How to kill Android process if user opens youtube

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I am writing an application and a feature is that if the user opens youtube.com then not allow him to do this.

So I planned to kill the Android process if the user try to open it. I know that this code kills the process

android.os.Process.killProcess(pid);

but How can I get pid(process id) of process if it open youtube. The problem is to get process id which opens youtube.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6039398/android-get-pid-of-other-applications — rahularyansharma, Jun 30 '11 at 13:02
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Process.html — rahularyansharma, Jun 30 '11 at 13:06
Good luck keeping up with those guys: http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=youtube+proxy&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 Also, that *other* tube site is ok to open? — Piskvor left the building, Jun 30 '11 at 13:06

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '11 at 13:06

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I am writing an application and a feature is that if the user opens youtube.com then not allow him to do this.

Fortunately, malware authors have limited ability to do things like this.

So I planned to kill the Android browser process if the user try to open it.

Fortunately, this is impossible, at least on Android 2.1+.

I know that this code kills the process

Only if you have rights to kill that process. Fortunately, you do not have rights to kill that process.

answered Jun 30 '11 at 13:06

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Lols and +1 for you Fortunate's – ingsaurabh Jun 30 '11 at 13:22
What if my application registers as administrator application – Azhar Jun 30 '11 at 13:28
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@Azhar: If by "administrator application", you mean to use the device admin APIs, then you can use the device admin APIs. None of them let you terminate a foreign process either, AFAIK. – CommonsWare Jun 30 '11 at 13:44

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 30 '11 at 13:07

If it is a webview they are opening the url in then you could use the public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading (WebView view, String url) this gives the host application a chance to take over the control when a new url is about to be loaded in the current WebView.

example:

WebViewClient yourWebClient = new WebViewClient()
{
   // Override page
   @Override
   public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView  view, String  url)
   {
        // This line we let me load only pages inside Firstdroid Webpage
        if ( url.contains("youtube") == true )
            //Load new URL & override URL Link
            return true;

        // Return false to not override url loading.
        return false;
   }
};

How to kill Android process if user opens youtube

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