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Is there a way using the current command line tools (adb, am, pm) to emulate a user pressing Force Stop from the Settings app? Calling kill <pid> from the shell only works so well as to emulate what happens when the system kills a process, but Force Stop does more to remove the memory of an application by removing its ActivityRecord instances that Android saves around.
Is there a shell command we can call to emulate this same behavior?
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In Devices view you will find all running processes. Choose the process and click on Stop . It will kill only background process of an application. adb shell am kill [options] <PACKAGE> => Kill all processes associated with (the app's package name).
To exit adb and return to the system shell use the $q or $Q command. To stop the debugger press <Ctrl>D. NOTE: adb cannot be stopped by pressing the Quit or Interrupt key.
Android Shell Commands. ADB is Android Debug Bridge which is a command line utility included with Google's Android SDK. It provides a terminal interface to control your Android device connected to a computer using a USB. ADB can be used to run shell commands, transfer files, install/uninstall apps, reboot and more.
Use am:
am force-stop: force stop everything associated with <PACKAGE>.
am kill: Kill all processes associated with <PACKAGE>. Only kills.
processes that are safe to kill -- that is, will not impact the user
experience.
for example:
adb shell am force-stop <PACKAGE>
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