I've created a service that creates a chatHead (like Facebook Messenger).
However, I want it to have a listener that always checks which activity or application is in the foreground.
Here's my code-
public class ChatHeadService extends Service {
private WindowManager windowManager;
private ImageView chatHead;
protected String lastPackageName;
@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
return null;
}
@Override
public void onCreate() {
super.onCreate();
ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) this.getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
String foreground = am.getRunningTasks(1).get(0).topActivity.getPackageName();
if(foreground.equals("com.whatsapp"))
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), foreground, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
windowManager = (WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE);
chatHead = new ImageView(this);
chatHead.setImageResource(R.drawable.view_icon);
final WindowManager.LayoutParams params = new WindowManager.LayoutParams(
WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.TYPE_PHONE,
WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_NOT_FOCUSABLE,
PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);
params.gravity = Gravity.TOP | Gravity.START;
params.x = 0;
params.y = 100;
windowManager.addView(chatHead, params);
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
if (chatHead != null) windowManager.removeView(chatHead);
if(lastPackageName!="com.whatsapp") windowManager.removeView(chatHead);
}
}
Using the ActivityManager, it does work when it is created. But I guess, since it is in the OnCreate method, it only gets the foreground activity when it is created.
What I need is to have a listener that would detect if the activity in the foreground is some specific activity (like in this case, Whatsapp).
How do I do that?
Thanks