Android - How to get the processName or packageName by using PID?
MY QUESTION: What could I use to retrieve the processName
or packageName
of a certain process given its PID
?
Since in my task manager I wanted to use the PID while utilizing the killBackgroundProcesses code to kill the processes. Problem is I need the packageName/processName to do that and it would be such a hassle to the user if I asked them to type in the processName rather than just typing its PID.
here's the image of my task manager:
This code is a simplified version of Yaqub's code. I use this as a static method in a Util
class:
public static String getAppNameByPID(Context context, int pid){
ActivityManager manager
= (ActivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
for(RunningAppProcessInfo processInfo : manager.getRunningAppProcesses()){
if(processInfo.pid == pid){
return processInfo.processName;
}
}
return "";
}
Hello you can use this code, it works for me in Android 2.3.3:
private String getAppName(int pID)
{
String processName = "";
ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager)this.getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
List l = am.getRunningAppProcesses();
Iterator i = l.iterator();
PackageManager pm = this.getPackageManager();
while(i.hasNext())
{
ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo info = (ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo)(i.next());
try
{
if(info.pid == pID)
{
CharSequence c = pm.getApplicationLabel(pm.getApplicationInfo(info.processName, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA));
//Log.d("Process", "Id: "+ info.pid +" ProcessName: "+ info.processName +" Label: "+c.toString());
//processName = c.toString();
processName = info.processName;
}
}
catch(Exception e)
{
//Log.d("Process", "Error>> :"+ e.toString());
}
}
return processName;
}