Android M: How can I get the current foreground activity package name(from a service)

Question

It is easy to get a list of running tasks from the ActivityManager service on Android L, and the current active task is returned first. But it don\'t work on Android M any m

Answer 1

you can use below code and get the current foreground activity package name.

   if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
            UsageStatsManager usm = (UsageStatsManager) getSystemService("usagestats");
            long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
            List<UsageStats> appList = usm.queryUsageStats(UsageStatsManager.INTERVAL_DAILY,
                            time - 1000 * 1000, time);
                    if (appList != null && appList.size() > 0) {
                        SortedMap<Long, UsageStats> mySortedMap = new TreeMap<Long, UsageStats>();
                        for (UsageStats usageStats : appList) {
                            mySortedMap.put(usageStats.getLastTimeUsed(),
                                    usageStats);
                        }
                        if (mySortedMap != null && !mySortedMap.isEmpty()) {
                            currentApp = mySortedMap.get(
                                    mySortedMap.lastKey()).getPackageName();
                        }
                    }
        } else {
                ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) getBaseContext().getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
                currentApp = am.getRunningTasks(1).get(0).topActivity .getPackageName(); 

        }

Edit

Add this permission in to Manifest file.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_TASKS" /> 
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS" tools:ignore="ProtectedPermissions" />

Note

Make sure you need to configure custom setting in your device to obtain the output you can config it with Setting > Security > Apps with usage access > Then enable your app permission

Answer 2

Please try this lines in Android M. This worked for me

String packageName =  ProcessManager.getRunningForegroundApps(getApplicationContext()).get(0).getPackageName();

check below link for other android platform support.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/36660429/4554069