Battery running out without performing enough tasks like it should, phone running slow over time, or where does our plenty of noticeable data go. Wondering why has your device become a blackhole of absorbing all the resources. Well simple answer, because of the background running apps hosting your sources. And this has a simple solution, Android Task Manager app. A Task Manager saves your device sources from drainage by shutting down the in-background running Apps. Restricting them from getting access to your processor, battery, data, or RAM.
An Android OS provides you a vast variety of Task Manager including third-party software and built-in task managers. These task managers have a large variety of options to save your device from getting slow and exhausted before the normal time. An Android Task Manager provides you information about each and every app installed on your device, of them running in the background without any necessary use. Causing drainage of your battery and data unnecessarily. And not only will it inform you but also it would let you close those apps’ background usage which you think is no longer in use, temporarily.
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Android Task Manager
Android Operating System is one of the best-operating systems of its type to this date. Not to forget, also a best seller over a decade now. But along with this greatness, also has minor issues that may annoy us on our regular use of the device. And one such minor but non-negligible issue is, running multiple apps in the background without our knowledge.
If we look at this issue in general, it doesn’t seem to be any big deal until we go through our battery usage or data usage. Then we get to know why we have to charge our phone more frequently and where our data drain. But now this doesn’t mean that you should now stop downloading any app. Instead you should find a way to stop these smart apps from running in the background and drain all the sources. And for easing your task to switch these apps to run in the background of your device, get yourself another app, Android Task Manager App. Reading required for Android system webview.
What is an Android Task Manager
An Android Task Manager is a type of manager, we have in companies. We can assume it as our device as a company and the Task Manager as its manager. This manager (aka task manager) has an account of all it’s employees (aka Apps), what they are doing, what is their demand, what all they have access to, how long they are active, what sources they are using. Just in the same way a task manager has an account of all activities and behaviors of all the applications. It is a system monitoring program designed to keep track of all the application available in the system. Also, remember that because of the heavy drainage of the RAM and Battery and other resources, it may possibly make your phone slow and hang in between completing any tasks.
Providing us detailed information on every application running on the device and its general status. The task manager has the privilege of terminating any application or process running in the background or on the surface. Also has the power to prioritize any process or application over any other. Along with the running apps’ details, it also provides the general status, usage, and runtime information of stopped or inactive apps too.
Where would you get this Task Manager
Play Store, of course, any Android user would hunt any app on play store only. But are you aware that android provides your Task Manager on the built-in function? You may find this built-in Task Manager on ‘Apps’ in your device Settings. Still, if you wish to download a different app for handling this then you may find hundreds of Task Managing Apps on Play Store.
And if that’s so then we would love to help you find some of the best Task Manager Apps for your device. Below we provide you a list of some
Best-Reviewed and High-Rated Task Managers:
- Advanced Task Killer
- Advanced Task Manager
- Greenify
- System Panel 2
- Smart Task Manager
- Go Cleaner and Task Manager
- Watchdog Task Manager
- ES Task Manager
- Super Task Manager
- Free Advanced Task Manager
Download any from: Play Store
Note that: we won’t recommend you to get an app for doing this task.
Why Not Get A Third-Party App for Managing Task
Your question to us, why not use a third-party app as a task manager is quite obvious. Because you are unaware of the danger they behold for your device. Yes, third-party apps may be dangerous for your device as they may install harmful files without you knowing it. And one major problem that may occur with these apps is that they may kill the task without informing you or without any need. Although these apps may promise you to fix your device and make it work fast instead.
Yet these may end up making it run slow because of their feature of ‘task killing’. Their automatic function of killing apps running in the background without any actual need of killing it, activates as soon as you exit that app. These task killing apps keep on running in the background, killing all the recent cache making that app and related apps work slow when again got in use.
These apps that run in the background just remain in the memory using all the resources and permission to stay active even when you have already exited that app. When you use it again or access it, this app will instantly open as if they were already prepared and waiting in the backside of your screen. And if now these apps are removed then it will take little time for them to launch and start working then as their data would be removed from the RAM. Thus, it may cause lag in the working of the app.
And, Android in-built Task Manager has an automatic task killer which activates only when too many apps are running in the background causing the phone to slow down.
