[BRLTTY] closing individual apps from the recent apps screen in recent Android versions

Dave Mielke Dave at mielke.cc
Mon Dec 23 13:37:07 EST 2019


[quoted lines by henk.abma at gmail.com on 2019/12/23 at 18:51 +0100]

>As far as I know, Actions are an accessibility thing, that app creators can
>add to their app. The Local context menu is just TalkBack's way of
>interacting with them. 

Yes, that's correct. As I said, I'll have a look at adding support for that to
brltty.

>That's why you see some apps with actions available and most without any.
>Because app creators haven't found the beauty of them yet.

More likely, the need for them simply hasn't occurred to them since they can
already use gestures.

>Unfortunately it doesn't. I only hear a beep when I try. Also long-pressing
>on the screen with TB active (double tap and hold) don't present any menu.

Perhaps they fixed that in Android 10 (which I'm using).

-- 
I believe the Bible to be the very Word of God: http://Mielke.cc/bible/
Dave Mielke            | 2213 Fox Crescent | WebHome: http://Mielke.cc/
EMail: Dave at Mielke.cc  | Ottawa, Ontario   | Twitter: @Dave_Mielke
Phone: +1 613 726 0014 | Canada  K2A 1H7   |


More information about the BRLTTY mailing list