How can I write a Broadcast Receiver that will be invoked when user clicks on any application icon?

Question

How can I write a Broadcast Receiver that will be invoked when user clicks on any application icon?

I tried by writing:

<receiver android:name = "myreceiver"> 
    <intent-filter> 
        <action android:name = "android.intent.action.MAIN"> 
    </intent-filter> 
</receiver> 

But it is not called.

I tried, by using Packagemanager I will get ApplicationInfo. From that I can know all the application starting activity name and package names. I thought I can use them to registerReceiver and my receiver will listen by its launching activity and package name. But I strucked. I am unable to do that. I think I lost the way.

What can I do to solve this problem?

Answer 1

I don't think this is possible, there is just too much room for abuse. What are you trying to do that you would need to be notified anytime someone launched an application?