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I feel that the back button is only consistent in its position but its functionality remains a mystery to me. Sometimes it goes to a previous page, sometimes to
by yoz-y 7y ago
I feel that the back button is only consistent in its position but its functionality remains a mystery to me. Sometimes it goes to a previous page, sometimes to another app, sometimes to the home screen... I like that on iOS this is separated between the "go back to previous app/swiping on home indicator" and app specific buttons.
Fortunately Android 10 has introduced gestures so trying to reach the back button is no longer painful.
- basch 7y agotheres one pattern, opening google photos, pressing share, choosing facebook messenger, sending a photo to a group that ALWAYS causes messenger to get stuck at the share screen. pressing back minimizes fbm but doesnt back out of share, so when you reopen the app, you are buried back at that deep share page. (one may ask why you would ever do it this way, with android 10 many apps couldnt access the device photos directly. even though its fixed, this still serves as an repeatable example of 'back' being confusing and broken.) the inconsistency of the back button ranks very high on my "ios to android" learning curve list.