Options to kill process/app?

[Wibbly]

I use the TomTom Speed cameras app and would like to be able to stop it programatically. I have tried the Kill App action (on my non-rooted phone) but the TomTom app will not respond to it (perhaps because it runs a notification it's classed as a forground app even when there's something else running 'in foreground'?). Either way, do I have any other options? Unfortunately I can't use Control UI as the phone may have it's lock screen active (albeit with no password due to it being in range of a trusted device) ...

[Martin]

That's difficult on a non-rooted phone. You probably have to turn on the screen (action Turn Screen On) and unlock the screen (action Dismiss Slide to Unlock Keyguard works on some devices).

You could then start to use action Control UI and simulate a few back keys with back(); or launch system settings->Apps->TomTom and click("FORCE STOP");. You can directly launch the app-info page with action Start Activity and example Launch app-info page.

[Wibbly]

Thanks Martin.

I have since realised there's an action I can perform on the app's status bar notification to close the app And it seems to work even with the phone still keyguard-locked, which is good! Fortunately with my use case, I can get away with closing the app as soon as the notification is posted (using that as the trigger with a condition following).

Thanks for your quick response anyway