Getting the name of the application that is running in the foreground : android

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everyone. I have an assignment where I need to get some user data using android, and one of the data items that I must retrieve is the name of the application that is currently being used by the user eg. Say the user is using the Camera application, I need to be able to show that the user is using the Camera application using code. Is there any way do this? Any help would be much appreciated.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '15 at 06:59

You can try this code it gives the package of the currently active screen:

ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager)this.getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);

// get the info from the currently running task
List<ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo> taskInfo = am.getRunningTasks(1);

ComponentName componentInfo = taskInfo.get(0).topActivity;
if(!componentInfo.getPackageName().equals("your.package.name")) {
    //Do your stuff
}

You might need the permission

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_TASKS" />

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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This method will be helpful , ActivityManager.getRunningAppProcesses() check this ,

Get active Application name in Android

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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Thanks, but this segment of code gives me a list of currently running applications. How can I get to the one that is at the top of list? – D Brown Apr 15 '11 at 05:20
How can I do it via adb? – JohnyTex Aug 16 '18 at 13:11

Getting the name of the application that is running in the foreground : android

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