android:how to check if application is running in background

Question

I am newbie to android. I have client server based application. Server keeps on sending the update notifications to client after every single minute and at client side my ap

Answer 1

Only for API level 14 and above

You can use ComponentCallbacks2 to an activity, service, etc.

Example:

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements ComponentCallbacks2 {
   @Override
   public void onConfigurationChanged(final Configuration newConfig) {

   }

   @Override
   public void onLowMemory() {

   }

   @Override
   public void onTrimMemory(final int level) {
     if (level == ComponentCallbacks2.TRIM_MEMORY_UI_HIDDEN) {
        // app is in background
     }
   }
}