You can detect currently foreground/background application with ActivityManager. getRunningAppProcesses() which returns a list of RunningAppProcessInfo records. To determine if your application is on the foreground check RunningAppProcessInfo.
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You can allow a certain app to run in the background by going to Settings > Apps & notifications > Advanced > Special app access > Battery optimization . This will initially show you the apps which are Not Optimized – that is, the ones that can run in the background even while the phone is sleeping.
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Stop Apps From Running in the Background on Android
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you need to start your service using startService() method.
Read moreHow long can background service run Android?
2 Answers. Show activity on this post. Depends on the code, you can run the background service forever or close it as soon as the app has been exited. Apart from that, OS itself can close the background service if no action is performed by it for several minutes.
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Android – “App Run in Background Option”
Read moreDoes service run in background Android?
Service is a component which runs in the background , without direct interaction with the user. As the service has no user interface it is not bound to the lifecycle of an activity. Services are used for repetitive and potential long running operations, checking for new data, data processing, indexing content, etc.
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