[BUG] Android apps, if 'closed' with bottom arrow keep open as zombie apps

REPRODUCIBILITY: Paid licence with appsupport
OS VERSION: 4.6.0.15 Sauna
HARDWARE: XA2
UI LANGUAGE: finnish
REGRESSION:

DESCRIPTION:
Taping on the ‘back’ arrow seems to close and android app.
But the android app, even if graphically absent from the cards, is still running in the background.

That uses data and Ram, may trigger oom.

PRECONDITIONS:

Paid licence and appsupport.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. download an android app. For exemple a radio app. Play the radio with the app

  2. ‘‘close’’ the app with back arrow at the bottom of the screen

  3. app disapeared graphically from the ‘open apps’ displayed

EXPECTED RESULT:

The android app would stop playing radio, as closed, disapeared from the open cards.

ACTUAL RESULT:

The app card doesnt show. So app seems closed for real. But, in this exemple, radio keeps playing.

MODIFICATIONS:

No

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This is also the case for me with apps which have no kind of background servive (say Trello or Beanconqueror). I checked with crest for open processes. The apps do close fully when swiping down from outside the screen, or closing via the home screen.

Tested on my xperia 10 II on 5.0.0.61