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0 pointslostmsu4y ago0 comments

How can you live without Android's back button/gesture behavior?

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I mostly develop for Android devices and use iOS.

I have literally never missed not having a "always-back" button. Where would I want it that a way to go back isn't baked into the flow?

I mean half the Android apps out there have broken backstack implementations anyways so pressing back on Android will do anything from send you back one screen to set your hair on fire and everything in between so...

kitsunesoba4y ago

As another cross platform mobile dev that mainly uses iOS, this is how I feel too. It’s much easier to mentally model things with intra-app and inter-app navigation being entirely separate.

Navigating within apps is frustrating enough between apps that intentionally implement wonky custom stuff for no reason and cross platform apps that don’t obey conventions by nature, the last thing I want is those same apps mucking up otherwise consistent app switcher behavior.

lostmsuOP4y ago

The most common scenario I have is switching from RSS reader into web browser for the full article and back. This is also about 50% of what I do on the phone that's not scrolling web pages vertically.

BoorishBears4y ago

Isn't that just swiping left and right on the bottom of an iOS device?

(Switches between your current app and last app for reference)

sincerely4y ago

I've been using iphones for a decade and had no idea I could do this...not sure if it's a me problem or an apple problem but discoverability of gesture based shortcuts seems like a difficult challenge

lostmsuOP4y ago

Swiping back to the reader won't close the browser tab.

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BoorishBears4y ago

I mostly develop for Android devices and use iOS.

I have literally never missed not having a "always-back" button. Where would I want it that a way to go back isn't baked into the flow?

kitsunesoba4y ago

As another cross platform mobile dev that mainly uses iOS, this is how I feel too. It’s much easier to mentally model things with intra-app and inter-app navigation being entirely separate.

lostmsuOP4y ago

BoorishBears4y ago

Isn't that just swiping left and right on the bottom of an iOS device?

(Switches between your current app and last app for reference)

sincerely4y ago

lostmsuOP4y ago

Swiping back to the reader won't close the browser tab.

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j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse