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IS MY SERVICE RUNNING? - DISPLAY ALL RUNNING SERVICES IN ANDROID

Compare your service name with class name of running services to find out your service is running or not.


ActivityManager activityManager= (ActivityManager)getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
        for (RunningServiceInfo service : activityManager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
            Log.i("Service", "Process " + service.process + " with component " + service.service.getClassName());
        }
            

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