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AndreiBogdan
AndreiBogdan

Reputation: 11164

App remains in "most recent list" after killing it

I'm killing my app like so:

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

but after i do it, my app still appears in the "Most recent apps" list from where i can reload it. Does that mean it's still in memory? Or is that list just a "snapshot" of the app, the actual process in fact died ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 179

Answers (2)

Kushal
Kushal

Reputation: 8478

If you use :

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

Then your process is killed from active processes

But Recent Application window shows history of navigation so it will capture your application whether it is killed or not.

For example, You have opened X app which produces FATAL Exception, Force Close. So this X will be killed by android system but still it will be visible in Recent Application window

I think you do not want to exclude your app from Recent Application list window, it is not advisable also because only certain system apps like Launcher use this thing and they specify android:excludeFromRecent flag in application

Upvotes: 2

Fahim
Fahim

Reputation: 12358

Make use of android:excludeFromRecents in manifest to exclude it from recent activity

Upvotes: 1

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