than holding home down). Is there a mod for this?
Also, I'd like to double click home to wake phone and unlock screen - any mods for this?
I'm on Omega v6.0, just flashed it.
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Bump for this.
I'd really like to be able to open the multitasking menu, with a single press of the home button.
Home2 shortcut in the market is.pretty useful.for key shortcuts like double click home or double click search key. Check it out
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Home2 Shortcut seems like it should work (if and only if S Voice is disabled). If you have Nova Launcher installed, task switching is one of the shortcuts Nova has (so within Home2 Shortcut when you choose the app you'd like to be run, choose "Shortcut->Nova->Task Switcher"). If you don't use Nova as your normal launcher, I might be concerned about whether this causes Nova to be loaded into memory--this is a very simple test, but I can't do it because Nova is my launcher so it's already in memory.
The above technique has two disadvantages: you lose the ability to press "home" when you're already at the launcher (it does nothing), and there's an added delay before opening the launcher. I mitigate this delay by setting the double-tap time to a fast setting.
Another idea I had that might work:
- Uninstall S Voice (I think you can also rename the .apk to .apkbackup).
- Install a task-switching app (there's a very simple one on the market but it's not free--it just triggers normal Android task switching)
- Decompile the task-switching app
- Change the app namespace to S Voice's namespace
- Recompile and install the modified app.
This might make double-home-tap automatically trigger task switching without the disadvantages that come with using Home2 Shortcut. Unfortunately, I haven't yet decompiled/recompiled an app, so I probably can't give this a try until the weekend.
Edit: If technique 2 works and we want to share it as a mod, our only choice is to rewrite the app. There's no way we can condone pirating somebody's paid app.
fenstre said:
Home2 Shortcut seems like it should work (if and only if S Voice is disabled). If you have Nova Launcher installed, task switching is one of the shortcuts Nova has (so within Home2 Shortcut when you choose the app you'd like to be run, choose "Shortcut->Nova->Task Switcher"). If you don't use Nova as your normal launcher, I might be concerned about whether this causes Nova to be loaded into memory--this is a very simple test, but I can't do it because Nova is my launcher so it's already in memory.
The above technique has two disadvantages: you lose the ability to press "home" when you're already at the launcher (it does nothing), and there's an added delay before opening the launcher. I mitigate this delay by setting the double-tap time to a fast setting.
Another idea I had that might work:
- Uninstall S Voice (I think you can also rename the .apk to .apkbackup).
- Install a task-switching app (there's a very simple one on the market but it's not free--it just triggers normal Android task switching)
- Decompile the task-switching app
- Change the app namespace to S Voice's namespace
- Recompile and install the modified app.
This might make double-home-tap automatically trigger task switching without the disadvantages that come with using Home2 Shortcut. Unfortunately, I haven't yet decompiled/recompiled an app, so I probably can't give this a try until the weekend.
Edit: If technique 2 works and we want to share it as a mod, our only choice is to rewrite the app. There's no way we can condone pirating somebody's paid app.
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What is the name of that app. I cant seem to find it
jgrimberg1979 said:
What is the name of that app. I cant seem to find it
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Multitask Shortcut. Perhaps there are other apps that do this, but I haven't looked.
But it's still at least 2 button press. I'm lazy, so I'll continue with "wave launcher" that's just a swipe over screen and all your selected apps appear.
zodiaxe66 said:
But it's still at least 2 button press. I'm lazy, so I'll continue with "wave launcher" that's just a swipe over screen and all your selected apps appear.
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I found a way to swipe into multitasking, so I won't bother with the Home button:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28899928#post28899928