Get All Installed Application icons in Android : java.lang.ClassCastException

Question

There is a java.lang.ClassCastException when I am trying to get a installed applications icon.

Here is my code.

public Bitmap getAppIcon(String path) {
        PackageInfo pi = pm.getPackageArchiveInfo(path, 0);
        pi.applicationInfo.sourceDir = path;
        pi.applicationInfo.publicSourceDir = path;
        Drawable icon = pi.applicationInfo.loadIcon(pm);
        Bitmap APKicon = ((BitmapDrawable) icon).getBitmap();
        return APKicon;
    }

where, pm is

PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();

and the error shown in the LogCat is

Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: android.graphics.drawable.NinePatchDrawable cannot be cast to android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable

Hope anybody can help me.

Check this topic please http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10623570/how-to-programmatically-re-apply-a-9-patch-image-to-an-imageview — Lia Pronina, Aug 27 '13 at 07:38

Tom Sengelaub · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-27T07:59:08.580

Your Problem is that your Icon is no instance of BitmapDrawable, one can check like that:

Bitmap APKicon;
if(icon instanceof BitmapDrawable) {
  APKicon  = ((BitmapDrawable)icon).getBitmap();
}

in this case your solution would be right, one can just cast it, but if not (and that is your case) one needs to do something like that:

else{
     Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(icon.getIntrinsicWidth(),icon.getIntrinsicHeight(), Config.ARGB_8888);
     Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap); 
     icon.setBounds(0, 0, canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight());
     icon.draw(canvas);
     APKicon = bitmap;
}

this solution will work in any case

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 27 '13 at 07:41

public Bitmap getAppIcon(String path) {
    PackageInfo pi = pm.getPackageArchiveInfo(path, 0);
    Drawable icon = pi.applicationInfo.loadIcon(pm);
    Bitmap APKicon = ((NinePatchDrawable) icon).getBitmap();
    return APKicon;
}

You have to cast the icon into NinePatchDrawable (line 4).

Ritesh Gune · Answer 3 · 2013-08-27T08:10:35.797

Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: android.graphics.drawable.NinePatchDrawable cannot be cast to android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable

Problem :

You are trying to typecast BitmapDrawable to NinePatchDrawable

Solution:

Try this:

public Bitmap getAppIcon(String path) {
        PackageInfo pi = pm.getPackageArchiveInfo(path, 0);
        pi.applicationInfo.sourceDir = path;
        pi.applicationInfo.publicSourceDir = path;
        Drawable icon = pi.applicationInfo.loadIcon(pm);
        Bitmap APKicon = ((NinePatchDrawable) icon).getBitmap();  // cast to NinePatchDrawable
        return APKicon;
    }

PackageManager.GetApplicationInfo returns a Drawable object. It might not be a BitmapDrawable.

You can test whether it is a BitmapDrawable with:

If pm.GetApplicationIcon(packname) Is BitmapDrawable Then ...

If you want to convert a non-BitmapDrawable to a BitmapDrawable then you need to:

Create a mutable bitmap.
Draw the drawable with Canvas.DrawDrawable

I didn't downvote, but I see the message "The method getBitmap() is undefined for the type NinePatchDrawable" — Someone Somewhere, Nov 03 '14 at 21:29

Get All Installed Application icons in Android : java.lang.ClassCastException

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