Get application name which invoked the intent in android

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I have two apps, say App A and App B, App A call tries to invoke a service in App B using intent, I don't want to allow App A if it does not belong to a certain list of allowed app names, is there a way to find out the name of the app which is calling my service in App B.

PS: I am using AIDL bound service to communicate between the two apps, App A has an activity that calls upon service in App B, getReferrer() is not available in service, I have checked with API level 22 also.

You could try to use a `referrer` (since API 22) as mentioned in [this answer to a similar question](https://stackoverflow.com/a/67552933/1712135)… — deHaar, Aug 01 '22 at 06:51
@deHaar I have updated my question, can u please suggest a solution for this, I am trying to access it inside a service and there is no getReferrer functionality available in there. — Vikram, Aug 01 '22 at 07:20
@OleksiiK. , I own only App B, I need package name of caller(App A) for security purposes — Vikram, Aug 01 '22 at 07:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '22 at 07:36

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If you are using AIDL you can define your service so that it receives a name or secret key and check if the client is valid then respond to it.

answered Aug 01 '22 at 07:36

Alireza Barakati

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Does android provide functionality for extracting service invoker identity, I would like to skip the harder security implementations. – Vikram Aug 01 '22 at 07:49
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As far as I know Android doesn't provide such functionality. – Alireza Barakati Aug 01 '22 at 07:59

Get application name which invoked the intent in android

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