Things you need to know about Android Task Manager
Android for no doubt is one of the best OS. And that’s what makes it the best in the market, is it’s uniquely outstanding Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning unit. And they didn’t miss their chance of showing off this unit in their Built-in Task Manager either. The built-in task manager has knowledge of the Automatic killing of the tasks when the phone runs out of sources. All you have to do is just tell the system those particular apps you don’t wish to have to work any longer in the background, or they can even do that for you when you set your phone on the Auto-Task Managing option.
Note: Task killing doesn’t remove your App from your device. It just stops the app from processing on the background of your phone while not in use.
How to use Built-in Android Task Manager:
Now let’s go into the different ways this Built-In Android Task Manager can perform and save you from your phone lagging.
Force to Stop:
You can access your Task Manager by going through the ‘Settings’ first. Then in ‘Settings’ search for ‘Apps’ option. Then in the ‘Apps’ option, you will find the list of all the apps and applications installed on your device.
Choose the device you wish to end the background uses of resources for. Then choose the ‘Force Stop’ option to stop that application from running in the background.
Steps: Settings→Apps→Select App→Force Stop
Not to worry once you choose this option it will be for a temporary purpose only. Once you open that particular application, it would get back to its default settings without any error occurring while running.
Management of Apps
Just from the same setting options in the previous instruction, you may also change various settings regarding app management. Such settings include notification, showing the storage taken by that particular app, showing the part of RAM used by it, clearing the cache stored by that app, etc.
Display of Apps Running in the Background
From the same ‘Settings’, go through the ‘Device Care’ option. Once you open that option you will see a vast variety of options that may show you all types of information you may need. In this ‘Device Care’ section, you will have options of:
- Battery: Views how much power is being used by each app on the device.
- Storage: Displays the amount of storage occupied by the apps.
- Memory: Views detailed information on the division of memory between the apps.
- Security: Option of allowing to install data or apps from an unknown source.
- Ultra data saving: Saves your data from over consumption by apps, mostly by stopping the data access of apps running in the background.
- Optimize Now: Auto-custom optimizing of the sources in your device.
Each one of these options is provided to you for optimizing the sources of your phone for the best performance. You have two options, either you set a manual Task Manager for your Device or let the Task Manager do its job. You can automatically set up Task Managing by choosing the option of ‘Optimise Now’. This option tasks care of all the apps and their unnecessary uses of memory, and storage, and battery. And by customized Task Handling you can customize in your way and according to your need.
Options of Control
With the help of this Built-in Task Manager, you have full control over these options, either self-customized or automatically optimized:
- Running services: Displays all the services that are running with their duration of running, and apps that are using these services.
- Memory usage: Displays all the information related to memory uses by each app and applications present on the device.
- Battery usage: Displays where and how the power of your device’s battery is being optimized and which are the apps optimizing it in what quantity.
- Unknown sources: Provides option for installing any app or application from unknown sources aka other than Play Store or other company stores.
- Development: Set up options for app developing as a developer
What third-party tools can do which Built-in
- Adding of widget to home screen
Auto Killing of applications
- Ignoring apps
- Uninstalling in bulk
- Whitelisting and Blacklisting of applications on device
Summary
As I personally being an android user, I have to rely a lot on the Task Manager. And no doubt, the upgrading schedule of Android keeps my phone always in fast work. As you see, it’s better to use a built-in android task manager rather than third-party software, because you are never sure if it would work just according to your phone or not. And android is providing its own OS a Task Manager won’t mistake the fact that it should be most compatible with your device. Therefore making Built-in Task Managers more reliable and trusted compared to third-party. Also, one more point to notice is why installing an app for keeping track of other apps when we already have it pre-installed in our device by the company itself.
But in the end, it always depends on one’s personal use and needs. And definitely it’s not that third party tools aren’t trustable at all. Sure we also listed a few best top-listed Third-party Task Manager on Play Store. So, it always depends on one’s perspective, device compatibility, and needs as even third party software has some features that built-in managers can’t provide us.
Myself Shreya Choudhary, a Computer Science Engineer. Freak to hunt new technologies, go though there working process, and use them. More interested in creating games rather than playing. Most of the time spent reading new hi-tech news, blogs, stories, up-coming technologies, and everything that’s related to tech. Dream of working on my own developed Operating System one day 😉
Other then tech stuff, I am more of an outdoor person, loves to travel, hunt new places and cultures. Meet new people, know new inspiring stories and lifestyles.
