I looked into some code to get the recent apps in my phone. it is working fine on genymotion but not on android phone.here is the code.
package com.example.abdul.myapplication;
import java.util.List;
import android.app.ActivityManager;
import android.app.ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
TextView tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView);
ActivityManager activityManager = (ActivityManager) this
.getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
List<RunningAppProcessInfo> procInfos = activityManager
.getRunningAppProcesses();
for (int idx = 0; idx < procInfos.size(); idx++) {
tv.setText(tv.getText() + "" + (idx + 1) + "."
+ procInfos.get(idx).processName + "\n");
}
}
}