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Is there an Android standard or coding convention / best practice that says whether or not an app should Exit (not running in background) or minimize (running in background) when the user “backs-out” of an app?
For example, you are on the home page of an app. What is the best-practice for handling the back press?
The obvious answer is to let android handle it’s own back button press, which in turn exits the app. But is it okay to override and minimize?
Maybe this will help
“App follows Android Design guidelines and uses common UI patterns and icons:
App does not redefine the expected function of a system icon (such as the Back button)”.
Android Core Standard Policies