I'm writing a Launcher, it need clear the recent app/task list from system, not "didn't show my apps in recent tasks list", but I have no idea about it now. I have searched in the stackoverflow and only this issue is matched but the answer has no any help. Some other guy has asked the same questions, he metioned the RemoveTask which comes from Android 4.0. Yes, I have checked the source code of Android 2.3.7 and Android 4.0, at a round estimated, I think I could almost reach the end point if I can erase the list of mRecentTasks which defined in ActivityMangerService.Java :
final ArrayList<TaskRecord> mRecentTasks = new ArrayList<TaskRecord>();
And another maybe useful definition:
static ActivityManagerService mSelf;
public static ActivityManagerService self() {
return mSelf;
}
Because I'm not familiar with Java&refelction, I need help about the way which clear this list, below is the code of my:
public static <T> void clearRecentTaskList(Launcher launcher){
ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) launcher.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
Object systemRecentTask = new ArrayList<T>();
Object receiver = null;
Field recentTaskList = null;
Class<?> service = null;
Field self = null;
try {
service = Class.forName("com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService");
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "clearRecentTaskList, service gotton"+service.getName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e2) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "clearRecentTaskList, class service not found");
}
try {
self = service.getDeclaredField("mSelf");
} catch (SecurityException e2) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "clearRecentTaskList, SecurityException during get mSelf");
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e2) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "clearRecentTaskList, NoSuchFieldException during get mSelf");
}
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "clearRecentTaskList, self gotton " + self.toGenericString());
try {
self.setAccessible(true);
receiver = self.get(null);
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e2) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "clearRecentTaskList, IllegalArgumentException during use self to get the receiver");
} catch (IllegalAccessException e2) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "clearRecentTaskList, IllegalAccessException during use self to get the receiver");
}
if ( receiver != null){
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "clearRecentTaskList, receiver is : "+receiver.toString());
} else {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "clearRecentTaskList, receiver is NULL");
}
try {
recentTaskList = service.getDeclaredField("mRecentTasks");
recentTaskList.setAccessible(true);
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "clearRecentTaskList, recentTaskList gotton"+recentTaskList.toGenericString());
try {
systemRecentTask = recentTaskList.get(receiver);
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e1) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "IllegalArgumentException during try to clearRecentTask");
} catch (IllegalAccessException e1) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "IllegalAccessException during try to clearRecentTask");
}
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Try to print the size of recent task: "+((ArrayList<T>) systemRecentTask).size());
} catch (SecurityException e) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "SecurityException during try to clearRecentTask");
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
Log.d(LOG_TAG, "NoSuchFieldException during try to clearRecentTask");
}
}
With this function, I always meet the "NullPointerException" because receiver is null which got by self. And I have tried another way like this(If I remove the all try/catch):
self = service.getDeclaredMethod("mSelf", null);
receiver = self.invoke(null, null); // mSelf is a static method which in ActivityMangerService class
The same result, I can't get the instance of ActivityManagerService and then I can't get the mRecentTasks. Any comments is appreciated and although I don't know "how to remove all items in this list", but it could be another questions.
Thanks.
While I could have edited my earlier answer, this solution I have used in a different project is so comprehensively different (and easier) that it is better to start afresh...
In this case I have simply used reflection to access the removeTask() method of the ActivityManager, and I've wrapped all of that into a convenience class of MyActivityManager as follows:
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
public class MyActivityManager {
private ActivityManager mActivityManager = null;
private Method mRemoveTask;
public MyActivityManager(Context context) {
try {
Class<?> activityManagerClass = Class.forName("android.app.ActivityManager");
mActivityManager = (ActivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
mRemoveTask = activityManagerClass.getMethod("removeTask", new Class[] { int.class, int.class });
mRemoveTask.setAccessible(true);
}
catch ( ClassNotFoundException e ) {
Log.i("MyActivityManager", "No Such Class Found Exception", e);
}
catch ( Exception e ) {
Log.i("MyActivityManager", "General Exception occurred", e);
}
}
/**
* If set, the process of the root activity of the task will be killed
* as part of removing the task.
