[Review] Make the App Switcher Easier to Use

[Anthony Bouchard]

This tweak makes using the App Switcher easier.

How would you like to make your App Switcher easier to use? Well, it's already easy to use isn't it? That's not to say that it can't be made easier. Developer r_plus found a way to make it easier to use by reducing the number of actions that you need to perform to close running applications. The tweak is called SwitcherCleaner and it works to make the App Switcher less time consuming. The tweak is free in Cydia and can be downloaded right now.

What does SwitcherCleaner do? It makes it so that you don't have to hold down on applications to put the App Switcher into jiggle mode. In fact, it skips jiggle mode altogether. Usually, when you open the App Switcher, you need to hold down on an application to bring up the red "–" badges to close the applications that are running in the background. With this jailbreak tweak, when you open the App Switcher, your applications already have the "–" badges appearing on the running applications so that you can close any running applications immediately. While in jiggle mode, you cannot open applications from the App Switcher, you can only close them. With this tweak you can close applications and switch between them without ever entering jiggle mode for any reason. In other words, opening the App Switcher gives you this:



As you can see, the App Switcher isn't in jiggle mode, but I still have the option to close applications running in the background. I feel that this tweak makes it a little easier to close applications because sometimes holding down on applications just feels annoying. Since the App Switcher isn't something that you would normally open too often just to close applications (maybe to switch applications), this might not feel like a tremendous improvement. For me, I think it's just more convenient to have. Yes, it doesn't really do anything special and out of the ordinary, but it's an addon for something that already exists to make it (in the developer's eyes) more efficient.

I have to agree that it's more efficient. It's faster for me and I don't have to use an extra second of my life to hold down on the applications to close them. Since it does what it's intended to do, it gets a good rating from me. It's free, so you have nothing to lose from trying it out! So give it a shot! SwitcherCleaner is an open-source project and you are free to edit and distribute its source code which can be found here.

Name: SwitcherCleaner
Price: FREE
Repo: BigBoss
Developer: r_plus
Version: 0.1-1
Editor's Rating:  4/5

Try it out and let us know what you think in the comments!

Sources: Cydia, r_plus

[christoforo]

This tweak makes using the App Switcher easier.

How would you like to make your App Switcher easier to use? Well, it's already easy to use isn't it? That's not to say that it can't be made easier. Developer r_plus found a way to make it easier to use by reducing the number of actions that you need to perform to close running applications. The tweak is called SwitcherCleaner and it works to make the App Switcher less time consuming. The tweak is free in Cydia and can be downloaded right now.

What does SwitcherCleaner do? It makes it so that you don't have to hold down on applications to put the App Switcher into jiggle mode. In fact, it skips jiggle mode altogether. Usually, when you open the App Switcher, you need to hold down on an application to bring up the red "–" badges to close the applications that are running in the background. With this jailbreak tweak, when you open the App Switcher, your applications already have the "–" badges appearing on the running applications so that you can close any running applications immediately. While in jiggle mode, you cannot open applications from the App Switcher, you can only close them. With this tweak you can close applications and switch between them without ever entering jiggle mode for any reason. In other words, opening the App Switcher gives you this:



As you can see, the App Switcher isn't in jiggle mode, but I still have the option to close applications running in the background. I feel that this tweak makes it a little easier to close applications because sometimes holding down on applications just feels annoying. Since the App Switcher isn't something that you would normally open too often just to close applications (maybe to switch applications), this might not feel like a tremendous improvement. For me, I think it's just more convenient to have. Yes, it doesn't really do anything special and out of the ordinary, but it's an addon for something that already exists to make it (in the developer's eyes) more efficient.

I have to agree that it's more efficient. It's faster for me and I don't have to use an extra second of my life to hold down on the applications to close them. Since it does what it's intended to do, it gets a good rating from me. It's free, so you have nothing to lose from trying it out! So give it a shot! SwitcherCleaner is an open-source project and you are free to edit and distribute its source code which can be found here.

Name: SwitcherCleaner
Price: FREE
Repo: BigBoss
Developer: r_plus
Version: 0.1-1
Editor's Rating:  4/5

Try it out and let us know what you think in the comments!

Sources: Cydia, r_plus

Why won't you respond to my pms. I wanted to do a giveaway almost a month ago. I sent you everything then. Now you won't respond. Why.

[BenderRodriguez]

Why won't you respond to my pms. I wanted to do a giveaway almost a month ago. I sent you everything then. Now you won't respond. Why.

Good job quoting the whole article as the first comment man lol

Send a pm to Cer0 next time

[Anthony Bouchard]

Good job quoting the whole article as the first comment man lol

Send a pm to Cer0 next time it's his boss and he responds

Cer0 isn't my boss. He's a moderator of the forums. Kyle Matthews and Cody Overcash are my employers – the news sector of the site. Please don't incriminate names incorrectly.

[teej1410]

Sounds like a cool tweak but KillBackground is still one of my favorites. It's simple and awesome!

[christoforo]

Cer0 isn't my boss. He's a moderator of the forums. Kyle Matthews and Cody Overcash are my employers – the news sector of the site. Please don't incriminate names incorrectly.

you see. i dont understand what the issue is. he asked me for information about my giveaway, i sent it like 2-3 weeks ago and now he is avoiding me. i dont understand why.

[KraXik]

you see. i dont understand what the issue is. he asked me for information about my giveaway, i sent it like 2-3 weeks ago and now he is avoiding me. i dont understand why.

It's the Ferrari badge. Try wearing McLaren.

[christoforo]

It's the Ferrari badge. Try wearing McLaren.

He had no issues before. Also this tweak is actually pretty cool to.

[WTFX]

Same as SwitcherMod (SM has bit more functions tho), but at least this one works on iOS 5.

I already went ahead and bought Springtomize 2 though, has this functionality built in as well.

[The6uest]

Why won't you respond to my pms. I wanted to do a giveaway almost a month ago. I sent you everything then. Now you won't respond. Why.

Why do a giveaway for a free app?

[christoforo]

Why do a giveaway for a free app?

I don't have a free app

[The6uest]

I don't have a free app

My bad, I thought you were talking about the app mentioned in the article since you quoted it.

[Mr. Russian]

My bad, I thought you were talking about the app mentioned in the article since you quoted it.

The article isn't about an app. It's a tweak.

[BenderRodriguez]

The article isn't about an app. It's a tweak.

Please read the conversation taking place before posting something like this....
I told him to pm Cer0 if u want to get an idea out he's one of the main Admins here

[ohthatguyagain]

I believe there is a time and a place for this conversation, and it is neither here nor now.

This tweak seems appealing to me since my fat thumb seems to screw up the hold-down-for-3-seconds thing by moving the app. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this a big feature in whited00r and other jb tweak background-switchers for iOS 2 and 3?

[jigme]

not on BigBoss repo - where is it??