I just posted the link below in another thread. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6363207/android-background-service-to-determine-foreground-application It might be useful for you too.
On Nov 16, 12:22 am, Bateman <7thharmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I want to detect the currently executing foreground app. If the > foreground app is say "email" then perform some tasks. > I tried doing this from within the android frame work. However, the > only way to do it is using Activity Manager and checking the running > tasks periodically from a background service. However, running this > background service periodically will not be good as it will consume > battery and might hog the cpu if the check period is low. > > Instead of doing it from the android framework, is there any way I can > do this from within the kernel? > I can check the list of tasks in the run-queue. I can also check what > task is being context-switched in. > However, even while an app is running it will be getting context- > switched in and out. Hence I will have to differentiate the context- > switch in for the first time and the context-switches occurring during > the execution of the application. > Can anyone give me some feedback on this. > > Thanks. -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
