needsUsageStatsPermission from sample appears to not be working as expected on 7.1

[arenaq]

I am using this snippet of yours inside of a service, but I always get null as a package name. Testing on Google Pixel, Android version 7.1

AppChecker appChecker = new AppChecker();
String packageName = appChecker.getForegroundApp(context);

My permissions look like this:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_TASKS"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS" tools:ignore="ProtectedPermissions"/>

[ricvalerio]

Hi arenaq,

Are you requesting the Usage Stats permission to the user? Even though you have it set in the android manifest, unfortunately it still requires a manual acceptance from the user. In the sample code you may find code to call the relevant activity.

Here is what it looks like, taken from this file:

private void requestUsageStatsPermission() {
    if(!hasUsageStatsPermission(this)) {
        startActivity(new Intent(Settings.ACTION_USAGE_ACCESS_SETTINGS));
    }
}

Cheers,
Ricardo

[arenaq]

Yes, that was it. Thank you.

Only needsUsageStatsPermission does not work, because hasUsageStatsPermission returns always false, but I managed to get around this by calling requestUsageStatsPermission everytime.

Or do you have an idea how to fix needsUsageStatsPermission?

[ricvalerio]

That's odd. Let me take a look at it and I will come back to you. It might take a couple of days, sorry, a bit tight this week in time.

Cheers,
Ricardo

[gdsomia]

Have you fixed this? I would like to use this library.

[ricvalerio]

Hi,

Sorry for the delay. I tried to reproduce, but it is working correctly. In any case, I have released a new version, 1.1.0. This problem was not addressed but I recommend upgrading.

Will keep digging on this issue.

Cheers,
Ricardo