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When i right click in the debug perspective and select Terminate, Eclipse disconnects, but the process continues to run on the device. How can i get the program to actually terminate so no more code is executed on the device? Am i looking at a bug? I dont recall if this worked in Galileo. I am currently using Windows 7 and Eclipse Indigo.

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Button "Stop Process" is in device view (Window >> Show view >> Devices). enter image description here

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Thanks, this is the most accurrate answer, and works! –  Nick Jul 8 '12 at 20:47
Sometimes it's under Window >> Show view >> Other... >> Devices –  Agostino Mar 15 at 18:11
Just started the app right after the project creation and when clicking stop button it did not kill the process but threw a RemoteException sending setActive(false) notification in the logCat viewport :( –  f00bar May 17 at 22:18


You can terminate the process from the DDMS perspective.

Am i looking at a bug?

Not really. Terminate from the Debug perspective has always meant "terminate the debug session" for Android apps at least, not "terminate the app" or "terminate the app's author with extreme prejudice". :-)

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Thank you for the response. I gave the answer to the one that specifically calls out which button to use, and its not tied to the DDMS perspective (although anyone who has enough eclipse experience would know this). I agree, not a bug, however i was misdirected in thinking that the Stop icon would stop the process. Its a good clarification that Stop in the Debugger context is for the Debugger only, and not the process. I was used to the Visual Studio IDE where stop killed the debugger and the process. –  Nick Jul 8 '12 at 20:48
@Nick: "its not tied to the DDMS perspective" -- true. I tend to think in terms of "what would a newcomer want", and I find that it is easier for them to flip between perspectives than to maintain lots of views in one. But you are certainly correct, and if you want to just hit the Devices view from whatever perspective you'd like, that's perfectly cool. –  CommonsWare Jul 8 '12 at 23:36

Clicking on this disconnect button pointed in the image below.

You can open debug window from window>>open perspective..

debugging window

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Isn't it just disconnect debugger and keep process working? –  Jin35 Jul 8 '12 at 16:17

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