In the Android operating system, as in any other operating system, applications sometimes freeze. If this happens, they have to be closed forcibly. For this, as well as for switching between them, the task manager is intended.
Instructions
Step 1
Make sure that the application is really frozen, and there is no way to close it in a regular way with the preliminary saving of data. Sometimes it is enough to wait about a minute, and the program starts reacting to user actions again. If the application hangs and does not "wake up", you will have to accept the loss of unsaved data from its forced closing.
Step 2
Enter the task manager. There is no single standard for how it runs on Android. In some smartphones, you need to quickly double-tap the Home button, in others, hold it down for a long time, and so on. On tablets, there is usually a separate button "List of applications".
Step 3
On the phone, the task manager will open in full screen, on the tablet, it will be presented as a vertical column on the left side of the screen. It can look like a mosaic of images with short captions, or as a list of horizontal lines with pictures, explanations and buttons. If you just click on the picture, you will go to this program. Some task managers continue to display recently launched but closed applications. In this case, clicking on the picture will restart the program.
Step 4
But now your task is not to switch between programs, but to close the one that "hangs". If there is a Close button on the corresponding line, click on it and the application will disappear from the list. In the future, it can be started again. If there is no such button, "swipe" the picture corresponding to the application, depending on the device model, upward or sideways. The result will be the same.
Step 5
Some applications, after an emergency shutdown and restart, offer to recover at least partially lost unsaved data. Agree to this and see which of the lost you managed to get back. This function is possessed not only by editor programs, but even some browsers that restore closed tabs, and sometimes the text you typed in them.
