Prevent app from being killed like in MIUI? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Was wondering if there is any app, xposed module or any other way in which I could prevent an app from being killed in any aosp or cm rom. Something like in the miui ROM, where I just need to swipe down the app in the recent app window to lock it and prevent it from being killed, would be great. Such a feature would be useful.
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varunchitalia said:
Was wondering if there is any app, xposed module or any other way in which I could prevent an app from being killed in any aosp or cm rom. Something like in the miui ROM, where I just need to swipe down the app in the recent app window to lock it and prevent it from being killed, would be great. Such a feature would be useful.
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if you are using any custom rom which support slim recents it has the option to lock the app

Didn't know that. Will check it out
Edit1: using slim recent on resurrection remix ROM. Can't seem to figure out by what gesture can I lock the app. Just shows 2 options when I long press on app icon in slim recent: floating mode and app info. Swiping the app icon left or right kills it.
Found an app in play store which prevents the app from being killed, MEMORY LOCKER. Will try it out and report in some time.
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varunchitalia said:
Didn't know that. Will check it out
Edit1: using slim recent on resurrection remix ROM. Can't seem to figure out by what gesture can I lock the app. Just shows 2 options when I long press on app icon in slim recent: floating mode and app info. Swiping the app icon left or right kills it.
Found an app in play store which prevents the app from being killed, MEMORY LOCKER. Will try it out and report in some time.
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long press on the top left corner of any app which needs to be locked. star appears.
just FYI : pinch in gesture on the panel is clear all action in slim recents
next time please quote me or just mention me like this @varunchitalia so that i get notified.

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multitask app

is there any good multitasking app? i like a swipe gesture (like zephyr from iphone) rather than long press home and also should have app killing capabilities, also what app are ok to kill from the running list?
Do not use a task killer.
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joshnichols189 said:
Do not use a task killer.
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+1 billion.
Download Nova launcher and then you can put an icon on your homescreen that let's you get into the multitasking menu with one press.
It will work with TW too.
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ive read the description of nova launcher but couldnt find anythinga bout multi tasking. can you explain a bit more?
Not only nova you can have it in apex too, in fact you can simply bring the recent apps menu by making a swipe gesture on home screen
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I'm not sure if it works on the gs3, but I use an amazing app on my transformer prime called gesture control.
It basically allows you to define actions by using gestures.
You can define two,three,and four finger gestures.
It really is great. Needs root though.
So you can define a gesture for bringing up the multitasking menu and it works throughout the whole system anywhere.
You don't have to be on the launcher homescreen .
Here's the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontroldemo
tried apex launcher but couldnt get it to work when im inside an app. ill try gesture control. anyone else have any suggestion for me
anyone can give me suggestion on a great gesture app that can open the recent app from anywhere?
Wave launcher is also cool multitasker. Quite different though.
Also looking for this, something like zephyr for IOS that works inside apps. It allows to close an app just sweeping from bottom to top.
anthony001 said:
anyone can give me suggestion on a great gesture app that can open the recent app from anywhere?
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Try the app yhat I suggested in my earlier post.
It does exactly what your asking for.
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@elcom
i tried the app and it worked great. Can I ask what the risk of enabling usb debugging is? Im kinda paranoid of what it does, also can you suggest to me what good gesture is best to bring up the recent app list?
What does usb debugging do?
I don't understand why you don't just want to hold home? Plus when on this screen if you swype to left or right the preview is binned.
As for killing apps, Android runs on linux, linux manages ram very well and indeed runs better when you don't keep closing things all the time, it caches processes to save you time and battery when you next need them!
I use a app called "multitask shortcut" which is awesome and it only cost .50 dollars. It doesnt work inside apps though. I wish there was something like Zephyr for Android. It was awesome on the iPhone.

Google Now

First off i lost my copy and need someone to link me as my searches are coming up empty.
Secondly when I did have it I was never able to get the swipe up feature to work. You're usually just have to swipe from bottom of screen to top of screen to open it.
I'm running liquids cm10 if that helps.
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LittleRedDot said:
First off i lost my copy and need someone to link me as my searches are coming up empty.
Secondly when I did have it I was never able to get the swipe up feature to work. You're usually just have to swipe from bottom of screen to top of screen to open it.
I'm running liquids cm10 if that helps.
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Google now is in all the JB gap packages. Just download one, open the zip and side load it to system apps, fix permissions, reboot. Or just reflash jb gapps. Side loading is easier, I feel
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It should also be available in apk form in the themes and apps section ...
It might be the one from the N7000 ...but I can't see that being a problem ...g
dafoxs said:
Google now is in all the JB gap packages. Just download one, open the zip and side load it to system apps, fix permissions, reboot. Or just reflash jb gapps. Side loading is easier, I feel
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You were right it is cooked into the rom, but what about the swipe feature?
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The swipe feature only works from the navigation bar on phones that have on screen buttons, such as the galaxy nexus, and its actually swiping up from the on screen home button. I haven't tried it, but with aokp I know you have the option to have the navigation bar, so you could be able to use the swipe up gesture on an aokp Rom
That being said, once you have Google now installed, it replaces the main search function anyways, so just pressing your search button launches it.
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Also with either apex or nova you can create a swipe up gesture on the home screen and assign it to launch google.
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The three middle menu buttons

