JakeWharton/ProcessPhoenix

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A small Android library by Jake Wharton that restarts the application process, optionally launching a specific Intent. It is intended mainly for debug builds where fundamental state changes require a full process restart.

Use cases

• restart my android app process programmatically
• apply staging to production environment switch without reinstalling
• relaunch app after a fundamental state change in debug builds
• check if app is running inside the phoenix restart process
• trigger app rebirth with a specific intent

When to choose

• you need a reliable, minimal way to fully restart an Android app process
• you toggle environment or config flags in debug builds that require a fresh process
• you want a tiny, well-known Apache-2.0 utility from a trusted author

When to avoid

• you only need to restart an Activity, not the whole process
• you want restart behavior in production user-facing flows (the library is aimed at debug use)
• your project is not Android/JVM-based

Facets

library · maturity stable

developer-tools android-tools developer-tools mobile-development android process-restart jvm debugging

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