How do I kill a back ground running app in iphone?

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How do I kill a back ground running app in iphone?

Hi All,

I just want to know how to kill a back ground process/app in iphone. Just like in Auto Lock SBSettings where, the "process" toggle is able to list all the back ground process and allows user to kill any of them.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks 'refulgentis', 'Chuck' for your quick responses.

You're true and also I know that the Apple's public API doesn't allow me to do so. In a jail broken phone how could I do this? How "SBSettings" 'processes' toggle is doing the same?

My requirement is to kill and restart my "Phone (MobilePhone.app)" application. In this case how can I proceed further?

Can you please give me some sample piece of code?

+4 A:

You can't, using the public API. Anything you write wouldn't be allowed on the App Store.

For jailbroken apps, just use ps -ax and kill.

refulgentis 2009-12-16 18:07:54

What about things like Memory Info, which are in the App store and do similar tasks? It seems to do memory management directly with the OS, and seems to kill the iPod task.

Erich 2009-12-16 18:14:54

They don't kill apps. They load data into memory so much that the iPhone starts to quit running apps (such as mail, and safari) to free up memory to accommodate the frontmost app. Then when it quits, it releases all its memory, effectively freeing up all the memory it was occupying.In my opinion this is bad behaviour.

Jasarien 2009-12-16 18:57:39

Also, note that Apple cleared house of memory management apps a few months ago (Google iStat for more info). I wouldn't rely on this being an acceptable approach.

refulgentis 2009-12-16 19:17:17

Thanks 'refulgentis' your quick responses.You're true and also I know that the Apple's public API doesn't allow me to do so. In a jail broken phone how could I do this? How "SBSettings" 'processes' toggle is doing the same?My requirement is to kill and restart my "Phone (MobilePhone.app)" application. In this case how can I proceed further?Can you please give me some sample piece of code?

prathumca 2009-12-17 16:09:58

+2 A:

Since you aren't allowed to have any background apps running on the iPhone, this turns out to be something of a non-issue.

Chuck 2009-12-16 18:10:12

that's not really true--there are lots of apps running in the background, it's just that you aren't allowed to write more of your own.

David Maymudes 2009-12-16 18:56:07

That's what chuck was trying to say. You're just being pedantic.

Jasarien 2009-12-16 19:01:05

no, *Chuck* was saying something else--I was trying to point out that it's very reasonable for the OP to wish there were a way to shut down the background tasks that are, in fact, running.

David Maymudes 2009-12-16 20:09:50

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