[mono-android] Mono for Android not closing properly?

[Jonathan Pryor]

On Dec 3, 2011, at 4:17 AM, warren burch <warrenburch at gmail.com> wrote:
> If I call Activity.Finish from my application and then go into the
> Application browser and check for running applications my app appears in the
> list.
...

> Is the mono runtime holding on to the apps? Is this a bug?

No, thus isn't a bug. It's an Android optimization. Since process creation isn't instantaneous, Android keeps the process around in case the user relaunches the app again in the near future. If it isn't, and Android needs the
resources for another app, Android
will then kill the process.

 - Jon