Android ADB stop application command like “force-stop” for non rooted device

Question

I\'m trying to stop application on Android 2.3.7 device. But in this version of Android I can\'t use \"force-stop\" command. Do you know any other ways to close application

Answer 1

If you have a rooted device you can use kill command

Connect to your device with adb:

adb shell

Once the session is established, you have to escalade privileges:

su

Then

ps

will list running processes. Note down the PID of the process you want to terminate. Then get rid of it

kill PID

Answer 2

If you want to kill the Sticky Service,the following command NOT WORKING:

adb shell am force-stop <PACKAGE>
adb shell kill <PID>

The following command is WORKING:

adb shell pm disable <PACKAGE>

If you want to restart the app,you must run command below first:

adb shell pm enable <PACKAGE>

Answer 3

The first way
Needs root

Use kill:

adb shell ps => Will list all running processes on the device and their process ids
adb shell kill <PID> => Instead of <PID> use process id of your application

The second way
In Eclipse open DDMS perspective.
In Devices view you will find all running processes.
Choose the process and click on Stop.

The third way
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). This command kills only processes that are safe to kill and that will not impact the user experience.
Options are:

--user | all | current: Specify user whose processes to kill; all users if not specified.

The fourth way
Needs root

adb shell pm disable <PACKAGE> => Disable the given package or component (written as "package/class").

The fifth way
Note that run-as is only supported for apps that are signed with debug keys.

run-as <package-name> kill <pid>

The sixth way
Introduced in Honeycomb

adb shell am force-stop <PACKAGE> => Force stop everything associated with (the app's package name).

P.S.: I know that the sixth method didn't work for you, but I think that it's important to add this method to the list, so everyone will know it.

Answer 4

To kill from the application, you can do:

android.os.Process.killProcess(android.os.Process.myPid());