Android: Programmatically open “Recent Apps” dialog

Question

I would like to be able to open the \"Recent Apps\" dialog from my application. This is the dialog that is opened by long-pressing the home button. I am programming for Andr

Answer 1

This can be done using the TOGGLE_RECENTS Intent.

Intent intent = new Intent ("com.android.systemui.recent.action.TOGGLE_RECENTS");
intent.setComponent (new ComponentName ("com.android.systemui", "com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsActivity"));
startActivity (intent);

Note Package would be changed basis on Api level. See here.

Android 4.1: "com.android.internal.policy.impl.RecentApplicationsDialog"
Android 4.2 - 4.4: "com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsActivity"
Android 5.0 - 7.1: "com.android.systemui.recents.RecentsActivity" ("s" letter was added)