I’m currently trying to develop a kivy app with python that ‘pops up’ on your phone after a set amount of time and asks you a question. I want my app to be able to pause whatever you were currently doing/on before my app popped up and be able to resume it when the ‘pop up’ disappears. My app will take up only the bottom half of the phone screen, so I still want the app the user was on (e.g., TikTok or something) previously to show up in the upper half, just possibly blurred with all audio and video paused. I don’t want the user taken out of whatever app they were on when my pop up shows up.

I’ve tried to research about this but haven’t found anything about it. I’m not an expert coder either so I wouldn’t know anything really about apps accessing other apps but I have been told that there might be a legal thing/there’s some software on phones and stuff that stops apps from accessing other apps but I don’t know much about that to be honest.

Put short, is it actually possible to make my kivy app be able to pause tiktok, facebook and apps like those? And, if so, what is the code for this? Because I don’t want the user to be completely taken out of the video they were watching and then have to go looking for the video again or something if their app refreshes. Which is also why my app only shows up on the bottom half of the screen.

Any help is appreciated and I’m sorry if anything is unclear. As I’ve said, I’m not the best at coding but I’ll try clarify anything that doesn’t make sense.

Also, if it’s not possible to pause the other apps, is there any other way I could have my app ‘pop up’ without the user being kicked out of what they’re watching/with the user being able to resume what they were watching after my app eventually goes away? Thanks again!