How do I programmatically “restart” an Android app?

Question

Firstly, I know that one should not really kill/restart an application on Android. In my use case, I want to factory-reset my application in a specific case where a server s

Answer 1

IntentCompat.makeMainSelectorActivity - Last tested on 11/2020

The app will be restored with the launcher activity and the old process will be killed.

Works from Api 15.

public static void restart(Context context){
    Intent mainIntent = IntentCompat.makeMainSelectorActivity(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
    mainIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    context.getApplicationContext().startActivity(mainIntent);
    System.exit(0);
}