*/
public static final int REMOVE_TASK_KILL_PROCESS = 0x0001;
/**
* Completely remove the given task.
*
* @param taskId Identifier of the task to be removed.
* @param flags Additional operational flags. May be 0 or
* {@link #REMOVE_TASK_KILL_PROCESS}.
* @return Returns true if the given task was found and removed.
*/
public boolean removeTask(int taskId, int flags) {
try {
return (Boolean) mRemoveTask.invoke(mActivityManager, Integer.valueOf(taskId), Integer.valueOf(flags) );
} catch (Exception ex) {
Log.i("MyActivityManager", "Task removal failed", ex);
}
return false;
}
public void clearRecentTasks() {
List<RecentTaskInfo> recents = mActivityManager.getRecentTasks(1000, ActivityManager.RECENT_IGNORE_UNAVAILABLE);
// Start from 1, since we don't want to kill ourselves!
for( int i=1; i < recents.size(); i++ ) {
removeTask( recents.get(i).persistentId, 0);
}
}
}
Then, when I want to clear the recent tasks I do the following:
new MyActivityManager(this).clearRecentTasks();
It's possible that one or both of these are needed for this to work:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_TASKS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REORDER_TASKS" />
In my case the application is installed with system permissions.
The best way I have found is to do this:
public class BaseActivity extends Activity {
public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) {
super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
Log.d("Focus debug", "Focus changed !");
if(!hasFocus) {
Log.d("Focus debug", "Lost focus !");
Intent closeDialog = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS);
sendBroadcast(closeDialog);
}
}
}// all credit goes here: http://www.juliencavandoli.com/how-to-disable-recent-apps-dialog-on-long-press-home-button/
This is not my own code, but this just hides the recent apps list from showing.
There are some good clues regarding how to do this on this question here:
Altering the result of getRecentTasks
Following these, I have taken the following approach for my own purposes (a similar situation, where tablets are loaned to people and then someone has to "clear the history" before handing them to the next person).
Firstly, in my manifest, I created 18 tasks like this:
<activity
android:name=".nul.Null0"
android:enabled="false"
android:excludeFromRecents="false"
android:exported="false"
android:label="n0"
android:launchMode="singleInstance"
android:stateNotNeeded="true"
android:taskAffinity=""
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.morphoss.blah.welcome.nul.Null0" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Secondly, in an AsyncTask that I start when the assistant start the "Welcome Screen" for the next person to use the tablet, after I clear the browser history and the cookies, I do the following:
try {
PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
ComponentName cn;
Intent nullActivity;
for( int i=0; i<19; i++ ) {
cn = new ComponentName("com.morphoss.blah.welcome","com.morphoss.blah.welcome.nul.Null"+i);
pm.setComponentEnabledSetting(cn, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED, PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);
nullActivity = new Intent();
nullActivity.setComponent(cn);
nullActivity.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(nullActivity);
Thread.sleep(20);
}
Thread.sleep(100);
for( int i=0; i<18; i++ ) {
cn = new ComponentName("com.morphoss.blah.welcome","com.morphoss.blah.welcome.nul.Null"+i);
pm.setComponentEnabledSetting(cn, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED, PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);
}
}
catch( Exception e) {
if ( Constants.LOG_DEBUG ) Log.d(TAG,Log.getStackTraceString(e));
}
While I have used "Thread.sleep(20)" between the launching of each task I have not fully examined exactly what is needed there, and perhaps a shorter time might work. For my purposes a 1 second delay while these are deleted is not problematic.
The final ingredients are the eighteen (very simple) activities that are being started, which look like this:
package com.morphoss.blah.welcome.nul;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class Null0 extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
this.finish();
}
}
Hope this is helpful.
I just met with the same problem. Okay, I don`t know how clear the recent list, but I know, how not to put your app there. start it with: FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY flag .
This worked for me, I hope I can help with it for you. Cheers, details: min SDK level 14
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12890415/android-how-to-clear-the-recent-task-list-which-could-get-from-home-button-in-m