How to simulate killing activity to conserve memory?

Question

Android doc say:

\"When the system, rather than the user, shuts down an activity to conserve memory, ... \"

But how to simulate

Answer 1

For the purposes of debugging onRestoreInstanceState(), just change the screen orientation ([Ctrl]-[F11] in the emulator). Your activity will be destroyed and recreated, and the onSaveInstanceState()/onRestoreInstanceState() pair will be invoked.