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The problem is that the "Back" button has replaced onscreen upward navigation in Android apps. This means that the back button cannot function strictly as a mea

The problem is that the "Back" button has replaced onscreen upward navigation in Android apps. This means that the back button cannot function strictly as a means of returning to your previous activity if upward navigation is going to be possible. The options are for apps to build upward navigation into their UI (how its done on the web) or for apps to push their entire navigation tree onto the stack, regardless of how you get to a given location. Google seems to be opting for the latter option.

drivebyacct2 15y ago
But they're not... The Google Music, Reader, Market and others that I can't think of use the top left icon and a left handed arrow to take you back in the apps activity and that works regardless of the actual Activity stack (And the back button works as a stack navigator). This inconsistency and change in Google apps' behaviors is frustrating and is the only thing that I think they failed at in their attempts to fix the "consistency" problems of Android UI/UX. I'm with the grandparent, I'd like to see this clarified. Some picture-based examples might help explain this issue better to those unfamiliar with Activity management.
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