Just search for 'task killer' in the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=task killer&c=appsBack to the main point of this thread. Could someone please list a selection of apps that can kill apps on a non-rooted device and I will take a look at exactly what they are doing. I would certainly like to add the ability to kill apps on non-rooted device as this will be popular I'm sure.
Many of them are also included in 'Speed Booster' type apps, which also tend to clear Ram, Memory, etc too.
The most well known is Greenify. I have also used Hibernator. But there are dozens of others. As far as I am aware they all use Accessibility and in an automated manner call the App Info page and click the Force Stop button.
It's pretty low tech but it works. The nicer versions (Hibernator is a good example) display a progress screen to hide the activity process.
Most of them also have the ability to Whitelist apps that shouldn't be closed. And some have the ability to schedule runs, and/or run when the screen is locked, etc.
Another version is SuperFreezZ:
SuperFreezZ App stopper | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Entirely freeze all background activities of apps.
f-droid.org
SuperFreezZ
superfreezz.gitlab.io
That also has an "Intelligent" function whereby it will "only freeze (Force Stop) an app if it has not been used for X days".
That's a nice feature to have. My Samsung used to have that type of idea built into the stock ROM and was configurable per app.
Eg: a Travel app, it's not used most of the time, but when it is used, maybe it needs to stay open for a few days, to make sure to get flight notifications, etc.
Of course they all have the same problem that some apps will just immediately reopen after Force Stop, eg: most of Google's apps. But they are great for a whole lot of other apps which just don't need to run all the time.
Hope that helps
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