Get details about an app, Stop a misbehaving app – Google ANDROID AUG-3.0-100 User Manual

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Working with apps

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Android User’s Guide

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When viewing the

Downloaded or All tab, touch the By Size icon or the

Alphabetical icon to switch the order of the list.

Get details about an app

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Open the Manage Applications screen.

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Touch an app, process, or service.

You can also open the Application Info screen from Home’s Apps screen, by
touching & holding an app and then dragging it to the Info icon.

The Application Info screen for each app lists its name and version, along with
details about the app. Depending on the app and where it came from, it may
also include buttons for managing the app’s data, forcing the app to stop, and
uninstalling the app. It also lists details about the kinds of information about
your tablet and data that the app has access to.

DIfferent kinds of apps have different kinds of information and controls, but
commonly include:

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Use the

Force stop

button to stop an app that is misbehaving (see “Stop a

misbehaving app” on page 42).

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If you installed the app from Android Market or another source, you can use
the

Uninstall button to remove the app and all of its data and settings from

the tablet. See “Market” on page 259 and “Uninstall an app” on page 43
for more information about uninstalling and reinstalling apps.

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Storage

Gives details about the amount of tablet storage that an app uses.

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You can delete an app’s settings and other data by touching the

Clear data

button.

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Cache

If the app stores data in a temporary area of the tablet's memory, lists

how much information is stored, and includes a button for clearing it.

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Launch by default

If you have configured an app to launch certain file types

by default, you can clear that setting here.

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Permissions

Lists the kinds of information about your tablet and data the

app has access to.

Stop a misbehaving app

You can monitor how much RAM running apps and cached processes are using and
if necessary, stop them.

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