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I'd like to be able to find an Android utility that shows me apps/processes that are auto-launching in the background and kill them, but my last attempt yielded two that I tried and blacklisted (a feature it has) some apps, yet after booting I was still able to force stop them, implying they still had launched on their own.

Is there any app that actually works for this, or is it somehow not possible?

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Not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but greenify might do the trick. You might need root.

Also Android now has the doze feature that should hibernate apps by default when not used.

[0]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng....

[1]https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/greenify

that's quite amusing suggestion considering Greenify is closed sourced Chinese root app which optionally (only?) report data back to mainland China and dev worked for some companies producing shady apps, before according his LinkedIn profile

Could you back this up / substantiate your claim, please?

there is option to send some statistics data back to developer, it's opt-in

I am not saying he is actualy sending some other data without permission of user, but being closed sourced Chinese ROOT app is more than enough to stay away from it in days of Nougat/Marshmallow making this app pretty much useless anyway.

Please decompile the APK - I'd read your writeup.

Autostarts - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elsdoerfer...

The apps might be started using misc broadcasted events, not only on boot. If you want to prevent them to start, you will need root.

As a side note, many Chinese brands have started preventing applications from starting automatically without being whitelisted in settings (different for each vendor). Examples include Xiaomi (since MIUI 8.1 or 8.2), and some recent ASUS/Lenovo devices.

SD Maid / App control tab, you will need root

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