Intent to uninstall user apps android

Question

My app displays all user apps in a ListView, I want to take the user to the screen where they can uninstall that app onclick. However, the code I am using opens the info screen for about 1/4 second and then takes the user back to the app. Where am I wrong??

ListView listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.mobile_list);
listView.setAdapter(adapter);
listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
        String packageName = results.get(position);
        Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_APPLICATION_DETAILS_SETTINGS);
        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        intent.setData(Uri.parse("package:" + packageName));
        startActivity(intent);
    }
});

I would like to take the user directly to the message where it asks "are you sure you want to uninstall <appname>.apk?"

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

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Please refer below code :

String app_pkg_name = "com.example.app";
int UNINSTALL_REQUEST_CODE = 1;

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_UNINSTALL_PACKAGE);  
intent.setData(Uri.parse("package:" + app_pkg_name));  
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_RETURN_RESULT, true);
startActivityForResult(intent, UNINSTALL_REQUEST_CODE);

For more detail refer install / uninstall APKs programmatically (PackageManager vs Intents)

edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

Community

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answered Jan 12 '16 at 14:30

Anjali Tripathi

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Did you really READ the question? – user5779349 Jan 12 '16 at 14:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 12 '16 at 14:27

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Uri packageUri = Uri.parse("package:" + packageName);
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_UNINSTALL_PACKAGE, packageUri);
startActivity(intent);

This will work for Android 4.0 and above. For all versions use Intent.ACTION_DELETE

answered Jan 12 '16 at 14:27

egfconnor

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i want it to be compatible with all api levels. thanks – user5779349 Jan 12 '16 at 14:28
Use Intent.ACTION_DELETE then. – egfconnor Jan 12 '16 at 14:28
i tried it and it says "The app wasn't found in the list of installed apps." for every app i click – user5779349 Jan 12 '16 at 14:29
That would make me think your package name convention is wrong. – egfconnor Jan 12 '16 at 14:31
hmmm, then what could be the resolution? i can show you the full code if you invite me to the chat – user5779349 Jan 12 '16 at 14:33
Is this how you are getting the package names? http://stackoverflow.com/a/5097838/1212314 – egfconnor Jan 12 '16 at 14:34
im not sure, it uses package manager to get all package, and i think it assigns it in some array thing and then is rendered in a listview using an adapter. – user5779349 Jan 12 '16 at 14:36
Replace your getInstalledApps logic with the code in the answer I linked to. – egfconnor Jan 12 '16 at 14:40
uhm, i'm not sure how to do that. a snippet would be a really nice idea! – user5779349 Jan 12 '16 at 14:41
can you tell me where exactly should i place this? – user5779349 Jan 12 '16 at 15:05
If you don't know how to replace the code in a method there is no hope for you. – egfconnor Jan 13 '16 at 15:26

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 17 '16 at 22:00

Are you getting any exception ?

try {
    //Open the specific App Info page:
    Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_APPLICATION_DETAILS_SETTINGS);
    intent.setData(Uri.parse("package:" + packageName));
    startActivity(intent);
} catch ( ActivityNotFoundException e ) {
    //e.printStackTrace();

    //Open the generic Apps page:
    Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_MANAGE_APPLICATIONS_SETTINGS);
    startActivity(intent);
}

Intent to uninstall user apps android

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