I have an Android service running in the background. Is it possible to be notified when a new app is being started and get the package name?
I could loop through the list of running apps every 10 seconds, but maybe there's a better way?
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[STICKY Service that tracks all of the running application](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8061179/broadcast-receiver-to-detect-application-start) - be warned some parts of this are deprecated. You might want to do something on [these](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/usage/package-summary.html) lines instead. – Skynet Jan 23 '15 at 13:41
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Thanks, however this is the same as I already have (checking every 10 seconds). I am looking for way to get an alert when someone starts an app. – P.Henderson Jan 23 '15 at 13:44
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Android.app.usage won't work below lollipop. – P.Henderson Jan 23 '15 at 13:45
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^Yes that is true :) – Skynet Jan 23 '15 at 13:47