Android Context Check isApplicationBroughtToBackground( final Context context)

Description

Checks if the application is in the background (i.e behind another application's Activity).

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
context	Context

Return

true if another application is above this one.

Declaration

public static boolean isApplicationBroughtToBackground(
        final Context context) 

Method Source Code

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import java.util.List;
import android.Manifest;
import android.app.ActivityManager;
import android.app.ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo;
import android.content.ComponentName;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Checks if the application is in the background (i.e behind another application's Activity).
     *
     * @param context {@link Context}
     * @return true if another application is above this one.
     */
    public static boolean isApplicationBroughtToBackground(
            final Context context) {
        if (context
                .checkCallingOrSelfPermission(Manifest.permission.GET_TASKS) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_DENIED)
            return false;

        ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) context
                .getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
        List<RunningTaskInfo> tasks = am.getRunningTasks(1);
        if (!tasks.isEmpty()) {
            ComponentName topActivity = tasks.get(0).topActivity;
            if (!topActivity.getPackageName().equals(
                    context.getPackageName())
                    && !topActivity.getPackageName().equals(
                            "com.google.android.voicesearch")) {
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }
}

Related

1. is3G(Context context)
2. isAccessibilityEnabled(Context context, String id)
3. isAppInstalled(Context context)
4. isAppInstalled(Context context, String uri)
5. isAppOnForeground(Context context)
6. isApplicationBroughtToBackground( final Context context)
7. isCallable(Context context, String url)
8. isConnected(Context connext)
9. isConnected(Context context)