Check if my application has usage access enabled

Question

I'm using the new UsageStatsManager API to get current foreground application in Android 5.0 Lollipop. In order to use this API, the user must enable the application in the Settings->Security->Apps with usage access screen.

I send the user directly to this screen with this Intent:

startActivity(new Intent(Settings.ACTION_USAGE_ACCESS_SETTINGS));

Now, I want to validate the user enabled my application. I wanted to do so like I validate the user enabled my application to use the NotificationListenerService but I have no idea what is the String key, if it even exists.

Settings.Secure.getString(contentResolver, "enabled_notification_listeners");
// Tried Settings.ACTION_USAGE_ACCESS_SETTINGS as key but it returns null

Second approach was to query the usage stats and check if it returns results (it returns an empty array when the app is not enabled) and it works most of the times but sometimes it returns 0 results even when my app is enabled.

UsageStatsManager mUsageStatsManager = (UsageStatsManager) context.getSystemService("usagestats");
long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
List stats = mUsageStatsManager.queryUsageStats(UsageStatsManager.INTERVAL_DAILY, time - 1000 * 10, time);

if (stats == null || stats.isEmpty()) {
    // Usage access is not enabled
}

Is there a way to check if my application has usage access enabled?

Answer 1

this code working in lollipop and marshmallow i used this code in my app

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
            UsageStatsManager mUsageStatsManager = (UsageStatsManager) context.getSystemService(Context.USAGE_STATS_SERVICE);
            long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
            List stats = mUsageStatsManager.queryUsageStats(UsageStatsManager.INTERVAL_DAILY, time - 1000 * 10, time);

            if (stats == null || stats.isEmpty()) {
                Intent intent = new Intent();
                intent.setAction(Settings.ACTION_USAGE_ACCESS_SETTINGS);
                context.startActivity(intent);
            }
    }

Answer 2

Received a great answer by someone on Twitter, tested working:

try {
   PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
   ApplicationInfo applicationInfo = packageManager.getApplicationInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0);
   AppOpsManager appOpsManager = (AppOpsManager) context.getSystemService(Context.APP_OPS_SERVICE);
   int mode = appOpsManager.checkOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.OPSTR_GET_USAGE_STATS, applicationInfo.uid, applicationInfo.packageName);
   return (mode == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED);

} catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
   return false;
}

Answer 3

This is an alternative solutions:

AppOpsManager appOps = (AppOpsManager) context.getSystemService(Context.APP_OPS_SERVICE);
int mode = appOps.checkOpNoThrow(AppOpsManager.OPSTR_GET_USAGE_STATS,
                    android.os.Process.myUid(), context.getPackageName());
return mode == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED;

Answer 4

If they are using an Amazon Fire tablet (and possibly other Fire OS devices) the user can download the application from a user installed Google Play Store then not have the option you want activated available in their OS. I know this because as a Fire OS user this happened to me a few minutes ago. Detecting whether a user has Fire OS and, if so, offering an option which actually exists would be fantastic for both user and dev.

Answer 5

try this ,

public boolean check_UsgAccs(){
    long tme = System.currentTimeMillis();
    UsageStatsManager usm = (UsageStatsManager)getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.USAGE_STATS_SERVICE);
    List<UsageStats> al= usm.queryUsageStats(UsageStatsManager.INTERVAL_YEARLY, tme - (1000 * 1000), tme);
        return  al.size()>0;

    }

Answer 6

This works down to KitKat (API 19)

    AppOpsManager appOps = (AppOpsManager) context
            .getSystemService(Context.APP_OPS_SERVICE);
    int mode = appOps.checkOpNoThrow("android:get_usage_stats",
            android.os.Process.myUid(), context.getPackageName());
    boolean granted = mode == AppOpsManager.MODE_ALLOWED;