When I open a special company-internal app I need for work through my gesture-controlled overlay menu, it sometimes completely restarts, even though it's already open in the background. What's the reason for this and how can I stop it?
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Only the developer of the app can answer this question. There's no universal rule applicable to every app.– Irfan LatifCommented Aug 6, 2021 at 16:43
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After days of fiddling and googling I finally noticed that it depends on where the app is initially started from (meaning the first start from when it has been closed before).
If I initially start it from the overlay, I can switch to it via overlay without it restarting, but it restarts when using the normal home screen button.
If I initially start it from the home screen, it's the other way around (works from home screen, restarts from overlay).
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1I will say but one thing: Lifecycle - Understand the Activity Lifecycle. Well, two things: Understanding Context In Android Application. Also, App Development is off-topic here, there are stackexchanges devoted to app development.– wbogaczCommented Aug 6, 2021 at 16:24
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@wbogacz I'm a user, not a developer, so I'm pretty sure the question is fine here? Whatever just wanted to help people out if anyone ever has the same problem, no need to overcomplicate.– MaxDCommented Aug 6, 2021 at 17:10
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Could you explain what do you mean by "overlay"? Is it an always-on draw-over-apps type? Or is it from the "app switcher" button?– Andrew T. ♦Commented Aug 6, 2021 at 18:36
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@AndrewT. First one. I ended up using UbikiTouch because I like it best, but I've tried many others as well. The behavior is reproducible in all that I tested it with.– MaxDCommented Aug 6, 2021 at 18:41
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@MaxD - Sorry about that. The read I took on the question is that you had developed the app for the company. For my company, any apps like this were limited distro, so group-effort and everybody knew the internal workings. I read too much into it.– wbogaczCommented Aug 7, 2021 at 0:39