Should you force close your apps?
I force close my apps all the time. I double click the home button on my iPhone 6S and close out of every app I’ve used, even in the past 20 minutes. It’s a terrible habit, but it makes me feel good. Maybe it’s even an obsessive-compulsive tendency? Regardless, I’ve always wondered: is force closing apps good for my phone? Is it actually bad for it?
I took to the internet. A couple years ago, SVP of platforms and ecosystems at Google, Hiroshi Lockheimer, tweeted to a couple tech reporters that it’s best to leave Android alone. The OS will manage apps for you; there’s no need to manually force close them.
@mcwm @MarcusDPK @pierce @qz same; system is optimized for managing what’s running, messing with that just causes more thrash
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