What i am doing wrong to get the UID
Question
I saw similar types of posts here.But i am not getting this right.To get the UID of running process i wrote
ActivityManager mgr = (ActivityManager) context.getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
List<RunningAppProcessInfo> processes = mgr.getRunningAppProcesses();
String text = "All Process:\n";
for (int i = 1; i <= processes.size(); i++)
{
String s;
s = processes.get(i - 1).processName.toString();
text += "Process:" + i + s + ":UID:" + android.os.Process.getUidForName(s) + "\n";
}
But after completion of loop what i am getting in the string text is all UID value as -1.I put GET_TASKS permission in manifest file.Why i am not getting the UID.Please help.I need this UID to kill the process.
Solution
To kill the process i used killBackgroundProcess Method of ActivityManager.It needs package name not the UID
OTHER TIPS
Please see this answer by @seanhodges for reference.
Reading the whole thread might be helpful too.
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