Help Missing "running apps"

[jojo99]

Looks like google removed "running apps" from the Android6 Settings|Apps menu.

Anyone know if they stuck it somewhere else?

 

[Brian706]

You can find it under the developer options under running services.

If you don't already have the developer options enabled go to settings>about phone and tap build number 7 times. Then developer options will appear in the main settings menu.

 

[jojo99]

OK. Are "services" the same thing as apps under Android?

Why would Google want to obfuscate this data by hiding it under developer Options instead of leaving it under Apps?

 

[Crashdamage]

Apps are software, actual files. Services are the processes initiated by the software. A service may be active, actually running or inactive, just kinda parked in memory, waiting to be called into action. See this:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/as...nd-apps-services-actually-do.html#post4675437

Google put running apps out of the way because you don't need to worry about it, and people were fooling around with it, manually shutting down stuff, which is counter-productive and not proper operation of Android. Android handles running processes for you automatically and efficiently. Please see this:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=4655557