How important is it to close apps?

[Snareman]

Occasionally I'll press the open app button (bottom right) and am amazed at how many things I have open, so I swipe them all closed. I've heard that android manages its apps well and it doesn't bog down the phone. But just how much does it affect things and how important is it to close them? And does it make them "open" that much faster when they are already open?

 

[byrds8]

How much battery drain at that too?

 

[revickulous2001]

Android will use your available memory. If you close out those open apps, Android will just use the memory somewhere else.

 

[yosteve]

I wish there were ok buttons when going into menu screens, clicking home then clicking in list then swiping seems inefficient. Clicking back until it disappears seems just as bad. I would even rather click on the three dots then choose end or ok. Guess that's what I get for coming from windows.

 

[Snareman]

Android will use your available memory. If you close out those open apps, Android will just use the memory somewhere else.

This doesn't really help me though. I don't know how much memory or what % of it these apps are using. Are they using 5% or 80% if I have 4-5 normal apps open? How much of a performance degradation would I/we see with several apps open, or would it even affect anything at all? I guess that's what I'm trying to get at - does having all these apps open in the background affect anything other than my OCD to want them closed?

 

[Forgetful]

The paid version of system panel will tell you what apps are in RAM and how much CPU resources they are taking up so you can determine if it's worth it to close them, you just need to enable monitoring. There probably is a free app of this type.

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[Absurdo]

I know people say android can manage its own memory and whatnot. The problem I have is that I don't trust applications to not use cpu cycles and extra battery. I don't care about memory so much as I care about battery life.

 

[Snareman]

I know people say android can manage its own memory and whatnot. The problem I have is that I don't trust applications to not use cpu cycles and extra battery. I don't care about memory so much as I care about battery life.

I agree.