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Can you detect when Android App goes into background? [duplicate]

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How to detect when an Android app goes to the background and come back to the foreground

An Android app can have lots of actvities. I don't want to know when any old activity goes into the background, I want to know when any activity in the application goes into the background, and when any activity in the app comes into the foreground.

Do I have to handle onpause/onresume for each activity? Is there any easier way to do this?

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Mr. Awesome Avatar asked Jan 24 '12 11:01

Mr. Awesome


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onPause() and onResume() are the methods to override. Check the activity lifecycle

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Mohamed_AbdAllah Avatar answered Sep 18 '22 10:09

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If you're not experienced with lifecycles on Android it's worth going through the Notepad tutorials. Exercise 3 in particular goes into detail about activity lifecycle

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Code Monkey Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 10:09

Code Monkey