No, that red buttons kills the process -- watch the device's process list right there in DDMS, you will see your app's process disappear, and then get recreated with a new PID, easy to spot.
You should also see something like this in the logcat: 02-05 22:41:43.746 W/ActivityManager( 389): Force removing ActivityRecord{417dab48 u0 org.kman.AquaMail/.ui.AboutActivity}: app died, no saved state 02-05 22:41:43.746 I/WindowState( 389): WIN DEATH: Window{41ade3f8 u0 org.kman.AquaMail/org.kman.AquaMail.ui.AccountListActivity} 02-05 22:41:43.777 D/dalvikvm(10347): Late-enabling CheckJNI 02-05 22:41:43.777 I/ActivityManager( 389): Start proc org.kman.AquaMail for activity org.kman.AquaMail/.ui.AccountListActivity: pid=10347 uid=10065 gids={50065, 3003, 1015, 1028} 02-05 22:41:43.817 D/Zygote ( 130): Process 10230 exited cleanly (1) ... followed by the relaunch of the new process for your application (although this depends on logging in your own app -- I don't see anything logged by the system when this happens... unlike with services, for example). Back to the original issue -- perhaps moveTaskToBack() followed by a System.exit() after a delay? -- K 2013/2/5 bob <b...@coolfone.comze.com> > I pressed the stop sign button which the tool tip says will "Stop Process". > > > However, it looks like it is just killing the activity rather than the > process. > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kFe1nlLUdbo/URFPlTjZvWI/AAAAAAAAALw/W2_DWGX7x6A/s1600/stopsign.png> > > > > On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 10:26:29 AM UTC-6, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: > >> I thought you mentioned killing the activity (which I understood as >> killing the app's process)? >> >> bob 5 пїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅ 2013пїЅпїЅ. 19:16:44 пїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅ: >> >> The activity did not crash. The BSOD was because the TCP server is down. >> >> >> When the app gets restarted, the TCP server may very well still be down. >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 4:57:51 AM UTC-6, Kostya Vasilyev wrote: >>> >>> That's standard Android system behavior, AFAIK. Makes sense to me -- if >>> an activity crashed, restart the app in last known good state, at activity >>> granularity level. >>> >>> -- K >>> >>> On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 2:43:46 AM UTC+4, bob wrote: >>>> >>>> No. >>>> >>>> >>>> Basically, the activity I am killing is a Blue Screen of Death Activity >>>> that I made to show an error. When I kill it, I think the original >>>> activity that generated the error gets restarted. Then, it generates the >>>> error again. >>>> >>>> >>>> I guess there is something wrong with my design? How should I have >>>> done this? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, February 4, 2013 3:51:20 PM UTC-6, lbendlin wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Does your app include a foreground service? >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, February 4, 2013 10:57:51 AM UTC-5, bob wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Sometimes I look at the Devices window in Eclipse. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Then I select my app. And, I press the stop sign button to kill it. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Then, for some reason, it starts up again on its own a second later. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone know exactly what causes this strange restarting? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-d...@**googlegroups.com >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+**unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/**group/android-developers?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to android-developers+**unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit >> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >> . >> >> >> >> -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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