android-background
Scale image keeping its aspect ratio in background drawable
It is impossible to achieve manipulating background attribute within xml-files only. There are two options: You cut/scale the bitmap programmatically with Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(Bitmap src, int dstWidth, int dstHeight, boolean filter) and set it as some View‘s background. You use ImageView instead of background placing it as the first layout’s element and specify android:scaleType attribute for it: … Read more
Determining the current foreground application from a background task or service
With regards to “2. How my background application can know what the application currently running in the foreground is.” Do NOT use the getRunningAppProcesses() method as this returns all sorts of system rubbish from my experience and you’ll get multiple results which have RunningAppProcessInfo.IMPORTANCE_FOREGROUND. Use getRunningTasks() instead This is the code I use in my … Read more