Close android app when switching screens?

Question

I have my app, and I want it to exit once I switch to something else. example: when I'm in my app and press the home button, the app should exit, and disappear from the background running apps window. how would I do this? maybe in onDestroy?

Answer 1

Looks like a duplicate of How to quit android application programmatically. You can try use Activity.onPause method for your purpose, but check some tricky workflows like switching phone off etc.

Answer 2

Finish the App onPause then the app will not be run in the background.

@Override
    public void onPause() {
        super.onPause();
        isForeground = false;
        finish();
    }