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Restart Android application using shell script

I'm trying to restart an application (com.android.snapchat) through am command.

My code to start the application is

am start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.MAIN \
                  -n com.android.snapchat/.MainActivity

The above starts the snapchat application. However, my program flow is to achieve this:

while true
if(snapchat is running)
then
    restart snapchat
    ...
else
    start snapchat
    ....

How can I do this using am command itself?

Solution

  • For restarting the app first run

    am force-stop com.android.snapchat

    and then start it again with the command you've been using.