Note: Although this has been answered as ‘not possible’ I think it’s a valid question for a new iOS developer to ask and there is something they can do which is probably what they want. There is a way to ‘restart’ your app from the user’s perspective which is not technically restarting or exiting the … Read more
If you really need to restart the whole program (i.e. to “close” and “open” again), the “proper” way would be to have a separate program with the sole purpose of restarting your main one. AFAIK a lot of applications with auto-update feature work this way. So when you need to restart your main program, you … Read more
Of course it is possible to restart a Java application. The following method shows a way to restart a Java application: public void restartApplication() { final String javaBin = System.getProperty(“java.home”) + File.separator + “bin” + File.separator + “java”; final File currentJar = new File(MyClassInTheJar.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().toURI()); /* is it a jar file? */ if(!currentJar.getName().endsWith(“.jar”)) return; /* Build … Read more