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The Basics
Opening and Switching Applications
Multi-tasking is easy with AndroidTM because open applications keep
running even when you open another application. There’s no need to quit
an application before opening another. You can use and switch among
several open applications. Android manages each application, stopping
and starting them as needed, to ensure that idle applications don’t
consume resources unnecessarily.
Opening an application
▶ Open an application simply by touching its icon on the screen.
TIP You can customize your Home screen with the application icons you use most
often. Applications are located on the Launch screen, but you can copy any
application icon to your Home screen for faster access. No matter where the
icon is, on the Launch screen or your Home screen, just touch it to open and
use it.
Opening multiple applications
1 Touch an application icon to open it.
2 Press the Home Key .
NOTE If the application icon you want is on your Home screen, simply touch the
icon to open and use it.
3 Touch the Launch icon.
▶ On Android Home, touch .
▶ On LG Home, touch .
4 Touch the icon for the other application you want to open.