Hello,
Sorry for revamping an old thread, but I would really love to have something in the way of better task switching in Android. While I do realise that you can use the long-press home key, it's not what I would call true task switching. When you swap to another app, you're not guaranteed to return to that app in the exact state that it was in when you left.
For example, if you're composing a text message, swap out to look something up then return, the text message has been closed and put into my Drafts folder. Another simple example (serving only as an example, not a practical use-case) would be to use Google Goggles to search something, swap out and back, and the picture that you had taken previously is gone, and Goggles has returned back to the camera screen.
In short, I want the Windows ALT-TAB functionality. No change to the app state when I return to it.
I suspect that this might have more to do with how Android treats running apps, but I really don't know.
Any suggestions are most welcome.
Thanks,
EnigmaticSoul