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Is it possible to "force stop" an application I am debugging using adb in terminal?

I am developing an app, and for debugging certain actions on first installation I found that using the terminal command:

./adb uninstall <package-name>

was a lot fast than navigating to settings, apps, waiting for the apps to load, finding your app, and uninstalling it. I would strongly recommend it for anyone that doesn't already use it for debugging.

Now I am trying to work on the force close part of my app, and I can't find anywhere in the android doc, instructions on how to force close an app by adb command.

Is it possible?

Solution

  • You can close one by his pid using

    adb shell kill <PID>

    but I'm not sure of doing it with a package name.