Is there a way to programmatically quit my App? (W

Question

I'm writing a windows phone 7 app. I have "fatal exception" handling code where I know for sure that the app is totally busted and there's no point in continuing. (I'm hoping I never get here...). Since there's nothing more my app can do other than quit I want the user to be able to close the app.

But I noticed there is no System.Environment.Exit() in the Silverlight 4 SDK for Windows Phone 7. Is there another way to quit the app programmatically?

Answer 1

Here's how I do it:

void Exit()
{
    while (NavigationService.BackStack.Any())
        NavigationService.RemoveBackEntry();
    base.OnBackKeyPress(new CancelEventArgs());
}

Unfortunately, this does not work :(

Answer 2

When you are trying to programatically quit a WP7 application, you need keep in mind the application certification requirements. Peter Torr has a blog post that can help with your approach. Paul Jenkins experienced issues with the MahTweets app in the Marketplace recently and he blogged about it here.

HTH, indyfromoz

Answer 3

App.Current.Terminate();

For Windows Phone 8.1 Silverlight Apps

Answer 4

A "less ugly" (and apparently only) way to exit is outlined here. Yuck.

Answer 5

App.Current.MainWindow.Close()

Answer 6

For Windows Phone 8, simply call App.Current.Terminate();