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Apps won't stay where I left them if I change to a different app.

Let's say I'm using TikTok and pause a video to check a different app. I'm done with the second app and return to TikTok expecting to find the paused video waiting for me: no such luck. I get the launch screen, and the whole thing reloads as if I had opened the app again from scratch.

I've seen this happen with a few apps. When it's my bank's app, I think it's for security, which is fine. I don't know why it happens to normal entertainment apps.

iPhone 6s, iOS 15

Posted on Apr 18, 2022 3:48 PM

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deggie

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Posted on Apr 18, 2022 3:50 PM

Because the developers have set it that way. Instead of returning to the app on a screen try opening your recently used apps and select it from there.

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