Why BroadcastReceiver works even when app is in background ?

Question

I am checking Internet connectivity in my app using BroadcastReceiver and I show an alert dialog if the connection is lost. It works fine. But my problem is that BroadcastRe

Answer 1

A simple way of finding whether the app is in foreground or not

if((mContext.getPackageName().equalsIgnoreCase(
                ((ActivityManager) mContext.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE))
                        .getRunningTasks(1).get(0).topActivity.getPackageName())))
{
//app is in foreground;
}