make restart faster if the app is not the launcher

android/app/src/main/kotlin/org/fnives/flutter/experiment_shorebird/MainActivity.kt

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.fnives.flutter.experiment_shorebird
 
-import android.app.Activity
 import android.app.AlarmManager
 import android.app.PendingIntent
 import android.content.Intent
@@ -20,36 +19,56 @@ class MainActivity : FlutterActivity() {
         ).setMethodCallHandler { call, result ->
             when (call.method) {
                 Methods.RESTART.methodName -> {
-                    val pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(
-                        context,
-                        4201,
-                        if (isHomeApp()) Intent(intent.action).apply {
-                            flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS
-                            intent.categories.forEach {
-                                addCategory(it)
+                    try {
+                        if (this.intent.categories.contains(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME)) {
+                            if (isDefaultHomeApp()) {
+                                runViaAlarmManager(getHomeIntent())
+                            } else {
+                                runViaAlarmManager(Intent.makeRestartActivityTask(componentName))
                             }
-                        } else Intent(this, this::class.java).apply {
-                            flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS
-                        },
-                        PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT or PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE
-                    )
-                    val alarmManager = context.getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE) as AlarmManager
-                    alarmManager[AlarmManager.RTC, System.currentTimeMillis() + 100] =
-                        pendingIntent
-                    if (context is Activity) {
-                        (context as Activity).finishAndRemoveTask()
+                        } else {
+                            runDirectly(Intent.makeRestartActivityTask(componentName))
                         }
+                        finishAndRemoveTask()
                         Runtime.getRuntime().exit(0)
-                    result.success(Unit)
+                        result.success(null)
+                    } catch (e: Throwable) {
+                        result.error("couldn't start activity", e.message ?: "", null)
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
-    private fun isHomeApp(): Boolean {
+    private fun getHomeIntent() =
+        Intent(intent.action).apply {
+            flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS
+            intent.setComponent(component)
+            intent.categories.forEach {
+                addCategory(it)
+            }
+        }
+
+    private fun runDirectly(intent: Intent) {
+        context.startActivity(intent)
+    }
+
+    private fun runViaAlarmManager(intent: Intent) {
+        val pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(
+            context,
+            4201,
+            intent,
+            PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT or PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE
+        )
+        val alarmManager = context.getSystemService(ALARM_SERVICE) as AlarmManager
+        alarmManager[AlarmManager.RTC, System.currentTimeMillis()+100] = pendingIntent
+    }
+
+    private fun isDefaultHomeApp(): Boolean {
         val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN)
         intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME)
         val res = packageManager.resolveActivity(intent, 0)
-        return res?.activityInfo != null && (packageName == res.activityInfo.packageName)
+        val isHomeApp = res?.activityInfo != null && (packageName == res.activityInfo.packageName)
+        return isHomeApp
     }
 }

lib/main.dart

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:shorebird_code_push/shorebird_code_push.dart';
 
+
 void main() {
   runApp(const MyApp());
 }
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
           mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
           children: <Widget>[
             const Text(
-              'This is a release 1.9.1',
+              'This is a release 1.9.9#6',
               // 'You have times:',
             ),
             const Text(

pubspec.yaml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ publish_to: 'none' # Remove this line if you wish to publish to pub.dev
 # https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/CoreFoundationKeys.html
 # In Windows, build-name is used as the major, minor, and patch parts
 # of the product and file versions while build-number is used as the build suffix.
-version: 1.9.1+191
+version: 1.9.9+199
 
 environment:
   sdk: '>=3.4.3 <4.0.0'