How to know if a particular application is installed or not on the device?

Question

I want to check whether an app is installed on the device or not. I am using code below :

PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
        List<PackageInfo> packageInfoList = pm.getInstalledPackages(PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES);
        if (packageInfoList != null) {
            for (PackageInfo packageInfo : packageInfoList) {
                Log.d(TAG, "-->"+packageInfo.packageName);
                String packageName = packageInfo.packageName;
                if (packageName != null && packageName.equals(uri)) {
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }
        return false;

Which gives me all the packages but not the one that I except. I am trying to find this app : rootcloak and exposed installer Not able to find these apps with the code above.

If it returns false that means your app is not install in device which you mention in uri. — Vasant, May 31 '17 at 05:25
Hi, have a look at my answer. It will return a boolean according to application exist on your device. Just pass the package name and app_name. — Ronak Thakkar, May 31 '17 at 05:31
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2695746/how-to-get-a-list-of-installed-android-applications-and-pick-one-to-run — Aditya Vyas-Lakhan, May 31 '17 at 05:34
@RonakThakkar It didnt work. I am trying to find RootCloak app — Ganesh Ghodake, May 31 '17 at 05:43

Ronak Thakkar · Answer 1 · 2017-05-31T05:34:55.077

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Use Below Code:

public boolean isAppInstalled(String package_name, String app_name)
{
    try {
        PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
        PackageInfo info = pm.getPackageInfo("" + package_name, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
        return true;

    }
    catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Your device has not installed " + app_name, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                .show();
        return false;
    }
}

Call the method like:

isAppInstalled("com.whatsapp", "Whatsapp"); // it will return true if your device is having whatsApp.

isAppInstalled("com.randomname", "anyname"); //it will return false

edited May 31 '17 at 05:34

answered May 31 '17 at 05:24

Ronak Thakkar

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I am not getting any error, its just that PackageManager dont have that package. – Ganesh Ghodake May 31 '17 at 06:15
Thank you for the support. Keep rocking – Ganesh Ghodake May 31 '17 at 06:16

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 31 '17 at 05:51

like whatsapp

shareImage("com.whatsapp", "Whatsapp");

call

public void shareImage(String pkgname, String appname) {
  String path = null;
  try {
    path = MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(getContentResolver(),
    arrImagePath.get(slidePager.getCurrentItem()), "Title", null);
  } catch (FileNotFoundException e1) {
    e1.printStackTrace();
  }
  Uri uri = Uri.parse(path);
  Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
  share.setPackage(pkgname);
  share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
  share.setType("image/*");
  share.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
  startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share image File");
}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '17 at 06:14

I found the answer here

Intent mainIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
mainIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
List<ResolveInfo> pkgAppsList = 
context.getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities( mainIntent, 0);
for (ResolveInfo resolveInfo : pkgAppsList) {
            Log.d(TAG, "__<>"+resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName);
            if (resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName != null 
                    && resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName.equals(uri)) {
              return true;
          }
        }
        return false;

This worked for me perfectly.

Bhimraj Kedari · Answer 4 · 2017-05-31T05:50:33.787

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just check using application id of particular app for example check

getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0);

return true;

else false

check this answer it may helpful to you. How to check programmatically if an application is installed or not in Android?

edited May 31 '17 at 05:50

answered May 31 '17 at 05:45

Bhimraj Kedari

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How to know if a particular application is installed or not on the device?

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