rzunig1

Hi there,
New to the forums and new to our Motorola droids (wife and I).

I was wondering if there is a shortcut to show you what apps/tasks you have running, and allows you to easily switch between them?
Currently, I just hit the home button to get out of one app/task and then switch to the screen with the app I want, and click on the app/task. I imagine there is an easier way via a key or shortcut that will pop up my open apps and allow me to choose which one to go to.
Am I dreaming? I figure with all the talk of the droid being a multitasker, I figure there would be an easy way to switch between tasks.

Thanks,

Rick

Last edited by rzunig1; August 19th, 2010 at 01:33 PM.

sitlet

If you hold down the home button, it will show your recently used apps, but not ALL running apps. Once you hit the home or back button, an app goes into a "standby" mode, where its not running. Its still in the cache, but not using any resources. Of course, for apps that continue to run in the background, say music apps, those will continue to run until you actually exit them.

rzunig1

Ok, so it sounds like there is no real easy shortcut to switch between running apps, like yahoo messenger, skype, browser, etc.
I appreciate the response.

kejlyCZ

You can try these:
Task Manager v1.6.7 Application for Android | Productivity
TaskPanel Lite v2.3 Application for Android | Tools
TaskPanel X v6.6.2 Application for Android | Tools

It can be hidden in the notification bar (or used as widget), so you can open the bar, switch to this taskmanager and then switch between running applications. Just be sure not to enable the autokill function (or enable it if you are sure, what are you doing), it can cause problems on 2.0 and higher.