How to get the name of the application in android?

Question

I want to get the name of my application. How can i get that? Thanks in advance.

Are you looking for the label name, the package name, or the apk name? Why do you need this info? — spatulamania, Oct 18 '11 at 05:29
I am luking for the app name coz I need it at the time of starting the application. — Prachi, Oct 18 '11 at 05:38
The actual apk file name is arbitrary and shouldn't affect anything. Why is the package name insufficient? — spatulamania, Oct 18 '11 at 05:44

Pankaj Kumar · Answer 1 · 2021-12-08T05:09:03.963

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You can use PackageItemInfo -> nonLocalizedLabel to get application name.

val applicationName = context.applicationInfo.nonLocalizedLabel.toString()

[Old Answer]

Usually, we do add the application name with app_name string resource, so you can write below code to access the app name

String applicationName = getResources().getString(R.string.app_name);

Reference : Resource Types

But note that, this resource name is not mandatory and can be changed to any other string name. In that case, the code will not work. See the first code snippet which uses PackageItemInfo -> nonLocalizedLabel above for a better solution.

edited Dec 08 '21 at 05:09

answered Oct 18 '11 at 05:43

Pankaj Kumar

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@Downvoters Why downvotes here? Why not post a comment about it? Are not you a man? – Pankaj Kumar Sep 17 '14 at 08:08
Perfect solution! Thanks! – Tgo1014 Nov 16 '17 at 01:44

user370305 · Answer 2 · 2011-10-18T06:06:01.333

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You can use PackageManager class to obtain ApplicationInfo:

final PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
ApplicationInfo ai;
try {
    ai = pm.getApplicationInfo(packageName, 0);
} catch (final NameNotFoundException e) {
    ai = null;
}
final String applicationName = (String) (ai != null ? pm.getApplicationLabel(ai) : "(unknown)");

EDIT: CharSequence c = pm.getApplicationLabel(pm.getApplicationInfo(info.processName,PackageManager.GET_META_DATA));

This would return the application name as defined in <application> tag of its manifest.

edited Oct 18 '11 at 06:06

answered Oct 18 '11 at 05:30

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I tried this code but it's returning the package name not the application name. – Prachi Oct 18 '11 at 05:34
what about for this line, CharSequence c = pm.getApplicationLabel(pm.getApplicationInfo(info.processName, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA)); – user370305 Oct 18 '11 at 05:40

bilash.saha · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-18T05:36:25.317

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you can use PackageManager#getApplicationInfo()

For getting the Application Name for all packages installed in the device. Assuming you have your current Context object ctx

Resources appR = ctx.getResources();
CharSequence txt = appR.getText(appR.getIdentifier("app_name",
"string", ctx.getPackageName()));

edited Oct 18 '11 at 05:36

answered Oct 18 '11 at 05:30

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It's returning the package name not the application name. – Prachi Oct 18 '11 at 05:34
PackageManager#getApplicationInfo() ? – bilash.saha Oct 18 '11 at 05:37
This makes the assumption that you've defined a resource string "app_name" which will typically be the case, but would only be true because that's the default generated by Android Studio. The resource key of the application label can be whatever you want. You should use `PackageManager.loadApplicationLabel()`. – Jeffrey Blattman Jul 08 '19 at 20:08

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 05 '15 at 22:18

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Context has function getString(int resId): Context

so you can use it easily like this.

context.getString(R.string.app_name);

answered Feb 05 '15 at 22:18

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