get information of install app in android

Question

hello expert, i need build app that share mobile app to second mobile so that
i need know that how can i get all app information like : name,date,icon,etc.
package com.AppInfo;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.ListView;

public class AppInfo extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
     private ListView lView;
     private ArrayList results = new ArrayList();
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);



        }}
class PInfo {
    private String appname = "";
    private String pname = "";
    private String versionName = "";
    private int versionCode = 0;
    private Drawable icon;
    private void prettyPrint() {
       // Log.v(appname + "\t" + pname + "\t" + versionName + "\t" + versionCode);

    }


private ArrayList<PInfo> getPackages() {
    ArrayList<PInfo> apps = getInstalledApps(false); /* false = no system packages */
    final int max = apps.size();
    for (int i=0; i<max; i++) {
        apps.get(i).prettyPrint();
    }
    return apps;
}

private ArrayList<PInfo> getInstalledApps(boolean getSysPackages) {
    ArrayList<PInfo> res = new ArrayList<PInfo>();        
    List<PackageInfo> packs = getPackageManager().getInstalledPackages(0);
    for(int i=0;i<packs.size();i++) {
        PackageInfo p = packs.get(i);
        if ((!getSysPackages) && (p.versionName == null)) {
            continue ;
        }
        PInfo newInfo = new PInfo();
        newInfo.appname = p.applicationInfo.loadLabel(getPackageManager()).toString();
        newInfo.pname = p.packageName;
        newInfo.versionName = p.versionName;
        newInfo.versionCode = p.versionCode;
        newInfo.icon = p.applicationInfo.loadIcon(getPackageManager());
        res.add(newInfo);
    }
    return res; 
}

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '11 at 09:29

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Although the info you want can be retrieved using getInstalledPackages() and using PackageInfo

But as you want to share the app from one phone to another I dont think its possible atleast unless the device is rooted

answered Jun 01 '11 at 09:29

ingsaurabh

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yeh ! i refer it but is there any example of it – Nikunj Patel Jun 01 '11 at 09:41
i refer this link but i got a problem – Nikunj Patel Jun 01 '11 at 10:28
List packs = getPackageManager().getInstalledPackages(0); – Nikunj Patel Jun 01 '11 at 10:32
Are you using the above code from context of an Activity and post your code here – ingsaurabh Jun 01 '11 at 10:57
In your code After setContentView() close only one brace and on the last line add one brace – ingsaurabh Jun 01 '11 at 11:12
ya i got it run perfectly now lets check it to me – Nikunj Patel Jun 01 '11 at 11:20
hai dud it is only get app information of current app right? i need to information of app that are install in device or previously created in emulator so can you give me hint? – Nikunj Patel Jun 01 '11 at 11:23
No, its give info of all app installed Arrylist res contain all the info that you want – ingsaurabh Jun 01 '11 at 11:29
so any suggestion to do that? – Nikunj Patel Jun 01 '11 at 11:47
can you tell me how can i get date and icon of app? – Nikunj Patel Jun 07 '11 at 05:50
For icon http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2384713/how-to-get-the-icon-of-other-applications-android and for date http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5315586/android-get-installed-app-size-and-date – ingsaurabh Jun 07 '11 at 05:58
PackageManager paa = null; try { paa.getPackageInfo(getPackageName(), i); } catch (NameNotFoundException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } i have try this but i cant understand that from where i get date only – Nikunj Patel Jun 07 '11 at 06:24
the link I have posted its mentioned there in paa object you will get firstInstallTime and thats what you need you have to convert time into Date many examples are there on net follow them – ingsaurabh Jun 07 '11 at 06:46
I have try following code in my application PackageInfo manager=getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(getPackageName(), 0); But manager object cant contain any firstInstallTime method , so can you help me this topic. – Nikunj Patel Jun 07 '11 at 07:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 01 '11 at 09:38

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checkout this : http://www.androidsnippets.com/get-installed-applications-with-name-package-name-version-and-icon

answered Jun 01 '11 at 09:38

Dinesh Sharma

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i refer this link but i got a problem. – Nikunj Patel Jun 01 '11 at 10:27
List packs = getPackageManager().getInstalledPackages(0); – Nikunj Patel Jun 01 '11 at 10:36
can you tell me how can i get icon and date of app – Nikunj Patel Jun 07 '11 at 05:51
can you tell me how can i get date by gerPackageManager() ? – Nikunj Patel Jun 07 '11 at 08:04
For all the info that we can get , please see this: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageInfo.html . – Dinesh Sharma Jun 07 '11 at 11:04
plz refer my entire question and after you suggest me – Nikunj Patel Jun 07 '11 at 11:19
Are you getting all the other info of the Installed Application using the above link. – Dinesh Sharma Jun 07 '11 at 11:24
plz checkout this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5311644/get-application-installed-date-on-android – Dinesh Sharma Jun 07 '11 at 12:25
i know this thing but firstInstallTime method are not supported, it raise error – Nikunj Patel Jun 07 '11 at 12:47
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This method is supported for **API Level 9 upwards**. For lower levels i dont think there is anything to find the date of the installed app. – Dinesh Sharma Jun 07 '11 at 13:15
ya you are right API Level 9 are supported. but when i am print it to logcat , it display like " firstInstallTime is :::::::1295484763000" so can you tell me about this? – Nikunj Patel Jun 08 '11 at 05:28

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 19 '13 at 12:14

You can retrieve the information you need using the PackageManager, both ApplicationInfo and PackageInfo may be used.

private static final String TAG = "MyActivity";  
...

final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
final List<ApplicationInfo> installedApps = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);

for ( ApplicationInfo app : installedApps ) {
    Log.d(TAG, "Package: " + app.packageName);
    Log.d(TAG, "Directory: " + app.sourceDir);
    Log.d(TAG, "Icon: " + app.icon);

    try {
        PackageInfo packageInfo = pm.getPackageInfo(app.packageName, PackageManager.GET_PERMISSIONS);

        Date installTime = new Date( packageInfo.firstInstallTime );
        Date updateTime = new Date( packageInfo.lastUpdateTime );

        Log.d(TAG, "Installed: " + installTime.toString());
        Log.d(TAG, "Updated: " + updateTime.toString());
        Log.d(TAG, "Version: " + packageInfo.versionCode);
        Log.d(TAG, "Name: " + packageInfo.versionName);
    }
    catch ( PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e ) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 01 '11 at 09:38

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C2MD is nice to send small amount of data and its fairly easy to implement. If you dont want to do that just send a sms to the other phone and have a receiver on the second mobile.

answered Jun 01 '11 at 09:38

Pintac

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get information of install app in android

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