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I've got Chrome running on a Pixel 4a (Android 11). If I close the app manually (i.e., swiping with my finger), it closes as expected. However, if I run am force-stop com.android.chrome from an adb shell, it's restarted a second later by Zygote. The same thing happens if I send it a SIGKILL.

The browser really is being closed as the new process has a different PID. Examining /proc/<pid>/status, I see that the parent PID corresponds to the Zygote process.

Why can't I close the app for good with am?

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  • Sounds to me like Android has some sort of app-recovery/restart in case the process was not properly ended (process crash or kill). Have you checked logcat if it contains any details why and how the app restarts?
    – Robert
    Aug 21 at 20:16
  • I see: ActivityTaskManager: START u0 {act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=http://localhost/... flg=0x10100000 cmp=com.android.chrome/com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main (has extras)} from uid 10215
    – August Vrubel
    Aug 21 at 20:32
  • And which app is the UID 10215? Note that even with swiping, you cannot keep an app stopped forever. See Why do apps run in background?. Disclosure: the link belongs to me.
    – Irfan Latif
    Aug 21 at 21:14
  • @IrfanLatif, the UID belongs to com.android.chrome.
    – August Vrubel
    Sep 8 at 15:30

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