Is it possible to get application name when package is removed

Question

This is part of my receiver class:

   Uri dataURI = intent.getData();
    String appPackage = (dataURI != null ? dataURI.getSchemeSpecificPart() : null);

    if (action.equals(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED)) {
        UpdateUserGamesService.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED;
    }
    else if (action.equals(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED)) {
        UpdateUserGamesService.ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED;
    }

Its working well. Is there a way to get the application name and not only the package name?

try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11229219/android-get-application-name-not-package-name — Piyush Kukadiya, Aug 27 '14 at 10:28
I am trying to get a 3rd party application name, not my own application. — JY2k, Aug 27 '14 at 11:22
then try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5514663/installed-application-is-third-party-or-not — Piyush Kukadiya, Aug 27 '14 at 11:26
Once you get name while adding ,you can use persistent storage for retrieving name later. — Piyush Kukadiya, Aug 27 '14 at 11:48

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 28 '14 at 04:21

You can try ApplicationInfo class :

Information you can retrieve about a particular application. This corresponds to information collected from the AndroidManifest.xml's tag.

Try this code to get third party application name :

 List<ApplicationInfo> apps = getPackageManager().getInstalledApplications(0);
    for (int i=0; i < apps.size(); i++)
    {
        if ((apps.get(i).flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) == 1)
        {
              String appName =  (String) getPackageManager().getApplicationLabel(apps.get(i));
             Log.i("App Name", appName);
       }
    }

Now your question is :

Is it possible to get application name when package is removed ?

Well i will suggest that get all application name and store it using Persistent Storage (SqLite will be best).

In future if any one removes package still you will have all information related to that application.

I hope this will help.

SQLite is not the quickest solution. better off implementing shared preferences. — JY2k, Aug 28 '14 at 13:13

Is it possible to get application name when package is removed

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