Custom Keyboard Android get current App

Question

I wish to get name/packageName of current app using my customKeyboard service.

Is there anyway to do so?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '16 at 19:28

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You have to rely on getCurrentInputEditorInfo(), a method in InputMethodService, to achieve this:

String packageName = getCurrentInputEditorInfo().packageName;

answered Jun 14 '16 at 19:28

jfcartier

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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Found answer in this topic: How to check current running applications in Android?

If app is running its obviosuly the one calling my keyboard.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:47

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answered May 05 '15 at 19:39

Dirindon

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered May 05 '15 at 15:08

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private String getApplicationName() {
    final PackageManager pm = mActivity.getApplicationContext()
            .getPackageManager();
    ApplicationInfo ai;
    String appName;
    try {
        ai = pm.getApplicationInfo(mActivity.getPackageName(), 0);
        appName = (String) pm.getApplicationLabel(ai);
    } catch (final NameNotFoundException e) {
        appName = "(unknown)";
    }
    return appName;
}

use this method to get Appname/Package name

answered May 05 '15 at 15:08

Ankit Kumar

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This allowes me to get appname/package name (as long as I implemented it correctly) of my own app, I created keyboard service and wish to know which app uses it to write inside of that app. – Dirindon May 05 '15 at 15:30
Downvoted. This does not attempt to answer the question asked. – Vicky Chijwani Mar 14 '16 at 17:52

Custom Keyboard Android get current App

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