Running process start time

Question

I am using below code to get all currently running process\'s on device. How can I get running process start time?

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Answer 1

With kotlin and API 21 the above code becomes

@Throws(IOException::class)
private fun getStartTime( pid:Int ) : Long { 
    val reader = BufferedReader(FileReader ("/proc/$pid/stat"));
    val stats = try {
        reader.readLine();
    } finally {
        reader.close();
    }
    val fieldStartTime = 20;
    val msInSec = 1000;
    try {
        val fields = stats.substring (stats.lastIndexOf(") ")).split(" ");
        val t = fields[fieldStartTime].toLong();
        val tck = Os.sysconf(OsConstants._SC_CLK_TCK);
        return (t * msInSec) / tck;
    } catch (e: NumberFormatException) {
        throw IOException (e);
    } catch (e: IndexOutOfBoundsException ) {
        throw IOException (e);
    }
}

Answer 2

This will return process start time (since system boot):

private static long getStartTime(final int pid) throws IOException {
    final String path = "/proc/" + pid + "/stat";
    final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path));
    final String stat;
    try {
        stat = reader.readLine();
    } finally {
        reader.close();
    }
    final String field2End = ") ";
    final String fieldSep = " ";
    final int fieldStartTime = 20;
    final int msInSec = 1000;
    try {
        final String[] fields = stat.substring(stat.lastIndexOf(field2End)).split(fieldSep);
        final long t = Long.parseLong(fields[fieldStartTime]);
        final int tckName = Class.forName("libcore.io.OsConstants").getField("_SC_CLK_TCK").getInt(null);
        final Object os = Class.forName("libcore.io.Libcore").getField("os").get(null);
        final long tck = (Long)os.getClass().getMethod("sysconf", Integer.TYPE).invoke(os, tckName);
        return t * msInSec / tck;
    } catch (final NumberFormatException e) {
        throw new IOException(e);
    } catch (final IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
        throw new IOException(e);
    } catch (ReflectiveOperationException e) {
        throw new IOException(e);
    }
}

To get process running time:

final long dt = SystemClock.elapsedRealtime() - getStartTime(Process.myPid());

Answer 3

supplement for the above answer..

private static long getProcessStartTime(final int pid) throws Exception {
    final String path = "/proc/" + pid + "/stat";
    final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path));
    final String stat;
    try {
        stat = reader.readLine();
    } finally {
        reader.close();
    }
    final String field2End = ") ";
    final String fieldSep = " ";
    final int fieldStartTime = 20;
    final int msInSec = 1000;
    try {
        final String[] fields = stat.substring(stat.lastIndexOf(field2End)).split(fieldSep);
        final long t = Long.parseLong(fields[fieldStartTime]);
        int tckName;
        try {
            tckName = Class.forName("android.system.OsConstants").getField("_SC_CLK_TCK").getInt(null);
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            tckName = Class.forName("libcore.io.OsConstants").getField("_SC_CLK_TCK").getInt(null);
        }

        final Object os = Class.forName("libcore.io.Libcore").getField("os").get(null);
        final long tck = (Long)os.getClass().getMethod("sysconf", Integer.TYPE).invoke(os, tckName);
        return t * msInSec / tck;
    } catch (Exception e) {
        throw new Exception(e);
    } 
}

Answer 4

As far as I know you can only receive this information from a service. Take a look at the documentation of ActivityManager.RunningServiceInfo or activeSince attribute