Get the Main Package Name of an .apk File

Question

I have to launch an application on android emulator using command line.for that I have knew that there is a method by adb command;

adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.example.myApplication

but I have to find the application package name before executing this command, so anybody help me to find the package name, or any alternate solution for running apk on emulator

What kind of packages do you want to get? We just need to get your problem first. — , Apr 16 '14 at 08:04
i want to get the application package name of main activity, like I specified in the command line argument — user3387036, Apr 16 '14 at 08:07

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 02 '14 at 16:30

On Linux, simply use this command to get package name:

aapt dump badging {apk-file.apk} | grep package | awk '{print $2}' | sed s/name=//g | sed s/\'//g

Getting main (launcher) activity is similar:

aapt dump badging {apk-file.apk} | grep launchable-activity: | awk '{print $2}' | sed s/name=//g | sed s/\'//g

For my personal usage, I've written a shell script called apkinfo.sh as following:

#!/bin/bash package=`aapt dump badging $* | grep package | awk '{print $2}' | sed s/name=//g | sed s/\'//g` activity=`aapt dump badging $* | grep launchable-activity: | awk '{print $2}' | sed s/name=//g | sed s/\'//g` echo echo package : $package echo activity: $activity

And use it as following:

./apkinfo.sh {path-to-apk-file.apk}

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 16 '14 at 08:16

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aapt dump badging <path-to-apk>

answered Apr 16 '14 at 08:16

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this command shows the complete information of the application, I need only package name. – user3387036 Apr 16 '14 at 08:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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extract the apk file and rebuilt the manifest file, then by parsing the xml manifest file you can find the main activity package name. refer this link for parsing, and refer this link for extracting apk file.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Apr 16 '14 at 08:16

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Michael Kent · Answer 4 · 2014-04-17T07:56:47.103

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This is what I use for this in one of my projects, inside a shell script.

apk= #apk path
package=`.//aapt dump badging $apk | grep package | awk '{print $2}' | sed s/name=//g | sed s/\'//g`
echo $package
adb install $apk

if you want to just enter in cmd prompt, then it would be

.//aapt dump badging ***apk relative path*** | grep package | awk '{print $2}' | sed s/name=//g | sed s/\'//g

that should work.

edited Apr 17 '14 at 07:56

answered Apr 16 '14 at 11:44

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shows error grep is not recognized as internal external command – user3387036 Apr 17 '14 at 12:51
are you on linux or mac? – Michael Kent Apr 17 '14 at 13:11
Also if the app is on the google play store, you can view it and the package name is displayed at the end of the URL. – Michael Kent Apr 17 '14 at 13:48
Ok. Well ypu cant grep on windows. So thats my method out the window, sorry. – Michael Kent Apr 19 '14 at 08:55

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 20 '21 at 05:45

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You can use Andgroguard

This is how I did in Python3:

from androguard.misc import AnalyzeAPK
a, d, dx = AnalyzeAPK(apk_file)
package_name = a.get_package()
print(package_name)

answered Nov 20 '21 at 05:45

Akash Patel

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Get the Main Package Name of an .apk File

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