Terminating the browser programmatically

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I'm trying to close/terminate the browser programmatically. But I did not find any method in the default browser Class. Does anyone know how to?

Browser extends webview. What you wants to do you wants to close browser application? — Krishnakant Dalal, May 01 '12 at 12:34
I'm trying to open and close the default browser with the help of my code(using an activity class) — Bhagirath, May 03 '12 at 04:15
You can call intent and let the user choose on which browser he wants to surf. — Krishnakant Dalal, May 03 '12 at 04:19

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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Killing prcesses in android is bad idea and it is never encouraged. but if still you want to continue with this you could do something like this.

List<ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo> list = servMng.getRunningAppProcesses();
    if(list != null){
     for(int i=0;i<list.size();++i){
      if("com.android.browser".matches(list.get(i).processName)){
       int pid = android.os.Process.getUidForName("com.android.browser");
             android.os.Process.killProcess(pid);
      }
     }
    }

but also have a look at this answer.

A nice answer, this will give you detailed description of why this method of killing processes is discouraged.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered May 01 '12 at 12:56

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Note that this will not work, as is clearly indicated by [the documentation for `killProcess()`](http://goo.gl/vP7kA). This would only work if `com.android.browser` is killing itself, or if the killer is part of the system firmware and runs as the same user account as does `com.android.browser`. – CommonsWare May 01 '12 at 12:58
+1 ohhkk my bad. "the kernel will still impose standard restrictions on which PIDs you are actually able to kill" – N-JOY May 01 '12 at 13:02

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 01 '12 at 12:36

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If you are referring to your own use of WebView, just finish() your activity.

If you are referring to some other application, you cannot "close/terminate the browser programmatically", particularly if it is in the foreground.

answered May 01 '12 at 12:36

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