Hi,
I was a big user of popup window in MM and recently I upgraded to nougat to see that it was changed a lot.
Some changes don't bother me, but one broke almost all my use. Before, when I played some game or had an app working I could open one popup app and the app in background (but open) would still working like it were in the front. Now it seems that when I focus on the popup everything in background app is stopped. Any loading in game stops, facebook stops video, etc.
Is there any way I can use the app in popup with full multitasking like it was in MM? It's not just a popup issue.. the same thing happens with split screen.
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Hey everyone,
This is intended to people who use Whatsapp or apps that show similar behavior.
If Whatsapp is in the background app list, I can easily hold the back button, access the list, and click on it and it will resume from where I was.
However, if the background is still in the background app list, and I clock on the Whatsapp live tile, the app has to re-launch itself instead of resuming from where I left it.
Is that a Whatsapp malfunction or normal WP7 behaviour? Other apps do not behave like that so I am guessing it's whatsapp.
I only had my Lumia 900 for a week and still new to WP7.
Your help/comment/feedback will be appreciated.
Thank you.
clicking on the app-tile will force every app to relaunch (except some built-in "apps" like your browser and so on)
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clicking on the app-tile will force every app to relaunch (except some built-in "apps" like your browser and so on)
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I find that a bit odd don't you think? What for?
It's a limitation of Windows Phone right now. I think it's mostly done to reduce the amount of background processes running and hence will give better battery life.
Hopefully this will change with WP8!
Actually, that's mostly incorrect. It is the default behavior of WP7, and the reason for that behavior is to allow the user to re-launch an app that has become hung in some way (since apps can trap teh Back button, it's entirely possible to make an app that the OS provides no other way for the user to exit from). In theory (I haven't tried it myself), it's possible to make a configuration change that causes the default "launch" behavior to be resume, rather than restart.
Background processes are completley irrelevent, because WP7 has no (significant) process limit and does not let apps run in the background (consuming battery) anyhow. Backgrounded apps are fully suspended; they use RAM but if another program needs it, the suspended app will be tombstoned (think of it as "hibernated"), the process ended, and the RAM freed.
Interesting although a bit annoying since the app takes 5 seconds to relaunch and fetch messages although the messages have been received and notifications have appeared on the top.
Has anyone else had this problem just recently? I noticed that a new app called "Google Settings" randomly appeared on my Note this morning and since then, Gmail and Youtube are no longer able to go into multiwindow mode. I tried using MW Manager to fix Gmail... but it looks really weird in fullscreen mode. There's just this huge empty space on the right side while all the content is squished on the left side, as if it's still in windowed mode. I have not tried MW Manager for Youtube, yet.
I am running on stock Jellybean 4.1.2 and I'm rooted. I have no idea what's going on, since I've only had the tablet for 2 weeks and I barely downloaded anything (just some apps like LectureNotes and Layer Paint).
Any info/suggestions is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Sorry I have no idea why your youtube isn't multi Window anymore mine still is but I did notice the Google settings app randomly appear this morning, I was changing the lock screan apps at the time when it happened don't know if that had anything to do with it?
Update: seems google has installed a useless settings app on all of our devices overnight personally I dont want or need this so I would like 5o disable it but it isnt a listed app in application manager.
http://lifehacker.com/5987333/google-settings-gives-you-convenient-access-to-other-google-apps-settings-on-android
Hi all,
I recently installed the 5.1 GPE ROM and noticed that apps close unexpected, usually when they are in the background but sometimes when I am still using them. For example, the most annoying thing that happens it that I will be using the Facebook chat heads and suddenly either the overlay will close or the entire Messenger app will close. If I try to open it again from the app switcher, a dialogue saying "Unable to open Messenger" will pop up and I have to launch it again from the home screen. I also have an IRC app that I usually leave running in the background. After anywhere between 10 minutes and an hour, the app will close and the icon will disappear from the notification bar. The two given examples usually happen at the same time; it's almost like having an overzealous app killer.
Thanks in advance for any help!
