Hello,
I recently posted in the applications section a new task management application called TaskFarmer. It didn't get much attention so I've decided to just release the source code for it. Hopefully it will help someone out there.
TaskFarmer is a different kind of task manager. This program is designed to make task management easier for the end user and to utilize as few resources as possible. It's a very simple/minimal application that lists the currently running user tasks and you select to kill. To accomplish this task the following design goals were followed:
1. First and foremost it will not poll the system. It only pulls the active tasks when it’s interface has been activated. This means that the TaskFarmer will not keep your phone from going to sleep which causes severe battery drain. So don’t expect automatic task killing from this application.
2. TaskFarmer only asks for permission to Get tasks and Restart/Stop tasks. It does not ask for network access, location awareness, or any other permission to run.
3. TaskFarmer only lists user run applications. It will not show Core System tasks or Core HTC tasks to keep the user from making a mistake. At this time there are is no way to add custom exclusions but this feature is coming.
4. TaskFarmer uses minimal memory and cpu and is fast to start up.
Task farmer currently sits at just over 200 lines of code. I'll be continuing to improve on it and I've also got some very different UI ideas I want to implement from anything else on the market right now.
In an attempt to not have to continue to update links in many locations I'll keep the latest up to date link to the source download on my blog here:
Vine Ripe Software Blog
- Eric
Source code for task management app released
