Android basics
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Android User’s Guide
Opening and switching applications
The Launcher, which you open from the Home screen, holds icons for all of the
applications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and
installed from Android Market or other sources.
When you open an application, the other applications you’ve been using don’t stop;
they keep on running: playing music, opening webpages, and so on. You can quickly
switch among your applications, to work with several at once. The Android operating
system and applications work together to ensure that applications you aren’t using
don’t consume resources unnecessarily, stopping and starting them as needed. For
this reason, there’s no need or facility for quitting applications.
See “Market” on page 321 to learn how to discover and install additional applications
and games on your phone.
To open and close the Launcher
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On the Home screen, touch the Launcher icon
to open it.
If you have more applications than can fit on the Launcher in one view, you can
slide the Launcher up or down to view more.
You can add an application icon to the Home screen by touching & holding it on
the Launcher until it vibrates and then dragging it to a location on the Home
screen.
Slide the Launcher up or down to bring
more icons into view.
Touch to close the
Launcher.
Touch an application to open it
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Page 66: ...Connecting to networks and devices 64 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
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Page 120: ...Accounts 118 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
Page 172: ...Google Voice 170 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
Page 184: ...Google Talk 182 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
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Page 252: ...Maps 250 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
Page 260: ...Camera 258 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
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Page 300: ...Music 298 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
Page 320: ...Car Home 318 AUG 2 2 1 101 Android User s Guide...
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