Programmatically simulating Android OS killing my app

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My application behaves a certain incorrect way after it is killed by the OS while running in the background. In trying to debug this, I've had to basically wait for the OS to do this on every go around - this is very slow, so I was wondering if there was a way of programmatically telling the OS to kill my app.

I have tried android.os.Process.killProcess(android.os.Process.myPid()) and finish() but those don't seem to produce the same behavior as the natural way does.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

It's a common Android behaviour when it's low on memory. Does finish(); not work? It should kill your app — Phantômaxx, Dec 18 '13 at 19:44
You can convert 2,3 jpg images in background to Bitmap without recycling..it will kill your app immediately for Memory Overflow... — JanBo, Dec 18 '13 at 19:47

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '13 at 19:48

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You could go on your phone to Settings | Developers Options and set 'Don't keep Activities' checkbox. I'm not sure about exact wording.

This way as soon as any your Activity is in background it immediately gets killed.

answered Dec 18 '13 at 19:48

Alexander Kulyakhtin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 18 '13 at 19:49

You can try setting on Don't Keep Activity feature inside Developer Options.

When you leave each Activity (Because you start another one), Android will kill it (When you are running on low Memory Android behaves this way). Setting this feature on, you will be forced to manage in the proper way the state of each Activity using onSaveInstanceState() and checking por savedInstanceState Bundle in your onCreate()

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 18 '13 at 20:31

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try the below process:

 go to settings->developer options->check the "don't keep activities" checkbox.

answered Dec 18 '13 at 20:31

Pankaj Arora

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 18 '13 at 19:52

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Try to use the genymotion that is a excelent Android Emulator.
It let you set the battery level and other configurations that can finish your application and do what you want.

answered Dec 18 '13 at 19:52

Átila Braga

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Programmatically simulating Android OS killing my app

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