How to know when my app has been killed?

I have found one way to do this…..

  1. Make one service like this

    public class OnClearFromRecentService extends Service {
    
        @Override
        public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
            return null;
        }
    
        @Override
        public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
            Log.d("ClearFromRecentService", "Service Started");
            return START_NOT_STICKY;
        }
    
        @Override
        public void onDestroy() {
            super.onDestroy();
            Log.d("ClearFromRecentService", "Service Destroyed");
        }
    
        @Override
        public void onTaskRemoved(Intent rootIntent) {
            Log.e("ClearFromRecentService", "END");
            //Code here
            stopSelf();
        }
    }
    
  2. Register this service in Manifest.xml like this

    <service android:name="com.example.OnClearFromRecentService" android:stopWithTask="false" />
    
  3. Then start this service on your splash activity

    startService(new Intent(getBaseContext(), OnClearFromRecentService.class));
    

And now whenever you will clear your app from android recent Then this method onTaskRemoved() will execute.

NOTE: In Android O+ this solution only works when the app is full-time in foreground. After more than 1 minute with the app in background, the OnClearFromRecentService (and all other Services running) will be automatically force-killed by the system so the onTaskRemoved() will not be executed.

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