You can take a look at this: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActivityManager.html#getRunningTasks%28int%29
But beware... The definition of a "running" app may not be what you think on Android. Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Ted Scott <t...@hootinholler.com> wrote: > I have a service that obtains and stores sample data from a web service. > It is triggered by alarms, gets a sample which may or may not be new, > stores it in my DB. > > At that point, if a new sample was added, and the activity that lists the > samples is active, I want to notify it to refresh the cursor to include the > new sample. If the activity isn't running, I don't care because it will be > fine when it launches. If I set up a receiver and send a broadcast won't > the broadcast cause it to launch if the activity isn't running? That is > behavior that I don't want. > > This isn't really a show stopper, but I would appreciate any strategy > ideas you might have in making this happen in a reasonable amount of effort. > > -- > 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<android-developers@googlegroups.com> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+**unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/**group/android-developers?hl=en<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
