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gReEn HoRn
gReEn HoRn

Reputation: 274

Get the status of one application from another application

I have two applications such as Activity and Service. I start Service from Activity. When I exit the activity it stops but it is not completely getting stopped, running in background(Could see in Settings->ManageApplications menu). So I used android.os.Process.killProcess(android.os.Process.myPid()) in onDestroy() function which completely terminates application. But the issue is that it also stops my service since it was started from my activity.i also tried using the below lines,

ActivityManager activityManager = (ActivityManager)this.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
        activityManager.killBackgroundProcesses(this.getApplication().getPackageName());

But still it stops my service since it will stop the associate processes as said in document.My question is that how can i terminate my activity completely without killing my service. Thanx in advance.

Scenario

Assume there are two applications 'a' & 'b'. I stop Application 'a' using finish() call, 'a' closes successfully. Now I check the status of 'a' from 'b' using runningProcessInfo call and i still find that application 'a' is running in the background.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 306

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006674

My question is that how can i terminate my activity completely without killing my service.

Call finish(), which happens automatically when the user presses BACK (by default).

When i exit the activity it stops but it is not completely getting stopped, running in background(Could see in Settings->ManageApplications menu)

An application is not an activity. An application is a collection of components. In your case, your application consists of at least one activity and at least one service, based upon the information in your question.

So i used "android.os.Process.killProcess(android.os.Process.myPid())" in onDestroy() function which completely terminates application.

Do not do this.

Upvotes: 6

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