update to the update, my phone received a security patch update this morning, dated April 1st. i just installed not thinking much, probably saying to myself what else will this update break. surprisingly it seems to have fixed my issue with "recent apps" the 4 options at the bottom still seem random but the apps in the list are now actually what i recently used, so i am happy with that one.
now i jus need to find a way to get back individual colour notifications for different apps. one step at a time i guess. (UPDATE !!! so i went to notifications where the option is found and i changed the colour setting from a specific colour/random to the "auto" option and now i am seeing some apps notifications showing up in the colour their were before. the thing is there was an option within that same area which allowed for choosing a colour per app, that is no longer there. i know some apps allow to choose a specific colour from within their own settings but not all apps have that. i will continue to see how this shapes up.