You can't do this. Generally it's considered kind of dubious to need to know when other apps start (i.e., what are you trying to write, an app that spies on the user?). Presumably you are trying to write some kind of "helper" app that provides extra system utilities, this is not really possible easily, and you shouldn't be doing it at the framework level. There have been some very long debates on this forum as to whether this is appropriate or not, you can go through the logs (look for READ_LOG and ICS..) of this forum.
You can't get notified of when other apps start, and additionally, you shouldn't be able to find out when other apps start, period. You can, through a hack, get access to the system logs, and parse them, though that's not an API, and the permission has gone away with ICS... kris On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 4:04 AM, Sohan badaya <sohan.bad...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to be notified when any app launch like Calculator, Email etc, > so I tried below code > > #Attempt 1 > > <receiver android:name=".ApplicationLaunchReceiver"> > <intent-filter> > <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> > <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> > </intent-filter> > </receiver> > > but this code didn't work. then I tried one more code, > > #Attempt 2 > > <receiver android:name=".CatchBroadcastReceiver" > > <intent-filter > > <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED"/> > <data android:scheme="package" android:path="com.test"/> > </intent-filter> > </receiver> > > but this code also didn't work. Please let me know what I am doing wrong. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
