Stop a running app you just started

Question

have some trouble stopping an app that I start with startActivity. Here is how I start it:

Intent theApp = new Intent();
theApp = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(thePackageName);
                           theApp.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
                           theApp.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
                           getApplicationContext().startActivity(theApp);

after it has ran for awhile, im trying to stop it like this:

                               if(stopService(theApp))
                                   Log.d(TAG,"Stopped app successfully!");
                               else
                                   Log.d(TAG,"Failed to stop the app!");

Any ideas why this isnt working? Thanks in advance for your help

You are trying to kill an external application that you started.. Right? — Jai Kumar, Jul 22 '13 at 07:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 22 '13 at 05:54

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It seems that you are starting an activity. and you are trying to stop a service, which will not work. If you want to stop the whole application. you can use System.exit().

answered Jul 22 '13 at 05:54

Kirti Patel

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I dont want to stop my application, I want to stop the application that I just started with startActivity() – user2603358 Jul 22 '13 at 06:05
Can I make an uninstall call and that stop it and uninstall the app? or would it just fail? – user2603358 Jul 22 '13 at 06:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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The reason why this isn't working is that your are trying to stop an Activity using a method that is designed to stop a Service.

You could try to have a static reference to the newly created activity and then call finish() when you want it ended.

Or you could try this method: How to stop an activity in android using intent?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

Community

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answered Jul 22 '13 at 05:58

frogmanx

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 22 '13 at 06:17

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Search for killBackgroundProcess(pid) or Kill process by packegename .

answered Jul 22 '13 at 06:17

Tushar

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Just tried using this and it didnt work. Any ideas? I'm passing the packagename as the parameter – user2603358 Jul 22 '13 at 19:47

Stop a running app you just started

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