Apps Not Returning to Home Screen Folder Issue

[kenneth]

@connerdrew

That being said, I would prefer to have the apps disappear. Part of of behavior change in reducing addiction to our phones and increasing our focus is eliminating the external and internal triggers found in the habit loop, leading to wanting to compulsively check a distracting app.

Thank you for sharing this openly; very interesting. The current experience we are working on would be like this:

There is a visual queue that the app is not accessible directly from the app icon (grayed out and a icon), and when you open it there is a full screen screen that you can’t bypass. When you tap ‘close’, the app closes and you’re back to your flow.

Although it’s not as powerful as removing the app entirely, this solution fixes the App Folder issue. We are going to build this, but look to still support removing apps for existing sessions you have set up.

Once Apple fixes the issue altogether, we can add proper support for both (probably something you can select in settings).