If you hold the home button and see a list of apps -- that's the history. Not related to currently running apps. Furthermore, have a look at the Activity lifec

If you hold the home button and see a list of apps -- that's the history. Not related to currently running apps. Furthermore, have a look at the Activity lifecycle: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html#actlife http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html#... If your app receives the onDestroy() event, there is no way it will ever recover to a running state.