AndroidProcesses

A small library to get the current running processes on Android

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Why would I need this?

Android 5.0+ killed getRunningTasks(int) and getRunningAppProcesses(). Both of those methods are now deprecated and only return your application process. You can get a list of running apps using UsageStatsManager, however, this requires your users to grant your application a special permission in Settings. It has been reported that some OEMs have removed this preference.

This small library can get a list of running apps and does not require any permissions.

Install the sample APK or view the sample code.

Usage

Get a list of running apps:

List<AndroidAppProcess> processes = ProcessManager.getRunningAppProcesses();

Get some information about a process

AndroidAppProcess process = processes.get(location);
String processName = process.name;

Stat stat = process.stat();
int pid = stat.getPid();
int parentProcessId = stat.ppid();
long startTime = stat.stime();
int policy = stat.policy();
char state = stat.state();

Statm statm = process.statm();
long totalSizeOfProcess = statm.getSize();
long residentSetSize = statm.getResidentSetSize();

PackageInfo packageInfo = process.getPackageInfo(context, 0);
String appName = packageInfo.applicationInfo.loadLabel(pm).toString();

Check if your app is in the foreground:

if (ProcessManager.isMyProcessInTheForeground()) {
  // do stuff
}

Limitations

System apps may not be visible because they have a higher SELinux context then third party apps.

Some information that was available through ActivityManager#getRunningAppProcesses() is not available using this library (pkgList, lru, importance, etc.).

Download

Download the latest AAR or grab via Gradle:

compile 'com.jaredrummler:android-processes:1.0.2'

or Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.jaredrummler</groupId>
  <artifactId>android-processes</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.2</version>
  <type>aar</type>
</dependency>

License

Copyright (C) 2015, Jared Rummler

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.