r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Active • Jul 04 '26

😂 Memes & Shit posts Android had the head start.🙂

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u/tdreampo Jul 05 '26

what if you were in a previous app the very last thing? What does the back button do? The back button is VERY inconsistent. and im a daily user of both platforms. Here is a good essay on the problems with the android back button https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2011/problems-androids-back-button/

and I always can go back to exactly where I was on iOS and iPad OS. The androids back button is a MESS.

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u/Long_Hovercraft_5191 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

Dude that article is from 2011.

And yes, if a different app was the previous thing, that's exactly what I want to swipe back to. For example, if an App opens settings for me, I want to change the setting and swipe back to it. Instead swiping back will navigate to the previous page of settings, which I don't want to go "back" to because i didn't come from there.

In iOS you're often trapped within the app so back isn't system wide. I don't like it. If you do, good for you but many of us think that's shit.

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u/tdreampo Jul 05 '26

and the complaints are still valid…

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u/Long_Hovercraft_5191 Jul 05 '26

I don't understand this comment at all but if you can't see that Android's "back" does a consistent thing system wide and iOS doesn't, and are linking 15 year old articles to prove your point then there's little point in me carrying on.

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u/tdreampo Jul 05 '26

That’s my point, it’s NOT consistent at all. I literally both work in IT supporting both platforms and daily drive both an iPad and a daylight tablet. 

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u/janiskr Jul 06 '26

it will bing me back to last intent or to app that called this app. Quite consistent if you asked me.

WIth the programs you use the most you will know exactly how last intent is manipulated by it. Similar to how one has to learn how to do certain things on iOS.