Exit and restart an app every 30 minutes

[Scott Powell]

So uber-noob here, wondering if this is possible.

I have an app that I need to exit, wait a few (5) seconds, then restart about every half-hour or so.

How would I go about setting that up?  Or is it even possible?

[Scott Powell]

By the way, I do mean "exit" the app, not just send it to the background.

[Jay M]

If your wanting to kill it your probably going to need a rooted device and the secure settings plugin.

Jay M

On 29 Jan 2014 23:30, "Scott Powell" <scottpo...@gmail.com> wrote:

By the way, I do mean "exit" the app, not just send it to the background.

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[Rich D]

> By the way, I do mean "exit" the app, not just send it to the background.
>

To kill a app you almost certainly need root.
You can try the tasker 'kill app' action or there are a few plug ins that work well. 'Taskkill' or 'secure settings' or you can use a shell command.

There is a time context that fire every 30 minutes

And there is a action / app / load app

[Scott Powell]

Thanks for the information, guys.

So essentially the project's pretty much a non-starter without a rooted phone.

[Matt R]

You can try the kill action without root. You might get lucky.

Matt

[Jay M]

Yup, if you haven't noticed not many apps have a way for the user to exit, this is because of the way the Android OS is designed apps are supposed to run in the background so they load faster next time you open it.see here

http://android.nextapp.com/site/fx/doc/exit

Jay M

On 30 Jan 2014 03:37, "Scott Powell" <scottpo...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the information, guys.

So essentially the project's pretty much a non-starter without a rooted phone.

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