The only way to officially "kill" an Android app is by going to the App Info screen in Android. On that screen is a "Force Stop" button. Task killers are bad (and they don't work).
However, you can install my app, which is a Task Switcher, and which also has a very nifty way of getting to the App Info page for any running app. Just swipe up on the icon and it will take you to that screen. The app is called AppSwipe!, and here is the link to it on the Google Play thingymajig: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magouyaware.appswipe Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Jim Graham <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 03:02:41PM -0400, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > > You understand that task killers are an Android antipattern, correct? > > They do have their (quite limited) uses, though. First, there's this > highly annoying (and extremely stupid) system app in some releases called > Global Unplug, created by someone who doesn't understand even the most > insanely-simple electronics circuit theory and the microscopic amount > of power used by power supplies, etc., when not connected to anything > (enough to cost about 0.5 cents/year). It gets force closed first thing > when my Android phone reboots. > > Second, on my Android phone (Motorola Bravo MB520), running apps will > randomly get "stuck" and unresponsive, while sitting there using a > HUGE percentage of the CPU. I've only found two ways to stop those > random apps when they get like that: either reboot the phone, or > use a task killer. If it were a single app, I'd just unintstall it, > obviously, but it isn't. Yes, I do believe there is a problem behind > that in the device itself. Of course, other times, even that doesn't > work, and I have to pull the battery. :-( > > Later, > --jim > > -- > THE SCORE: ME: 2 CANCER: 0 > 73 DE N5IAL (/4) MiSTie #49997 < Running FreeBSD 7.0 > > [email protected] ICBM/Hurr.: 30.44406N 86.59909W > > "Now what *you* need is a proper pint of porter poured in a proper > pewter porter pot.." --Peter Dalgaard in alt.sysadmin.recovery > > Android Apps Listing at http://www.jstrack.org/barcodes.html > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
