Close vs. Exit with Windows Mobile
We occasionally get this question from Windows Mobile users: “Why doesn’t the Close button, you know, close the application?”
The Close button follows Microsoft’s official Windows Mobile application guidelines, and so it puts Kinoma Play in the background. If you’re playing music (or something else with audio) at the time, you’ll continue to hear it.
I like to think of the Close button as the “go away” or “minimize” button.
The nearest Exit
Some people like to be able to manually exit their applications, and for those customers we provide the Exit command. Just go to the Home screen, show the menu pod, and choose Player > Exit.
Do I have to worry about this?
Probably not. I don’t use the Exit command because Kinoma Play doesn’t use any appreciable resources when it’s idling, and it will automatically exit when Windows Mobile says it needs the extra memory.
(We’ve had at least one report that some “homebrew ROMs” — unofficial phone software created by enthusiasts — don’t manage memory well. In that case, people might have to manually exit applications to keep their phone running smoothly.)
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