ActivityManager.getRunningTasks is deprecated android
This should work for the pre Lollipop devices as well as for Lollipop devices public static boolean isBackgroundRunning(Context context) { ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE); List<ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo> runningProcesses = am.getRunningAppProcesses(); for (ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo processInfo : runningProcesses) { if (processInfo.importance == ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo.IMPORTANCE_FOREGROUND) { for (String activeProcess : processInfo.pkgList) { if (activeProcess.equals(context.getPackageName())) { //If your app is the process … Read more