Sorry that was posted on the wrong thread.
2008/10/27 Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Thanks, that is quite a bit more elegant than what I proposed.
> (Hint to Google: the documentation for the clear() method on the
> SharedPreferences.Editor says:
> "Mark in the editor to remove *all* values from the preferences. Once
> commit is called, the only remaining preferences will be any that you have
> defined in this editor."
> That is, IMHO, not exactly the same as saying that everything will be reset
> to what is defined in the XML file... I would have assumed that by just
> calling clear() it would result in all queries to the shared preferences
> settings then returning that they are not set.)
>
> Ludwig
>
>
> 2008/10/27 alexdonnini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>> Ludwig,
>>
>> Thanks. I was aware of the /proc structure. ps gets its data from /
>> proc/stats
>>
>> I thought that using ps would minimize the possibility of future
>> incompatibilities.
>>
>> when running the code I listed below, it does not fail. However, all
>> it seems to retrieve is the column headers.
>>
>> Note that when I run the code on a Linux desktop (via Eclipse). The
>> expected output, the entrie list of processes, is produced.
>>
>> So, at this point, I wonder why when running the code in the Android
>> emulator, all I get is the column headers.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Oct 26, 5:54 pm, Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > /proc is a (virtual) file system, so you can navigate through it with
>> the
>> > usual File operations. For every process there is a directory /proc/pid
>> > where pid is the processes PID. Under that directory is a whole lot of
>> stuff
>> > relating to that process, such as command line, actual executable, open
>> > files etc etc.
>> > Searching for proc filesystem should give you much more information, but
>> as
>> > hackbod pointed out you do not have any guarantees that the layout will
>> stay
>> > exactly the same over versions/devices etc.Command like ps actually read
>> > from /proc for their output.
>> >
>> > Ludwig
>> >
>> > 2008/10/26 alexdonnini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > I thought I would try using ps with code like the one listed below.
>> > > headers for the process list are reported correctly but not much else.
>> >
>> > > When you mentioned accessing /proc directly, did you have something
>> > > else (other than ps) in mind?
>> >
>> > > Thanks.
>> >
>> > > Alex Donnini
>> >
>> > > private void getProcessList()
>> > > {
>> > > System.out.println("retrieving list of running processes via --
>> > > ps -e -- command");
>> > > try
>> > > {
>> > > processList = new ArrayList<String>();
>> > > String line;
>> > > java.lang.Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("ps -e");
>> > > BufferedReader input =
>> > > new BufferedReader(new
>> > > InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream()));
>> > > while ((line = input.readLine()) != null)
>> > > {
>> > > System.out.println("running process - "+line); //<--
>> > > Parse data here.
>> > > processList.add(line);
>> > > }
>> > > input.close();
>> > > }
>> > > catch (Exception err)
>> > > {
>> > > err.printStackTrace();
>> > > }
>> >
>> > > On Oct 26, 2:43 pm, alexdonnini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > > > Thanks. I understand the risk in going for direct access.
>> >
>> > > > On Oct 24, 1:09 am, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > > > Sorry, we don't currently have a high-level API for doing this.
>> As a
>> > > > > hack, you can read /proc directly, but that is not something that
>> is
>> > > > > part of the SDK and so you have no guarantees of it working on
>> future
>> > > > > releases or other phones.
>> >
>> > > > > On Oct 23, 8:25 pm,alexdonnini<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > > > > Hello,
>> >
>> > > > > > Would anyone be able to tell me (or point me in the right
>> direction)
>> > > > > > how I could retrieve the pids and related process information as
>> > > > > > reported, for example, in DDMS in an Android application?
>> >
>> > > > > > I have been able to put together a small application that
>> retrieves
>> > > > > > information about all tasks running
>> > > > > > (ActivityManager activityManager =
>> > > > > > (ActivityManager)this.getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
>> > > > > > List<ActivityManager.RunningTaskInfo> runningTasks =
>> > > > > > activityManager.getRunningTasks(30); )
>> >
>> > > > > > However, if possible, I would like to retrieve task and process
>> > > > > > information at a higher level of granularity (or, if you like,
>> at
>> > > > > > lower level).
>> >
>> > > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > > > > > Thanks.
>> >
>> > > > > > Alex Donnini
>> >>
>>
>
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