Any way to close recent apps in code?

Question

I want to build upon my battery saving android app and add the functionality to close all apps excluding user-specified ones.

Im not asking how to kill a process, I want to close the recent apps in the same way that you would by hitting your recent apps button and swiping them all away.

Does anyone know of a way to do this?

You can only kill your own apps. You can not kill other apps unless the device is rooted. Take a look at [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8814696/how-to-kill-currently-running-task-in-android/8849562#8849562). — Hemanth, Feb 25 '15 at 09:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 25 '15 at 09:29

It is not recommanded but it is posible by using killBackgroundProcesses of Activitymanager.

    List<ApplicationInfo> packages;
    PackageManager pm;
    pm = getPackageManager();
    //get a list of all installed apps.
    packages = pm.getInstalledApplications(0);

    ActivityManager mActivityManager = (ActivityManager)context.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);

   for (ApplicationInfo packageInfo : packages) {
        if((packageInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM)==1)continue;
        if(packageInfo.packageName.equals("mypackage")) continue;
        mActivityManager.killBackgroundProcesses(packageInfo.packageName);
   }

Hope it will helps you.

@JayB:Let me know if this answer is helps you or not. – Born To Win Feb 26 '15 at 06:03 — Born To Win, Feb 26 '15 at 06:03

Any way to close recent apps in code?

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