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fix(android): keep scanning mCurrentFocus across every display - #423

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Makes getForegroundComponent() keep scanning mCurrentFocus lines instead of giving up on the first one.

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A multi-display device prints one mCurrentFocus line per display, and unfocused displays read mCurrentFocus=null. That line has a single field, so the parse is skipped and the existing break abandons the search before reaching the real line:

mCurrentFocus=null                                          <- break here
mCurrentFocus=Window{d0ebdc2 u0 com.example/.MainActivity}  <- never read

A second display is present whenever an app is recording, casting, or sharing the screen, and some test devices ship with one already (Genymotion Device Image does).

Reproduce

adb shell settings put global overlay_display_devices "1280x720/213"
mobilecli apps foreground --device <id>
# "error": "failed to get foreground app ...: could not determine foreground app"

adb shell settings delete global overlay_display_devices

Note

  • Single-display behavior is unchanged
  • When two displays both have a focused window, the first line that parses wins

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved Android foreground component detection when multiple displays are present.
    • The system now skips unfocused, null, or malformed display entries and identifies the first valid focused app.
    • Clear errors are returned when no focused component can be detected.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The foreground component lookup now scans all mCurrentFocus lines for the first valid package/activity component. Tests cover focused, unfocused, malformed, and missing focus output.

Changes

Foreground component parsing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Parser and validation
devices/android.go, devices/android_foreground_test.go
getForegroundComponent delegates parsing to parseForegroundComponent, which skips invalid or unfocused entries. Table-driven tests cover successful parsing and error cases.

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Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: gmegidish

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Malformed focus output can still make foreground-app detection select an empty component instead of a valid focused display. Reject empty component fields before merging.

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In `@devices/android.go`:
- Around line 1094-1095: Update parseForegroundComponent to reject a slash when
either the package or activity component is empty, returning the existing parse
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Comment on lines +1094 to +1095
if idx := strings.Index(focusPart, "/"); idx != -1 {
return focusPart[:idx], focusPart[idx+1:], nil

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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sed -n '1040,1110p' devices/android.go
sed -n '1,100p' devices/android_foreground_test.go
rg -n 'getForegroundComponent|parseForegroundComponent|foregroundComponent' devices

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sed -n '1125,1185p' devices/android.go
rg -n -C 5 'packageName|activity' devices/android.go | sed -n '1,180p'

Repository: mobile-next/mobilecli

Length of output: 8297


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rg -n -C 4 'type ForegroundAppInfo|ForegroundAppInfo|\\.Activity|GetForegroundApp\\(' --glob '*.go' .

Repository: mobile-next/mobilecli

Length of output: 291


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rg -n -C 4 'type ForegroundAppInfo' --glob '*.go' .
rg -n -C 3 'ForegroundAppInfo' --glob '*.go' .
rg -n -C 3 'GetForegroundApp' --glob '*.go' .

Repository: mobile-next/mobilecli

Length of output: 10010


Reject empty component fields before returning.

A malformed mCurrentFocus line such as mCurrentFocus=Window{... u0 /BrokenActivity} passes the current slash check. parseForegroundComponent returns an empty package, and getForegroundComponent does not scan a later valid display entry. GetForegroundApp then passes the empty package to GetAppVersion.

Require text on both sides of /, and add this case before a valid multi-display entry in the table test.

Proposed fix
-		if idx := strings.Index(focusPart, "/"); idx != -1 {
+		if idx := strings.Index(focusPart, "/"); idx > 0 && idx < len(focusPart)-1 {
 			return focusPart[:idx], focusPart[idx+1:], nil
 		}
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if idx := strings.Index(focusPart, "/"); idx != -1 {
return focusPart[:idx], focusPart[idx+1:], nil
if idx := strings.Index(focusPart, "/"); idx > 0 && idx < len(focusPart)-1 {
return focusPart[:idx], focusPart[idx+1:], nil
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In `@devices/android.go` around lines 1094 - 1095, Update parseForegroundComponent
to reject a slash when either the package or activity component is empty,
returning the existing parse failure result so getForegroundComponent can
continue scanning later display entries. Add a table-test case placing the
malformed entry before a valid multi-display entry and verify the valid
component is selected.

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@akexorcist thank you for the pull request! I'm running a thorough test to make sure it's not breaking single screen devices, and then I'll merge. in the meanwhile, can you please sign your commit? (I might be able to force-push a signature, but it's easier if you do it).

getForegroundComponent() stopped at the first mCurrentFocus line in
`dumpsys window displays`. A device with more than one display reports one
mCurrentFocus per display and the unfocused ones read "mCurrentFocus=null",
so on such a device the first line is frequently the null and foreground
detection failed outright with "could not determine foreground app".

Seen on Genymotion (Android 15), where it takes down every webview command,
since all of them resolve the foreground package first.

Keep scanning until a line actually parses. Extracted the parsing into
parseForegroundComponent() so it can be tested without a device.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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gmegidish force-pushed the fix/foreground-app-multi-display branch from 18df2e5 to fc9e78a Compare September 16, 2026 17:06
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gmegidish merged commit bf4e026 into mobile-next:main Sep 16, 2026
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Tested on emulator with second device. Managed to reproduce the bug. I'm releasing mobilecli today with other fixes, this one merged in. Good PR!

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