main screen SLOW to load

[TreoDru]

I have been noticing lately that after I exit an APP (ex. Gmail) it takes a couple seconds or two to draw the icons and launcher bar. Is anyone else experiencing this? Any ideas?

 

[PsYcHoNeWb]

Are you using stock launcher or using something like Nova Launcher? I had the problem your describing using Nova bit not stock.

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[TreoDru]

no launcher I am stock

 

[MOTOX2]

having the same problem.. its getting a little slow. Not really a problem.. its only 1s.. but still.. hopefully 4.0.5 will have performance, radio, and battery updates ?

 

[sisblub]

Are you using stock launcher or using something like Nova Launcher? I had the problem your describing using Nova bit not stock.

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Using Nova launcher and not having that problem

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[Small_law]

I'm seeing that too. The icons I have docked in the launcher take a second to load up lately. It happens occasionally for me, but especially when I leave Chrome beta.

 

[yosteve]

Is your force gpu rendering setting in developer options on? Maybe it might help it.

 

[Andrew Martonik]

It happens because whatever front-facing app (or apps) you're using are taking up RAM, and the Launcher (which is not in the foreground) is being kicked out of RAM to save performance of the foreground task. This is just how the RAM management works. It'll happen more often if you have multiple homescreens with lots of widgets, as the RAM footprint of the Launcher at that point is larger.

3rd party launchers offer "keep home in memory" options if you'd prefer.