Android Check if Service is Running

private boolean isServiceRunning() {
	ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
	for (RunningServiceInfo service : manager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)){
		if("com.example.MyNeatoIntentService".equals(service.service.getClassName())) {
			return true;
		}
	}
        return false;
}

Simple, clean, and effective! Thanks!

Nice! Very helpful!

Very Helpful and Very Simple !! Thank You

Cool but for performance (and memory use) better this way or static boolean flag in Service?

Deprecated in API 26

Deprecated in API 26

@eakteam what is the better approach then?

It is still possible to use this method for your own services. From API 26 it is deprecated for third-party services only.

thanks great solution

Thank you for the solution. I'm having a little bit of trouble using it for Xamarin Android, however, even if it's for my own service (It keeps telling me it's deprecated and the code fails). Anyone got a solution for it? Thank you.

This did not worked for me but this did https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18094982/detect-if-my-accessibility-service-is-enabled?rq=1

Store a boolean value in shared preferences, simple.

Optimized with Kotlin language ...

@Suppress("DEPRECATION")
fun <T> Context.isServiceRunning(service: Class<T>): Boolean {
    return (getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE) as ActivityManager)
            .getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
            .any { it -> it.service.className == service.name }
}

Thanks @oky2abbas!

Small style tweaks.

@Suppress("DEPRECATION") // Deprecated for third party Services.
fun <T> Context.isServiceRunning(service: Class<T>) =
        (getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE) as ActivityManager)
            .getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
            .any { it.service.className == service.name }

getRunningServices is deprecated in API 30 any alternatives

getRunningServices is deprecated in API 30 any alternatives

ping pong with localbroadcaster

@MetinSeylan Not bad idea but it's standard ?

@oky2abbas good question, have you found another way to do it?

Thanks you

let me write it more kotlinish way :)

@Suppress("DEPRECATION") // Deprecated for third party Services.
inline fun <reified T> Context.isServiceRunning2() =
    (getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE) as ActivityManager)
        .getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
        .any { it.service.className == T::class.java.name }

Does anyone know if it's possible to see if an activity/service of another app is currently active/in foreground?
Working with android 10 - making a launcher for another (older) app and have to be able to see if it's already running or not (so that I don't start it twice).

@MetinSeylan Can you describe more what you meant by ping pong with localbroadcaster or give some sample code for this?