Martin

“Google stop tracking me!”

Google works hard to remove identifiable data

“Google removed features that required my identifiable data, those bastards!”

Comments should explain “why”, the code already explains “what”.

I hate that my government (Sweden) is a driving force behind this.

Pick a small bug or feature from the backlog and fix it. First iteration of a fix is probably shoehorned in there, then I try to adapt the fix to the code base. Matching the style and design of the code base is more important than my own preferences.

I’m a learn by doing kind of person.

I see, sorry for the noise.

It was a way for apps to run without risk of being killed while letting the user easily see that the app was running.

If the foreground apps need the resources (RAM, CPU) the OS will kill apps that are in the background. There used to be various things apps could do to reduce the risk of being killed, but these options have gradually been reduced in recent years.

It sounds like the launcher app is killed while in the background. Make sure that the app is allowed to run in the background and not have any battery optimization enabled.

You can usually switch the default in bios.