Android Processes

A small library to get the current running processes

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Why would I need this?

Android 5.0+ killed getRunningTasks(int) and getRunningAppProcesses(). Both of those methods are now deprecated and only return your application process. You can get a list of running apps using UsageStatsManager, however, this requires your users to grant your application a special permission in Settings. It has been reported that some OEMs have removed this preference.

This small library can get a list of running apps and does not require any permissions.

Examples

List<AndroidAppProcess> processes = ProcessManager.getRunningAppProcesses();
for (AndroidAppProcess process : processes) {
  String processName = process.name;

  Stat stat = process.stat();
  int pid = stat.getPid();
  int parentProcessId = stat.ppid();
  long startTime = stat.stime();
  int policy = stat.policy();
  char state = stat.state();

  Statm statm = process.statm();
  long totalSizeOfProcess = statm.getSize();
  long residentSetSize = statm.getResidentSetSize();

  PackageInfo packageInfo = process.getPackageInfo(context, 0);
  String appName = packageInfo.applicationInfo.loadLabel(pm).toString();
}

Download

Gradle
compile 'com.jaredrummler:android-processes:(insert latest version)'
Maven
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.jaredrummler</groupId>
  <artifactId>android-processes</artifactId>
  <version>(insert latest version)</version>
</dependency>

License

Copyright (C) 2015 Jared Rummler

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.