Listing all installed apps on iPhone Programmatically?

Question

I need to list all installed apps on iPhone with the help of coding. I am using a jailbroken iPhone. I have used ihasapp API, but it is not showing me the complete list of all installed apps. Please help me with the code.

Check this: http://iphonedevsdk.com/forum/iphone-sdk-development/22289-possible-retrieve-these-information.html — Vishal, Mar 11 '13 at 06:29
I have already gone through it. But for this we need to pass the bundle id to check whether a particular app is installed or not. But I need to list all installed apps. — Kaushik Ajmera, Mar 11 '13 at 06:30
Ok i am also googling & find this link...but if you succeeded then also please tell me the way that you follow....Best of luck. — Vishal, Mar 11 '13 at 06:38
sure vishal I will post my solution as answer if I am able to implement it successfully — Kaushik Ajmera, Mar 11 '13 at 06:49
OK good Best of luck I am waiting your answer bro....I know you can do it.... — Vishal, Mar 11 '13 at 06:51
Thanx vishal fro encouraging me, I have been really struggling over this task for past few weeks. Hope I could find a solution for this at the earliest. — Kaushik Ajmera, Mar 11 '13 at 06:57
Of course, You will surely find solution for this...My wishes is with you....Every great work are not solve without difficulties....Just try & try hard in the end you will surely win.... — Vishal, Mar 11 '13 at 07:00
Type this string (`[jailbreak] list installed apps`) into the stack overflow search field, and you'll get some answers. — Nate, Mar 11 '13 at 07:36
possible duplicate of [Get list of all installed apps](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7226406/get-list-of-all-installed-apps) — Pang, Apr 13 '14 at 11:57
ion iOS8 the com.apple.mobile.installation.plist is deleted with what it's replaced please? — Dhekra Zaied, Nov 21 '14 at 14:45

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '16 at 07:22

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I got a list of all installed application in my iPhone. It uses private framework but it's not jail broken device. Lookout below piece of code.

#include <objc/runtime.h>

    Class LSApplicationWorkspace_class = objc_getClass("LSApplicationWorkspace");
    SEL selector=NSSelectorFromString(@"defaultWorkspace");
    NSObject* workspace = [LSApplicationWorkspace_class performSelector:selector];

    SEL selectorALL = NSSelectorFromString(@"allApplications");
    NSLog(@"apps: %@", [workspace performSelector:selectorALL]);

I have tried this code and it's workings well on iOS9.

answered Jul 13 '16 at 07:22

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Great!!. Can you help me how to parse bundle identifier and application name?? – Vikash Rajput Dec 02 '16 at 14:00
This code will print the name of the first object `NSObject* oPoop = [sApplications objectAtIndex:0]; SEL selectorName = NSSelectorFromString(@"itemName"); NSLog(@"%@", [oPoop performSelector:selectorName]);` – Python Lord Jul 17 '17 at 18:22

Victor Ronin · Answer 2 · 2013-03-12T21:41:50.117

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There is a private API SBSCopyApplicationDisplayIdentifiers

It's signature is following

CFArrayRef SBSCopyApplicationDisplayIdentifiers(bool onlyActive, bool debuggable);

If you link to SpringboardServices framework and use it, it will return the list of installed apps.

Update 1

Here is example of usage copied from here

CFArrayRef SBSCopyApplicationDisplayIdentifiers(bool onlyActive, bool debuggable);

int main() {
    char buf[1024];
    CFArrayRef ary = SBSCopyApplicationDisplayIdentifiers(false, false);
    for(CFIndex i = 0; i < CFArrayGetCount(ary); i++) {
        CFStringGetCString(CFArrayGetValueAtIndex(ary, i),buf, sizeof(buf), kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
        printf("%s\n", buf);
    }
    return 0;
}

Don't forget to link to pravite framework SpringboardServices.

