{"id":16103,"date":"2017-05-18T13:12:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T07:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=16103"},"modified":"2017-05-18T13:12:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T07:42:45","slug":"how-to-switch-between-apps-quickly-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-switch-between-apps-quickly-on-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Switch Between Apps Quickly on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Android smartphones bring some awesome multitasking ability, what with late top of the line leads pressing 4 to 6 gigs of RAM. The multitasking execution appears to have enhanced and the multitasking interface excessively looks awesome however exchanging between applications isn&#8217;t extremely natural or quick. While Android Nougat sort of takes care of that issue with its Alt+Tab like exchanging of applications when you twofold tap on the multitasking catch, not everybody will get the Nougat refresh for a long while. In this way, on the off chance that you want to switch between applications rapidly on Android, here&#8217;s the arrangement:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"switch-between-your-last-apps-with-last-app-switcher\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Switch\u00a0between your last apps with Last App Switcher<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The Last App Switcher application (<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.abhi.lastappswitcher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free<\/a>) gives you a chance to <strong>switch between your present and last application with a tap. <\/strong>All things considered, that is on the grounds that it unquestionably is! After you have introduced the application, you should give the application utilization get to. You can simply tap on &#8220;<strong> Apps with\u00a0usage access<\/strong>&#8221; catch that you see when you initially open the application and afterward empower <strong>&#8220;Last App Switcher&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1-170.png\" alt=\"How to Switch Between Apps Quickly on Android\" width=\"640\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1-170.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/1-170-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p>You will see Last App Switcher\u2019s\u00a0<strong>floating icon<\/strong>, which you can just<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>tap to go to the last app<\/strong>\u00a0and tap again to switch back.\u00a0The good thing about the app is it just works out of the box. You can close the floating button by tapping on close in\u00a0LAS\u2019 notification.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2-139.png\" alt=\"How to Switch Between Apps Quickly on Android\" width=\"320\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2-139.png 320w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2-139-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>choose the size, color and transparency of the floating icon<\/strong>\u00a0and you can move it around to put it anywhere you find it convenient. There are also options to fix the icon\u00a0at a single place, disable or enable haptic feedback, disable or enable LAS\u2019 persistent notification (might kill the app on some devices), run at start-up and more.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3-126.png\" alt=\"How to Switch Between Apps Quickly on Android\" width=\"640\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3-126.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3-126-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Note<\/u><\/strong><em>: <\/em>The Last App Switcher app does not switch to the last app for 5 seconds when you press the home button. This is supposedly an Android limitation.<\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<h4 id=\"switch-between-different-apps-with-easy-app-switcher\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Switch between\u00a0different apps with\u00a0Easy App Switcher<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>If you need to switch to multiple apps on the go and not just the last app, you can use the\u00a0Easy App Switcher app <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>(<a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.echoff.easyswitch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span>. The app brings the\u00a0best of both worlds, which means you can\u00a0<strong>use the app to switch to the last app or you can use it switch to any of your favorite apps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Like LAS, you will have to first give the app usage access. Once done, you will see a floating icon. You can set\u00a0<strong>different actions<\/strong>\u00a0for the app\u00a0like \u201c<strong>show\u00a0previous app<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>show floating icon<\/strong>\u201c, if\u00a0you need to use it for multiple apps. You can also use the icon\u00a0to\u00a0go to\u00a0<strong>home, back or open the recent\/multitasking screen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/4-119.png\" alt=\"How to Switch Between Apps Quickly on Android\" width=\"320\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/4-119.png 320w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/4-119-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are using it to switch to multiple apps, you can go to the app and \u201c<strong>Add favorite apps<\/strong>\u201c. Once you have added your favorite apps, you can jump to them with ease, by just tapping on the floating icon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5-108.png\" alt=\"How to Switch Between Apps Quickly on Android\" width=\"640\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5-108.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5-108-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The floating panel features<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>two sections<\/strong>, the first for the\u00a0<strong>recent apps<\/strong>\u00a0and the second for your\u00a0<strong>favorite apps<\/strong>. You can\u00a0<strong>merge them<\/strong>\u00a0by going to\u00a0\u201c<strong>Advanced Settings<\/strong>\u201d and checking the \u201c<strong>Merge app icons<\/strong>\u201d option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/6-102.png\" alt=\"How to Switch Between Apps Quickly on Android\" width=\"320\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/6-102.png 320w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/6-102-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p>Other options of the app include the ability to\u00a0<strong>customize the floating icon, its panel, fix position of the icon<\/strong>\u00a0and more. Moreover, the app brings its own app drawer, which you can check out by tapping the EAS icon in the floating panel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/7-88.png\" alt=\"How to Switch Between Apps Quickly on Android\" width=\"640\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/7-88.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/7-88-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you want to\u00a0access an app panel via a gesture, you can check out\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=mohammad.adib.switchr&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Switcher<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which is quite a popular app but in our testing, we were not satisfied with the performance of the app. Plus, it has not been updated since a long time, which makes us skeptic about its future.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"switch-between-apps-on-android-with-these-apps\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Switch between apps on Android with these apps<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>On the off chance that you are utilizing a current Android smartphone with sufficient power, you have to make the most out of it and what preferred approach to do that over to utilize various applications on a similar time. In this way, you can utilize these applications to open the genuine multitasking energy of your Android device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Switch Between Apps Quickly on Android &#8211; Android &#8211; The multitasking execution appears to have enhanced and the multitasking interface excessively<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1791,18379,46018],"tags":[48538,48546,48532,48544,48557,48543,48533,48559,48554,48537,48541,48545,48534,48536,48556,48547,48558,48566,48570,48562,48564,48567,48565,48535,48569,48539,48550,48555,48548,48563,48553,48542,48540,48549,48568,48560,48573,48561,48571,48572,48552,48551,48574],"class_list":["post-16103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","category-internet","category-mobile","tag-android-6-switch-between-apps","tag-android-app-switcher","tag-android-app-switcher-button","tag-android-switch","tag-android-switch-app","tag-android-switch-between-apps","tag-android-switch-between-apps-programmatically","tag-android-switch-button","tag-android-task-switcher","tag-android-tv-box-switch-between-apps","tag-app-switcher","tag-app-switcher-android","tag-app-switcher-android-lollipop","tag-app-switcher-apk","tag-app-switcher-iphone","tag-device-switch-app","tag-easy-app-switcher","tag-easy-switch-app","tag-fast-app-switcher","tag-ios-9-app-switcher","tag-ios-app-switcher","tag-ios-app-switcher-for-android","tag-iphone-switch-between-apps","tag-last-app-switcher","tag-lollipop-app-switcher","tag-nintendo-switch-app-android","tag-phone-switch-app","tag-swipe-switch","tag-switch-android","tag-switch-android-app","tag-switch-app","tag-switch-app-android","tag-switch-between-apps","tag-switch-between-apps-android","tag-switch-for-android","tag-switch-ios","tag-switch-phone-app","tag-switch-to-ios","tag-switching-android-phones","tag-switching-between-applications","tag-switching-iphones","tag-task-switcher","tag-touch-switch-applications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}