hi all
Just wondering if anyone knows of an app that can move the 3 menu buttons from the bottom middle to either left or right side so i can get to it with my thumb?
Thanks
jm4cc said:
hi all
Just wondering if anyone knows of an app that can move the 3 menu buttons from the bottom middle to either left or right side so i can get to it with my thumb?
Thanks
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CyanogenMod allows you to move one on each side. I have my back button and recent button on the left and right side, respectively. It's not an app, but that's the only way to have that without using an app like button saver or virtual button bar (don't move originals but can place buttons anywhere pretty much).
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Thanks omac, Maybe will give it a try then, do you think it's the best rom?
jm4cc said:
Thanks omac, Maybe will give it a try then, do you think it's the best rom?
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I think its pretty great. The nightly updates and constantly added features is what keeps me going.
I use this version of AOSP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998585
Just make sure to flash "leftnavbar.full_manta-ota-eng.cgomez.20122012.zip" to move the navbar over (link in the OP).
Use Paranoid Android and in Tablet UI you can have all three on the bottom left. Otherwise you can use the expanded desktop with PIE and have them come or of anywhere you like.
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SCHEND0 said:
Use Paranoid Android and in Tablet UI you can have all three on the bottom left. Otherwise you can use the expanded desktop with PIE and have them come or of anywhere you like.
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+1
Fantastic ROM! Finally expanded desktop is like it was meant to be.
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Paranoid Android is probably the best for Nexus 10 and 7... Check that out
I'll back these guys up. Been running Paranoid Android in my Nexus 10 for ages and it's brilliant. I have the buttons on the bottom left and my notifications on the bottom right. I noticed there are some other ROMs starting to introduce these features such as CM and aokp but I'd definitely recommend looking at Paranoid Android.
I'm running CM10.1 with lmt launcher and fullscreen togglev2. It's just nearly perfekt
Need no nasty navbar anymore. More Display for me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497558
SCHEND0 said:
Use Paranoid Android and in Tablet UI you can have all three on the bottom left. Otherwise you can use the expanded desktop with PIE and have them come or of anywhere you like.
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I have been looking but can't find out how to do it. How do have expanded desktop with pie, and have the status bar? Been running in circles trying to find out how.
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I cannot find paranoid android in the dev section.. Where is it ??
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Harsh7689 said:
I cannot find paranoid android in the dev section.. Where is it ??
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Try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010280
lucky13 said:
I have been looking but can't find out how to do it. How do have expanded desktop with pie, and have the status bar? Been running in circles trying to find out how.
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Do you mean how do you turn on extended desktop so that you can use the pie menu? Press your power button until the menu comes up and select extended desktop.
KestrelX said:
Do you mean how do you turn on extended desktop so that you can use the pie menu? Press your power button until the menu comes up and select extended desktop.
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I'm talking about enabling extended screen, using pie, AND having the three button bars and menu visible.
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CyanogenMod allows you to move one on each side. I have my back button and recent button on the left and right side, respectively. It's not an app, but that's the only way to have that without using an app like button saver or virtual button bar (don't move originals but can place buttons anywhere pretty much).
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Out of curiosity where is this feature hidden? I was never able to find it in settings.
wjtemple said:
Out of curiosity where is this feature hidden? I was never able to find it in settings.
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System - Navigation Bar.
lucky13 said:
I'm talking about enabling extended screen, using pie, AND having the three button bars and menu visible.
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Unfortunately, in this scenario, you can't have your cake and eat it too. There isn't a setting, to my knowledge, that allows using both PIE and the nav/stat bars at the same time. Maybe in an upcoming update? Expanded desktop works great for me, I don't even remember what the stat bar looks like.

[Q] All apps in multitasking window issue

I've been having a strange issue with the multitasking window. I hit the "edit" button to add apps that I want to multitask, but when I drag an app into the drawer it magically switches to a different app. It doesn't seem to have any kind of pattern either. It will just switch to any random app. Anyone else had this problem yet?
This appears to be a common issue with many of the multi-window mods.
I recommend the multi-window module for the Xposed framework as it corrects this problem.
It can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2048668
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I'm on jelly brans build 6 if I install this will it work?
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Beans*
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iphoneislame said:
I've been having a strange issue with the multitasking window. I hit the "edit" button to add apps that I want to multitask, but when I drag an app into the drawer it magically switches to a different app. It doesn't seem to have any kind of pattern either. It will just switch to any random app. Anyone else had this problem yet?
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You need to clear data for com.sec.android.app.FlashBarService.
Then it will be fine.
adrynalyne said:
You need to clear data for com.sec.android.app.FlashBarService.
Then it will be fine.
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Wow thanks! Works perfect now
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My multi Window app tab seems to be at the bottom now. Not sure what I did. Anyone know how to put it back to the middle?
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My multi Window app tab seems to be at the bottom now. Not sure what I did. Anyone know how to put it back to the middle?
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Long press the multi window tab/handle and move it wherever you want.
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Thx. I guess I didn't hold it long enough.
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Menu Button

Does anyone know a way to get a menu option on one of the hardware keys? Recents, home, back...
I used xposed on cm12 based ROMs on my S5, and the app "all in one gestures" on touchwiz based lollipop ROMs, but I can't use either on the s6 edge (app says device not supported).
Any ideas? I have an app I use for work and it doesn't have the overflow-3 buttons to access the menu!
Turns out the app I was talking about now has the overflow menu button, but it's not a part of the app, it seems android has noticed it didn't have one and added one itself?
Does that seem right?
We developed this app so know it doesn't have this natively...
I noticed TouchWiz give is a little floating menu for apps that don't have one. XDA is a good example.
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spimonkey34 said:
I noticed TouchWiz give is a little floating menu for apps that don't have one. XDA is a good example.
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Is this a new function? Not noticed it before...

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