edited Mar 12 '13 at 21:41

answered Mar 11 '13 at 15:14

Victor Ronin

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Hi Victor, can you please submit a piece of code so that I can run and see the results – Kaushik Ajmera Mar 12 '13 at 04:40
Hi victor, the code snippet you send is in c language but I need in objective c language dear – Kaushik Ajmera Mar 13 '13 at 05:10
@KaushikAjmera: In iOS development, you can mix C code with Objective C. Actually most of older frameworks (like CoreFoundation) are C frameworks. – Victor Ronin Mar 13 '13 at 14:35
How to link SpringboardServices when it's not available? – Jonny Apr 17 '14 at 08:11
Generally. There are two ways. One is dynamic loading - use dlopen and dlsym. And you can link to it statically. However, it's a little bit cumbersome - usually I add some public framerowk and after manually edit xcode configuration file to point to SoringboardServices – Victor Ronin Apr 17 '14 at 15:31
Is it working for iOS 8?, i have tried but not working, is there any problem with my code,or is it not working with iOS 8? – Mehul Thakkar Oct 27 '14 at 06:37
I am not sure. It worked well on iOS 6 and 7. However, Apple did a lot of hardening around private api's in iOS 8. – Victor Ronin Oct 27 '14 at 16:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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I use the AppList library myself to get a list of all installed apps. It uses private frameworks so it's also jailbreak-only. Check it out at https://github.com/rpetrich/AppList.

Update: @Nate is correct about this already being asked and answered. Check out: Get list of all installed apps

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Mar 11 '13 at 16:27

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Did you compile it yourself or download it via Cydia? – newenglander Mar 12 '13 at 17:42
Have you tried using the Cydia version? That worked for me on iOS 5 and 6. – newenglander Mar 13 '13 at 06:56
I have downloaded the Cydia Version but it has just downloaded Deb Archive file and now I don't know how to execute it in xcode – Kaushik Ajmera Mar 13 '13 at 07:02
The way I do it is to link to the dylib with Xcode. But that's a bit too much for a comment, if you'd like to ask about this, I (or someone who's faster), will be happy to answer. As far as I can see, this hasn't been asked before. – newenglander Mar 13 '13 at 10:53
Can you please explain how to link dylib file with xcode my dear friend – Kaushik Ajmera Mar 13 '13 at 13:00
Do you want to ask separately, in a new question? This will make it easier to answer ;) – newenglander Mar 13 '13 at 13:03
cann't you tell me here itself, I will be thankful to you man – Kaushik Ajmera Mar 13 '13 at 13:33
Not enough space in the comments, better to ask a separate question. If people like your question, you get more points! – newenglander Mar 13 '13 at 13:50
Please share some idea here itself. Thanks – Kaushik Ajmera Mar 18 '13 at 11:51

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 27 '18 at 11:23

I searched a lot to get the installed app list on iOS 11. But there is code to check the application currently installed on this device.

//If the device is iOS11
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion floatValue] >= 11.0) {
    NSBundle *container = [NSBundle bundleWithPath:@"/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileContainerManager.framework"];
    if ([container load]) {
        Class appContainer = NSClassFromString(@"MCMAppContainer");

        id test = [appContainer performSelector:@selector(containerWithIdentifier:error:) withObject:bundleId withObject:nil];
        NSLog(@"%@",test);
        if (test) {
            return YES;
        } else {
            return NO;
        }
    }
    return NO;

}

What will `the bundleId` mentioned in above code. I used the bundleId obtained from `container` NSBundle. But the variable `test` returns empty. — Saravanakumar Gopalakrishnan, Sep 12 '18 at 07:15

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 16 '14 at 08:38

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Try this.

NSArray *appList = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:@"/Applications" error:nil];
NSLog(@"%@",appList);

answered Jun 16 '14 at 08:38

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This doesn't list apps that are installed via the App Store. – David Richardson Jun 18 '14 at 00:37
This list apps that are installed in iOS by default. – Stalin Pusparaj Nov 24 '16 at 08:21

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