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The terms “task” and “application” are both part of the new Android terminology I am learning. In the Activities and Tasks section in the Dev Guide, the following sentence caught my attention:
The user presses the HOME key, goes to
the application launcher, and selects
a new application (actually, a new
task).
Which raised the question: Is “task” a synonym for “application” in the Android world?
If not, what are the differences between the two?
Task
A task is the sequence of activities the user follows to accomplish an objective, regardless of which applications the activities belong to.
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/activity_task_design.html (see the ‘Task’ section)
Application
A program that performs actions.