With Apple’s release of iOS4 for iPhone and iPod Touch we finally received multitasking, a feature requested since apps became available. However, if you’re not paying attention, you can quickly find yourself with 16 apps open, with no obvious way to quit them.
Quitting apps in iOS4
You activate multitasking by double-clicking the Home button at the bottom of your iPhone or Touch. This sends the active app into a sudo-hybernation mode. You can access those opened apps by double-clicking the Home button at any time have the multitask dock slide up from the bottom of the screen and display the open apps. Swiping to the right will show you up to 4 screens of open apps, all using battery life – though only a bit.
I’m not sure why Apple didn’t make it more obvious, but you can quit those apps simply by pressing and holding your finger over any app icon until a circular red icon appears on each icon. Clicking that red circle will close the apps. Press the Home button one more time to resume working.
“”Clicking that red circle will close the apps””
press 2 at the same will also work… 🙂
You also might mention that, by swiping left and right, you see the multiple screens. They really didn’t give any indication that there are is more than one screen there.
+1
yes, but is there any way to quickly quit ALL open apps? That seems like an easy thing to add into the OS.
Agree. That would be nice.
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Just read it again and you did. My fault… 🙂
You also might mention that, by swiping left and right, you see the multiple screens. They really didn’t give any indication that there are is more than one screen there.