Opening and Switching Applications

Multi-tasking is easy with Android™ because open applications keep running even when you open another application. There’s no need to quit an application before opening another. You can use and switch among several open applications. Android manages each application, stopping and starting them as needed, to ensure that idle applications don’t consume resources unnecessarily.

Opening an application

  • Open an application simply by tapping its icon on the screen.

Opening multiple applications

  1. Tap an application icon to open it.

  2. Tap the Home Key .

    NOTE

    If the application icon you want is on your Home screen, simply tap the icon to open and use it.

  3. From the Home screen, tap Apps .

  4. Tap the icon for the other application you want to open.

Switching between multiple applications

  1. Tap the Recent Apps Key . A screen with the icons of the applications that you’ve used recently will appear.

  2. Tap the application preview of the application you want to use or tap the Back Key to return to the current screen.

    1. If you flick the application preview to the right or left, it disappears from the recent apps list.

    2. Tap an app preview to open an application you’ve used recently (tapping the background redisplays the Home screen).

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