How to check all the running services in android?

Question

I want to access and see how many and which services are running in background.

I want the exactly same functionality as we can access by

Menu->Setting->Applications->Running Services

on our android base mobile phones or tabs. Can anybody tell me what function or classes have been used in android source code to provide this functionality.

And if there is any way by which i can access this in-build list of background running services which i have mentioned above then please do tell me because its better for me to use in-build one instead of creating the whole new one.

Answer 1

Here is a complete answer.

Step 1. First you need to declare and initialize few variables :-

private static final String APP_DETAILS_PACKAGE_NAME = “com.android.settings”; // Here you need to define the  package name

private static final String SCREEN_CLASS_NAME = “com.android.settings.RunningServices”; // Here you need to define the class name but NOTICE!! you need to define its full name including  package name.

Step 2. Instantiate an Intent

Intent intent = new Intent();

Step 3. Set Action to ACTION_VIEW

intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

Step 3. Set class name inside the intent as we know that package can have more than one activity. So Intent needs something to match the Activity inside the package name.

intent.setClassName(APP_DETAILS_PACKAGE_NAME,  SCREEN_CLASS_NAME); //Here you need to set package name as well as class name so it could refer to the Package and IntentFilter of the given Activity.

Step 4. Start the Activity

context.startActivity(intent); // As soon as this line will be executed Running Service screen will be displayed as a foreground activity.

In above example if you want to access some different screen then change the APP_DETAILS_PACKAGE_NAME and SCREEN_CLASS_NAME as per your need.

I really don't know that this method is documented or not but it works like charm for me.