Cannot get foreground activity name in Android Lollipop 5.0 only

Question

I use the following code to get the activity name of the foreground app in the variable foregroundTaskPackageName. It works on all OS versions between 4.1 t

Answer 1

You need to use the new UsageStatsManager and call its queryUsageStats method to get the history of activities launched. Please note that the user will be required to provide access to usage stat on the device settings at Security->Apps with usage access.

Links:

UsageStatsManager documentation

queryUsageStats method documentation