Is Application in foregroud?

Question

When i start application from another one through

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
            intent.addCategory("android.intent.category.LAUNCHER");
            intent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.app.app", "com.app.app.Main"));
            startActivity(intent);




ActivityManager activityManager = (ActivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
    List<RunningAppProcessInfo> runningProcInfo = activityManager.getRunningAppProcesses();

Log.e("TAG", "runningProcInfo.get(0).processName "+runningProcInfo.get(0).processName);

And I am getting Home application package

What is wrong in my code?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 06 '11 at 09:58

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There is nothing wrong with the code.

From the ActivityManager.getRunningAppProcesses() documentation: "Returns a list of RunningAppProcessInfo records, or null if there are no running processes (it will not return an empty list). This list ordering is not specified."

So, runningProcInfo.get(0) could be any process that's currently running, not necessarily the foreground one.

answered Sep 06 '11 at 09:58

Gabriel Negut

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So, how can I check that my app in background? Thanks in advance. – drifter Sep 06 '11 at 10:51
See [this discussion](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2166961/determining-the-current-foreground-application-from-a-background-task-or-service). – Gabriel Negut Sep 06 '11 at 11:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '11 at 09:58

List<ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo> mRunningProcessInfo;
        mRunningProcessInfo = mActivityManager.getRunningAppProcesses();
        for (ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo process : mRunningProcessInfo) {
            if(process.importance & process.IMPORTANCE_FOREGROUND==1)
            //process.processName is the process in foreground
        }

Is Application in foregroud?

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