Test Android's "destroy activity to save space"

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Because our app users report some crashes due to restored activities, I would like to test this.

Is there any possibility to manually cause Android to destroy the running (background) activity to save space?

Not sure what you mean with "destroy", but how about `finish();`? — bos, Oct 30 '11 at 14:51
I just want to replicate android's behaviour (destroying background activities when too less memory is left) to *test* things. Not in general. — nob, Oct 30 '11 at 17:19

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 12 '12 at 00:07

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See the official Dev Tools app in the emulator, and if you get hold of a device running system level 4+, there's a system setting area labeled 'development' under which there's a checkbox for destroying activities as soon as they are paused.

answered Jan 12 '12 at 00:07

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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Did you try clear the android stack of activities with FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP?

Check this link

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Oct 30 '11 at 15:06

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Test Android's "destroy activity to save space"

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