How to kill an android application

Question

I have tried the following code in my back button but it opens the beginning activity again.

    android.os.Process.killProcess(android.os.Process.myPid());

Which version of Android is that? killProcess used to kill the app. — 18446744073709551615, Jan 30 '14 at 08:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 30 '14 at 08:21

As per android guidelines, you should not kill the application. You have to use finish() in each activity lifecycle to safely return to your initial activity and then exit the application.

If you want to exit the app in onBackPressed event on your initial activity, just calling finish() will do the job.

If service, stopSelf().

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 30 '14 at 09:02

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Try this. It will kill your application. All your services/receivers, Thread everything would be stopped.

public void onBackPressed() {
   System.exit(0);
}

answered Jan 30 '14 at 09:02

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Unless some new version of Android re-launches every application when the process dies. Unfortunately, AshyP have not mentioned the Android version, and whether it is a real device or the emulator. – 18446744073709551615 Jan 30 '14 at 09:30

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 08 '14 at 22:03

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You cannot kill your application. The Android SDK does not allow this.

edited Mar 08 '14 at 22:03

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answered Jan 30 '14 at 08:22

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why the downvote? . if its wrong please specify reason as well as the solution . – Waqar Ahmed Mar 12 '14 at 13:18

How to kill an android application

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