force close the application

Question

I am new to android and stuck up with an issue.

I want to know how to force close the application programmatically and restart it again. I am trying this because i a

Answer 1

To force closing application just call:

android.os.Process.killProcess(android.os.Process.myPid());

About OutOfMemoryError - best place to handle this kind of errors is method Application.onLowMemory(), like:

@Override
public void onLowMemory ()
{
    super.onLowMemory();
    //do smth like freeing reources, etc.
}