Active application.

[Kane89]

Hi, I've got a sprint galaxy note 4 and whenever I back out of facebook, it's still showing in my active application. Most of my other applications will go away and not be running in the background. I haven't saw any significant battery drain as well.

Devil Dog

 

[B. Diddy]

If it's not impacting the phone's performance or battery life, don't worry too much about it. Remember that Android prefers to keep RAM relatively full of open apps--closing apps manually will only lead to the system opening apps again on its own. See these articles:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/ambassador-guides-tips-how-s/380592-guide-ram-android.html
RAM: What it is, how it's used, and why you shouldn't care | Android Central

 

[Kane89]

Thanks for the feedback.

Devil Dog

 

[razza1987]

Facebook used to constantly run in the background on my phone and I would lose battery from it. I actually just yesterday uninstalled facebook and installed Fast

 

[Crashdamage]

Faebook may show up as active, but that's not really correct.

Facebook runs, but as a service-only process. IOW, it sits in memory, kinda idling but barely doing anything, waiting for instructions or for something to happen such as a new message. Much like an email app or messaging app.

Working properly, Facebook shouldn't be a heavy hit to the battery. That said, it does tend to use a little more power than email or messaging apps.

Android since v1.0. Linux user since 2001.

 

[razza1987]

I'm only speaking from personal experience. I find I lose less battery if I use a facebook client like Fast than the actual facebook app but that's just from my experience

 

[Crashdamage]

Well, like I said, *working properly* it's not a heavy hit to you battery. Problem is Facebook is notorious for not always working properly.

Android since v1.0. Linux user since 2001.