How can I check whether the Service is running in the Background or not?

Checking whether the service is already running in the background or not, prior to starting the service, may be possible sometimes.

When I was dealing with the Services in Android, I found out that, we start a service whenever for the first time an application is created and started. But the next time, when we open the same application, then also the Service gets started.

 

So, I searched for this"How can i check that whether Service is running in Background or not?". And I found a great solution too.

private boolean isMyServiceRunning() {
    ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager)getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
    for (RunningServiceInfo service : manager.getRunningServices(Integer.MAX_VALUE)) {
       if (YourService.class.getName().equals(service.service.getClassName())) {
           return true;
       }
    }
    return false;
}

Here, "YourService" is the name of the class of your service. This way you can check whether your service is running in the Background or not.