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I have a question about installation of an app on android device. I have an application that requires that a user installs another application. That required app may be different at different times, but sometimes user device cannot install this required app for some reason. I want to check programmatically that a user can or cannot install a required app. Is it possible??

Andrei Volgin
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user1926082
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  • please write things understandable – Monty Dec 24 '12 at 07:03
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    check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11392183/how-to-check-if-the-application-is-installed-or-not-in-android-programmatically – Monty Dec 24 '12 at 07:05
  • i sorry about my english. i tried your link but i want to let user install app from google play, some time they cannot install it so i want to detect user can or cannot install it, not installed or not yet installed. ane thank you!! – user1926082 Dec 24 '12 at 07:12

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As mentioned in the comments, you can check whether another application is already installed, but there's no simply way to determine whether another application is technically capable of being installed.

This determination is based on the AndroidManifest.xml file of the other application (at least), and possibly some internal checks that occur within other application's code. You would need to know the requirements for the other application (minimum SDK version, supported screen sizes, camera and other hardware requirements, etc.) and check for them yourself.

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