How to determine if an Android Service is running in the foreground?

Question

I have a service which I believe to have running in the foreground, How do I check if my implementation is working?

Answer 1

public static boolean isServiceRunningInForeground(Context context, Class<?> serviceClass) {
      ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
      for (ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo service : manager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
         if (serviceClass.getName().equals(service.service.getClassName())) {
            if (service.foreground) {
               return true;
            }

         }
      }
      return false;
   }

Answer 2

A more efficient variation of answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/36127260/1275265

public static boolean isServiceRunningInForeground(Context context, Class<?> serviceClass) {
   ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
   for (ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo service : manager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
      if (serviceClass.getName().equals(service.service.getClassName())) {
         return service.foreground;
      }
   }
   return false;
}

Answer 3

As of API 26, getRunningService() is deprecated.

One solution now is to bind your Activity to your Service. Then you can call a method of your Service from your Activity, to check if it is running.

1 - In your Service, create a class that extends Binder and returns your Service

  public class LocalBinder extends Binder {
        MyService getService() {
            return MyService.this;
        }
    }

2 - In your Service, declare the binder

private final IBinder binder = new LocalBinder();

3 - In your Service, implement onBind(), which will return the Binder

  @Nullable
    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
        return binder;
    }

4 - In your Service, create a method that check if it is running (for example check if variables are initialized)

  public boolean isRunning() {
        // If running
            return true;
        // If not running
            return false;
        
    }

5 - In your Activity, create a variable that holds your Service

private MyService myService;

6 - Now, in your Activity, you can bind to your Service

private void checkIfEnabled() {
    ServiceConnection connection = new ServiceConnection() {

        @Override
        public void onServiceConnected(ComponentName className,
                                       IBinder service) {
            MyService.LocalBinder binder = (MyService.LocalBinder) service;
            myService = binder.getService();
            
            // Calling your service public method
            if(myService.isRunning()) {
                // Your service is enabled
            } else {
                // Your service is disabled
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onServiceDisconnected(ComponentName arg0) {

        }
    };

    // Bind to MyService
    Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyService.class);
    bindService(intent, connection, Context.BIND_AUTO_CREATE);
}

For more info, check Bound services overview from official documentation.

Answer 4

private boolean isServiceRunning(String serviceName){
    boolean serviceRunning = false;
    ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) this.getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
    List<ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo> l = am.getRunningServices(50);
    Iterator<ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo> i = l.iterator();
    while (i.hasNext()) {
        ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo runningServiceInfo = i
                .next();

        if(runningServiceInfo.service.getClassName().equals(serviceName)){
            serviceRunning = true;

            if(runningServiceInfo.foreground)
            {
                //service run in foreground
            }
        }
    }
    return serviceRunning;
}

If you want to know if your service is running in foreground just open some others fat applications and then check if service is still running or just check flag service.foreground.

Answer 5

This worked for me in the Coinverse app for crypto news.

It's is the most concise Kotlin solution. Thanks to Abbas Naqdi in this GitHub issue.

@Suppress("DEPRECATION") // Deprecated for third party Services.
fun <T> Context.isServiceRunning(service: Class<T>) =
        (getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE) as ActivityManager)
            .getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
            .any { it.service.className == service.name }

Answer 6

Little touch on Adam's answer:

@Suppress("DEPRECATION") // Deprecated for third party Services.
fun <T> Context.isServiceForegrounded(service: Class<T>) =
    (getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE) as? ActivityManager)
        ?.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
        ?.find { it.service.className == service.name }
        ?.foreground == true