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App to keep other apps open

mikepic

mikepic

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Maybe I never noticed this but since I upgraded to the leaked GB my LPP has been closing (not force closing) when I'm in other applications.

It seems to be random but is quite annoying having to wait for it to load up after I'm in other applications. It's been happening a good 10-20 times a day now.

Anyone have a recommendation for an app that will lock LP and make it stay on all the time?
 
I don't believe so, short of rooting your device. Back when I had the original Droid, I was rooted and using a custom ROM that did just that. The replacement launchers attempt this, but the OS overrides this when it needs to free up more RAM
 
I think this is a bug in Gingerbread. As the stock launcher can crash for (what seems like) the same reason.
 
So is there some kind of automatic task killer built I into the gingerbread os to manage resource usage? If so, would there be a way to add exceptions?
 
There has been a built in task manager in all versions I believe. Android handles memory like linux.

A leaked version has not been released as an ota for the reasons you describe, it still had bugs.
 
for me rebooting the phone seems to fix it. My guess is there is some memory leak somewhere in one of your apps or in Gingerbread.

The launcher should already be marked as a "please dont kill" by the system but under extreme conditions the system will kill it.

There's still a bad memory bug related to skia too (low-level Android OS image processing stuff). Sometimes I give skia a dirty look and it runs out of memory just to spite me I think. :(
 
I think I found an answer to this (should have checked the LPP forums first). But here is what I found. Seems to be working so far...

LauncherPro Forum • View topic - Fixed Launcher Pro lag when returning to home screen
Here's the procedure if you would like to try it out:

Open a terminal, type su and hit enter (you must be rooted for this to work). Now go look and see if you have a file called: /data/local.prop

IF NOT, then type this directly into the same su'd terminal: echo ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 > /data/local.prop and hit enter, and then reboot.

IF YOU DO, have an existing file called /data/local.prop already, open it with a text editor, and add a line at the very end (if an identical line does not already exist) with this: ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 and then reboot.
 
I don't think that would help with a memory leak within the app itself in GB. It could be a compatability thing as well.
 
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