Detect when other Application is launched in React Native app

Question

I want my react native app to detect when Google Maps app is open to show some travel tip. Is it possible?

Answer 1

You can not detect if another app is launched for security reasons. Installed apps can´t listen another apps because they are "sandboxed".

You can only interact with another apps opening it throught your app by Deeplinking or detecting if is or not installed.

Answer 2

It's not a limitation of React Native. All iOS applications cannot access other applications, except to open it or share some resources.