So I've been running CM13 by Sultan for the past few months and I've noticed a few apps are behaving weirdly. I'm not sure if these apps are having bugs with 6.0 or CM13. I did not have these bugs back on 5.1 / CM12.1.
If I use the NX Bus app (local buses app), when I click on the map button, the app crashes and force closes. This means I cannot look at stops or bus times.
Also, bejeweled blitz crashes if I do a 'free retry' by watching an advert and then returning to the challenge mode, the game doesn't load the challenge correctly, sometimes the score is not visible and special gems do not appear.
The Three UK app also doesn't not refresh my allowances when I refresh them, it just seems to time out and not receive the updated balances.
The Facebook app causes a persistent notification about not being connected to a cast, and doesn't let me remove the notification or close the casting notification. (there is an x in the notification but it does not close it) (it also does nothing when I tap on it)
The XDA app also can sometimes take a very long time to connect to the server and times out.
Its like some apps are not linking correctly or something. The Facebook one is weird, I cannot see any setting within the app to switch off the casting mode.
Should I try a different version of android?
These issues aren't particularly bad but noticeable and annoying.
Any suggestions would be great!
Thanks
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Hey all.
Finally got the P2P today, and so far it has been a very positive experience. I'm coming from the rather old Samsung Galaxy Note 3, so its a major upgrade in terms of screen size, resolution and raw power.
There a few annoyances though, which I really hope there is a solution for.
First, on the galaxy note the left button acts as a settings menu throughout the ui. Is there something similar here? Or at least a workaround?
Second, in full screen apps I can't simply pull down the notification bar by sliding down at the top. I have to exit the app, which is so impractical i'm thinking it must be a bug?
Hope somebody knows something i don't.. thanks in advance .
Re: the menu button in the tray, that's gone on all new Android phones. Blame Google. Menu's in the app now, upper right corner, the vertical ellipsis. Means if you have an old program without a built-in menu & the developer hasn't updated it, you're screwed. Won't be able to open menu.
And the top notification area? I just tried pulling it down in 4 different apps--worked in all. Try pulling from top/off-screen to down.
Thanks for the reply.
Guess I will have to live with the settings change like everyone else.
Much worse is the lack of notification bar. I tried with apps like chrome, gmail and 9gag that displays the bar at all times. No problem there. The problem is in fullscreen apps that hides the bar. Like the camera app, games and the AR apps. Tried your advise with placing finger outside screen, no change. The problem is both in portrait and landscape mode.
Megacore said:
Thanks for the reply.
Guess I will have to live with the settings change like everyone else.
Much worse is the lack of notification bar. I tried with apps like chrome, gmail and 9gag that displays the bar at all times. No problem there. The problem is in fullscreen apps that hides the bar. Like the camera app, games and the AR apps. Tried your advise with placing finger outside screen, no change. The problem is both in portrait and landscape mode.
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Got the latest update? December brought mine to PB2-690Y_161202
Yes, got the latest update.
I'm gonna try a factory reset tonite to see if that helps.
Tried a factory reset, no change. Gonna write to Lenovo to see if a fix is coming.
What apps are you having the issue with being unable to pull down the notification tray? I play a few games on my P2P and they all run full screen and I am able to pull down the notification window in each of them.
I play Dominations and Boom Beach mainly. Also got the problem on the Tango apps that use full screen. Such as the Dino app, Holo e.t.c.
Odd fact: When the app runs a video, like the beginning of the dino app, the notification bar can be pulled down. But when it goes to the regular mode, I can't.
Assuming you haven't messed with anything in Developer settings or put an app on it that is screwing with the touchscreen, then you absolutely have a buggy phone. You need to return it.
This phone make calls over 4G VoLTE?
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I play Dominations and Boom Beach mainly. Also got the problem on the Tango apps that use full screen. Such as the Dino app, Holo e.t.c.
Odd fact: When the app runs a video, like the beginning of the dino app, the notification bar can be pulled down. But when it goes to the regular mode, I can't.
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I tried Boom Beach, Star Warss Force Arena, and Hill Climb Racing and I cannot pull the notification tray down in any of them. This is not really a problem for me. I know I could on my last phone(Nexus 6), but it doesn't bother me that I can't now.