How to list all services in an android device

Question

I am looking for a reliable way to programmatically find and list all available services in an Android device (both running and not running).

Answer 1

In the past I have used the following:

List list = activityManager.getRunningServices(maxNum);

I have created an example here

Answer 2

You can enumerate all packages and retrieve their services:

List<PackageInfo> pkgs = getPackageManager().getInstalledPackages(PackageManager.GET_SERVICES);
for(PackageInfo pkg : pkgs) {
  // You can now use pkg.services
}

Compatible to API 1.