How to force app being destroyed while in background for testing

Question

I have a problem in an application that occurs after the application is destroyed while in the background. While I have some fixes in place, I want to be able to test them immediately.

If I background my application and do a "force stop" from system settings on the app, this doesn't seem to recreate the issue when I then resume the app.

Right now, I have to background the application and wait nearly 12 hours before trying it again.

How can I tell android to destroy the application so that I can test my fixes without waiting around.

Answer 1

There is an option in new versions of Android in Settings>Developer Options called Don't Keep activities which will destroy every activity as soon as the user leaves it. Not sure if this does a force stop or not, but worth looking at.