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Description of the issue:
Open tabs in android brave are closed after switching to another app
How can this issue be reproduced?
Open tabs in brave
2.switch to another app eg. Gmail
3.switch back to brave
Hmmm that is definitely not my experience. I just had two tabs open and switched to calendar and then back again. Tabs were closed. The history list does have the URLs.
To the staff at Brave.com: PLEASE stop acting like you donāt know that thereās an issue with your browser ILLEGITIMATELY closing tabs when we open another app like Yahoo Mail, perform some operations, and then switch back to Brave.
This product FLAW is EXTREMELY aggravating and it would behoove your companyās FUTURE market share to SERIOUSLY address it POST HASTE.
If this error is NOT fixed soon, I and MANY others will be forced to ABANDON your product and find another web browser.
Thank you for your dedication to speedy and secure online browsing for socially and ethically conscious consumers.
Open another app on your Android mobile phone(for example, Calculator) and perform a calculation like ā1+1=ā.
Click on the ācurrently opened appsā button on your mobile phone and restore the Brave browser.
ALL previously opened tabs will be GONE and only the ānew tabā view will be seen. Like the OP indicated, the browser history will still exist, but youāll have to REOPEN the webpage(s) and ALL text that you may have typed in them will be GONE and UNRECOVERABLE.
Also, how do you āminimizeā an open app when youāre using an Android MOBILE phone?
My PERSONAL experience is that you can only just open another app which will then AUTOMATICALLY āminimizeā the open app.
Are you confusing the term āminimizeā with hitting the ācurrently opened appsā button?
If my steps were flawed, OP could have told me right away in their next comment, which didnāt happen. I donāt think your steps are correct either, youāre performing everything in a single Brave tab.
What does the Home button do in Android to an application in your opinion? Does it tell the application to do anything else but minimize?
Donāt answer me with comments that contain words only with capital letters, I find my English all right and can read properly.
The error happens regardless of how many tabs are open. So no, MY comment is NOT flawed.
I use caps to help my readers with the confusion and disconnect that is inherent in texting. It helps readers determine mood, word emphasis, and other components of successful communication that are missing or diminished with texting.
And since I receive FAR more complements than I do complaints, Iāll be continuing my use of caps as such.
But thank you for your comment, and know that it will be entered as a negative vote for my use of caps.
To ME, the Home button takes me āhomeā which means the ādesktopā. I donāt directly OR indirectly think of the word āminimizeā OR of the concept of minimizing something when I think of the word āhomeā OR of the word ādesktopā. So PLEASE donāt use terms that are NOT found on mobile phones as this may confuse inexperienced users. Remember, the purpose of forums designed for troubleshooting is to help users of ALL levels of technical and computer literacy, especially those users who are BEGINNERS.
I couldnāt reproduce your issue on my end. I filled an Amazon form, didnāt send it, switched to another application, did a calculation via the calculator, re-opened Brave - everything was there. If you would like us to continue the discussion, act accordingly. Am I supposed to answer you with a facepalm emoji now that I couldnāt reproduce your issue?
As you said, @KennCann
I opened an Amazon form and filled it without sending it.
Then I tried the calculator and did some calculations.
I was also using or switching to the PWA app of ābrave communityā also Gmail app
Also, when I re-opened brave everything was working now.
Now Iām gonna switch back to brave and let me check if the form is still there while Iām writing this. It is still there.
Tried everything working fine!
These things can take some time on such a sophisticated piece of equipment such as a cell phone. A mobile device setting could be causing the havoc for all we know at this stage of troubleshooting.
So many factors could be contributing to this issue that weāll have to get a little creative, it seems. HaHa!!
Thanks for your testing and feedback.
BTW, it might also help if you could give some information regarding the brand and model of your mobile phone and the version of the operating system that your phone is using. Thanks again!
Are you finding this error to be time-sensitive? It seems to me that this issue only happens when Iām away from the Brave browser for longer than a quick few seconds.
Does the error happen to you EVERY time you switch back? If NOT, then be looking more closely at what youāre DOING in either app. It could be that the error only happens when we copy something to the clipboard(either in Brave OR the other app) OR when we input some text in either app OR whatever.
Iām pretty sure itās related. ā For the behavior that both of you observing, itās most likely your device close the Brave app when itās put in the background; due to your Android setting to save memories or else.
Also, weāre here to troubleshoot and help each others, so a civilized conversation is preferred (is that a correct word?) please be civil.
Hi @eljuno , that seems to have helpedā¦ So a big thank you!
It doesnāt override the android memory saving issue of refreshing a tab when you return to the page (can be unhelpful if you are filling in a form and switching between apps to retrieve data)ā¦but thatās another story for another day.
And a thanks to all who have contributedā¦ I didnāt expect this to blow up as it did. Remember perspective.
So no, MY comment is NOT flawed.
