A look at recently discovered code seems to reveal that Android 4.3 Jelly Bean will automatically sort apps and widgets by usage amount rather than alphabetically, as it’s currently done.
[quote qtext=”Numerous code snippets indicate that the mobile operating system will count the amount of times an application is started. Due to that it will allow sorting applications by the number of times they are used currently called sort by favorite by the developers.
It appears that it will also be possible to sort widgets this way. The code appeared in a project on the Linux Foundation Labs website where developers of several companies actively contribute to the Android code.” qperson=”” qsource=”” qposition=”center”]
Here are a few samples of said code:
Android 4.3 traces have been available for a long while now, since before Google I/O, but Google is yet to officially unveil it – Android 4.3 traces have been seen on a Google support website, in server logs (our included) and in other leaks related to upcoming devices.
However, despite the available leaks so far, including Myce’s reports on Android 4.3, nothing is official at this time, so don’t get too excited about these unconfirmed features of Android 4.3 just yet.
