It would be reasonable to start a service when the device is idle. I think it would be unreasonable to start a visible activity without user interaction. The user will start your app when they want to.
On Jul 27, 3:47 am, optimusgeek <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to start my activity when the device is in idle(home screen). > I found a solution like below. > > ================================================= > ActivityManager actvityManager = > (ActivityManager)getSystemService( ACTIVITY_SERVICE ); > List<ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo> task = > actvityManager.getRunningTasks(1); > ComponentName topActivity = task.get(0).topActivity; > String strPackage = topActivity.getPackageName(); > > PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); > Intent mainIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null); > mainIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME); > List<ResolveInfo> mApps; > mApps = pm.queryIntentActivities(mainIntent, 0); > > int count = mApps.size(); > > for(int i=0; i<count; i++){ > ResolveInfo info = mApps.get(i); > ActivityInfo activity = info.activityInfo; > if(activity.packageName.equals(strPackage)) > { > return true; > }} > > return false; > =============================================== > > Is that reasonable?? I'm not sure there is more good solution. > please give me any opinion. > thank you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en

