I\'m making an app in which i need to show the names of apps running in background. I did R&D on it and came to know that we can know only about Apple\'s apps like Photo
I don't think it's ment to be possible, but others like you have been very involved in the same topic and come up with some workarounds. Read this blogpost for more info: http://www.amitay.us/blog/files/how_to_detect_installed_ios_apps.php