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androidservicebroadcastreceiver

How to detect a specific application has started in android


i want to detect that some application has started in android, such as when you have started YouTube application


Solution

  • Did you think of using a service that would be running all the time in background and would send a broadcast for the current running application.

    Hope this thread solves your problem somehow.

    Determining the current foreground application from a background task or service