How can I automatically freeze and thaw an app on demand? I have some apps that I open on occasion. One in particular is a game that likes to push notifications up reminding me to play again.

Is there an app I can use to automatically freeze an Android app when I exit it, and automatically thaw and open the app when I want to open it again? I hate how many apps have background services or receive intents that I don't care for.

With my ROM, I can specifically deny permissions to apps based on certain intents, but that doesn't always help.

I know you can freeze and thaw an app using Titanium Backup Pro, which I have. But that would require manually going in to TiBu and doing the freeze/thaw commands each time.

In an ideal world, I would like a list of apps to be frozen as soon as I exit. And instead of the app listed in my app drawer, I would have a shortcut to first thaw the app and then open it (and have the same icon as the app). I don't care if this takes an extra few seconds; I simply want certain apps to only be running when I say so. Does this exist in any form on Android, whether in a kernel patch, an app, or a simple script?
I know you can freeze and thaw an app using Titanium Backup Pro, which I have. But that would require manually going in to TiBu and doing the freeze/thaw commands each time.


You're wrong about that part. Try this:


look for a free place on your homescreen
long-press there
select to add a widget
scroll to Titanium Backup
select the item to (un)freeze an app
select the app


This gives you a toggle-widget to freeze/unfreeze the selected app.