[APP][2.1+] KeepRunning

defim · Sep 24, 2013

With KeepRunning you could monitor apps and restart them. You need this if
- Android kills an app to free RAM
- An app crashes
This app has no background service and does not need RAM if it is not checking apps. It restarts only apps which was already running since last system startup, by the user or Android system. System apps are marked with an exclamation mark.

Available options:

Minimize all apps after an app was restarted
Duration of the monitoring intervall

Donation:

No self-promotion in the app.
More than 3 apps could be selected
Bring back last visible app after starting an app
Start apps, even not ever running since system startup
You support this app and further development!

Play Store: http://tinyurl.com/m94esbw
Changelog : In-app or http://tinyurl.com/kyzfjmp (Google Tranlator bar on the top)
Sideload: http://tinyurl.com/nhde3ux

My personal intension to create this app:
I'm using the messenger Trillian which has random FCs. Now Cerulean Studios has"pimped" the UI in a way I don't like. So I have to use the old version with known bugs.
To not miss messages anymore, i restart Trillian after crashes with this app
Now i'm using it also for daily crashes of WhatsApp

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willverduzco · Oct 19, 2013

Useful application! I've highlighted it on the XDA Portal.

SandeepEmekar · Oct 19, 2013

I'm already liking your BootManager and ReceiverStop.

Way to go!

Thanks!

ceva · Oct 19, 2013

willverduzco said:
Useful application! I've highlighted it on the XDA Portal.

I just read it in portal news, looks nice. Good work OP!

Dovidhalevi · Oct 19, 2013

Is this an Xposed module or standalone? (Other great apps work with Xposed.)

MIKEMON · Oct 19, 2013

no module applications ...

d1dd1 · Oct 19, 2013

Wow, sounds amazing, I could use this for my CarPC.

Would it be possible to add an per-app option to only recover the app when the screen is on ?

Thanks !

defim · Oct 19, 2013

willverduzco said:
Useful application! I've highlighted it on the XDA Portal.

Thank you! It's just curious that no one other created such an app before and i had to do it by myself :cowboy:

Dovidhalevi said:
Is this an Xposed module or standalone? (Other great apps work with Xposed.)

Standalone, no root. Should work down to API3 (Android 1.5)...

d1dd1 said:
Would it be possible to add an per-app option to only recover the app when the screen is on ?

Per-app? A global option "restart apps only of screen is on" would be much easier

zerosys · Oct 20, 2013

So if the time interval is set to 20 minutes, the app check every 20minutes if the selected apps are still running and if they dont, keep running start them again?
Do i get this right?

defim · Oct 21, 2013

septigation said:
So if the time interval is set to 20 minutes, the app check every 20minutes if the selected apps are still running and if they dont, keep running start them again?
Do i get this right?

Yes.

I think "20" is a good value
* you do not miss messages etc to long
* not many checks of the apps, no impact to battery (20 min -> 72 cheks/day)
But you could set whatever you need

defim · Oct 21, 2013

d1dd1 said:
Also fine for me :good:

Just pushed to Play Store. The logfile shows "sleeping" if
* the setting is enabled
* the screen is off
* an app is detected as not running

Bad side: needs api7. For Android <=2.0 i would have to watch screen-on/-off events :-\

zerosys · Oct 21, 2013

defim · Oct 21, 2013

septigation said:
May i ask which apps do YOU let your own app control?

As i wrote in 1st post, i did this app for Trillian and WhatsApp because both crashes sometimes on my device. Then i get calls why i don't answer for so long...
Now i've additionally set Llame and My Data Manager, because i've hidden their notification icons with NotifyClean, and i wan't to know if they closes without it - until now it was not the case

sytauro · Nov 6, 2013

Restart minimized

I would like the option to restart apps minimized without reverting to the homescreen. Please separate these choices.

defim · Nov 6, 2013

sytauro said:
I would like the option to restart apps minimized without reverting to the homescreen. Please separate these choices.

That's not possible, due Android does not provide the "minimize" of an app

sytauro · Nov 7, 2013

No minimizing

defim said:
That's not possible, due Android does not provide the "minimize" of an app

How about returning to previous active app instead of homescreen then? Returning to the homescreen interrupts ongoing use of the phone.

defim · Nov 7, 2013

sytauro said:
How about returning to previous active app instead of homescreen then?

Great idea, i will check if it is possible to get the current focused app. But it could be that there is a short (<1 second) interruption anyway

defim · Nov 10, 2013

sytauro said:
How about returning to previous active app instead of homescreen then? Returning to the homescreen interrupts ongoing use of the phone.

Just released to Play Store. This needs a new permission "GET_TASKS".
Also added a notification if a app was restarted

defim · Jan 12, 2014

I've just added strings for translation to the first post. If you attach here a translation, please send me you email address via PM.

Notice to @kalashenicof @jzak1083 @vipa

Kocane · Jan 12, 2014

Cool app

I, too, wish they would've kept Trillian looking like that old school Gingerbread style, but it's hard to expect them not to upgrade the UI, I guess...

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