How to kill all installed apps

Asked Jan 14 '15 at 05:33

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I want to implement a button that kills all running apps and associated processes myself, but I cannot make it to work with some installed apps.

I tried

activityManager.restartPackage( packageName );

activityManager.killBackgroundProcesses( packageName ); (Which is the new version of restartPackage)

android.os.Process.killProcess( pid );

My issue is that some apps don't get killed and when a refresh the list of running apps, they still there.

I've read:

ActivityManager

Android: Killing (all) Foreground running App

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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asked Jan 14 '15 at 05:33

Juampa

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Some men just want to watch the world burn. – VipulKumar Jan 14 '15 at 08:36
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BTW It will just kill the processes for that time. Many applications use STICKY services which revive themselves when killed. So maybe that's happening. – VipulKumar Jan 14 '15 at 08:37
I'll have a look on that. Thanks. – Juampa Jan 14 '15 at 09:20

How to kill all installed apps

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