After writing a comment elsewhere i find myself wondering if why iOS is preferred, is that once an app is launched the app can behave pretty much like they coul

After writing a comment elsewhere i find myself wondering if why iOS is preferred, is that once an app is launched the app can behave pretty much like they could back in the dos days.Each app its own island, having the run of the device until the user hits the home button. Android on the other hand is more about stitching apps together into a larger whole via intents. Thus you have not not only care about what the user will see and interact when tapping the icon in the launcher directly, but also when getting a intent from another app. And most Android apps seems to fail on the latter. Various IM apps and such have been notorious for not going back up the intent chain when hitting the back button.