Task Killer written in Python

[brianhellno]

Just wanted to get some feedback for a task killer I wrote for android in Python. I used the SL4A .apk which you can get from here:

android-scripting - Project Hosting on Google Code

Then I installed the Python module which that page will also help you out with.

If you give it a try let me know if it worked and what you think of it. I'm also interested if anyone has any suggestions to make it better script wise or just in general. To use this script create a new Python script and paste this script into the coding area. On to the code:

import android

droid = android.Android()

a = droid.getRunningPackages()

proclist = a[1]

def taskkiller(proclist): 
   title = 'Running Processes'
   droid.dialogCreateAlert(title)
   droid.dialogSetNeutralButtonText('Kill Process')
   droid.dialogSetMultiChoiceItems(proclist, None)
   droid.dialogShow()
   droid.dialogGetResponse()
   choice = droid.dialogGetSelectedItems().result
   return choice

x = taskkiller(proclist)

for y in x:
   droid.forceStopPackage(proclist[y])
   print '%s was closed' % proclist[y]

Basically the script gathers all of the currently running processes and creates an alert dialogue. In the dialogue you can select all of the processes that you want to close and the script kills them. Its very simplistic but I like it. To be completely honest I have no coding experience and I pretty much wrote this with trial and error and a lot of reading about Android and Python. Learned a lot in the process though. I'm thinking my next script will be an .apk uninstaller and re-installer. Anyways enjoy.

[aminaked]

Have you read this?: Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

[Abe21599]

Have you read this?: Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

i saw that you responded to this thread and i was like o gosh i know what hes gonna post hahahah

[brianhellno]

Have you read this?: Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

Yeah. I made it more for situations like when an app hangs and the only way to get it unstuck is to force kill it. I usually use it for that and just to see what processes are currently running.

[Abe21599]

Have you read this?: Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

Yeah. I made it more for situations like when an app hangs and the only way to get it unstuck is to force kill it. I usually use it for that and just to see what processes are currently running.

well as long as you understand how android works, do what works for you.

but just so you know, you can do both of those in settings.

im not knocking your work, i cant do it, but its already incorporated in android

[brianhellno]

Have you read this?: Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

i saw that you responded to this thread and i was like o gosh i know what hes gonna post hahahah

Lol yeah I guess this isn't the most useful script. Ah well, the next one will be better.

[aminaked]

Have you read this?: Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

i saw that you responded to this thread and i was like o gosh i know what hes gonna post hahahah

Ha ha ha! Yeah, I'm like a broken record. Don't kill tasks! Don't use the stock email app! Don't use antivirus!

To the OP, keep crankin' out that code & have fun!

[Abe21599]

Have you read this?: Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

i saw that you responded to this thread and i was like o gosh i know what hes gonna post hahahah

Lol yeah I guess this isn't the most useful script. Ah well, the next one will be better.

Have you read this?: Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

i saw that you responded to this thread and i was like o gosh i know what hes gonna post hahahah

Ha ha ha! Yeah, I'm like a broken record. Don't kill tasks! Don't use the stock email app! Don't use antivirus!

To the OP, keep crankin' out that code & have fun!

yes please no discouragement meant here - keep it up

[brianhellno]

Have you read this?: Task Killers... The Answer from Google & Developers.

Yeah. I made it more for situations like when an app hangs and the only way to get it unstuck is to force kill it. I usually use it for that and just to see what processes are currently running.

well as long as you understand how android works, do what works for you.

but just so you know, you can do both of those in settings.

im not knocking your work, i cant do it, but its already incorporated in android

Its cool I appreciate that you were up front with me. I mainly wrote the task killer to see if I could do it and thought I'd share in case anyone else was interested and to hopefully get feedback on the code. I'm thinkin my next script will be more useful. I just need to learn how to access the file system from python.

[brianhellno]

Lol thanks for the encouragement. When I'm done with my next script I'll be sure to post it here.