current
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Report the app currently in the foreground, as a package name or bundle id. These call app_current.
current
def current() -> str
The package name or bundle id of the foreground app.
Costs no extra device call: it reads the hierarchy a snapshot fetches anyway. Use it to confirm a tap went where you expected.
Examples
Ask which app is in front
print(device.current())
The same call from the command line, mobium current, printed on an Android 15 emulator:
com.android.settings