ActivityManager.RestartPackage(String) Method

Definition

Caution

deprecated

This method was deprecated in API level 15.

[Android.Runtime.Register("restartPackage", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V", "GetRestartPackage_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")]
[System.Obsolete("deprecated")]
public virtual void RestartPackage(string? packageName);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("restartPackage", "(Ljava/lang/String;)V", "GetRestartPackage_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")>]
[<System.Obsolete("deprecated")>]
abstract member RestartPackage : string -> unit
override this.RestartPackage : string -> unit

Parameters

packageName
String

String

Attributes

Remarks

This method was deprecated in API level 15. This is now just a wrapper for killBackgroundProcesses(String); the previous behavior here is no longer available to applications because it allows them to break other applications by removing their alarms, stopping their services, etc.

Android reference for android.app.ActivityManager.restartPackage.

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Applies to