I am getting the names for my installed applications with below code and use them to see if any updates for this application is available.
But sometimes an incorrect name (MX Speler instead of MX Player) is being provided, as a result no updates are found.
Is there any better code i can/should use?
{
final PackageInfo pi = installedInfo != null ? installedInfo : downloadedInfo;
final PackageManager pm = getApplicationContext().getPackageManager();
ApplicationInfo ai;
try {
ai = pm.getApplicationInfo(pi ??, 0); //How to set the name of the installed application?
} catch (final NameNotFoundException e) {
ai = null;
}
final String applicationName = (String) (ai != null ? pm.getApplicationLabel(ai) : "(unknown)");
System.out.println("Application name : "+ applicationName);
}
You should not use labels as it may be different for every language or changed on each update. You should only rely on application's id (packageId) as this id stays unchanged for the whole life of the application.
This is part of my receiver class:
Uri dataURI = intent.getData();
String appPackage = (dataURI != null ? dataURI.getSchemeSpecificPart() : null);
if (action.equals(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED)) {
UpdateUserGamesService.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED;
}
else if (action.equals(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED)) {
UpdateUserGamesService.ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED;
}
Its working well. Is there a way to get the application name and not only the package name?
You can try ApplicationInfo class :
Information you can retrieve about a particular application. This corresponds to information collected from the AndroidManifest.xml's tag.
Try this code to get third party application name :
List<ApplicationInfo> apps = getPackageManager().getInstalledApplications(0);
for (int i=0; i < apps.size(); i++)
{
if ((apps.get(i).flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) == 1)
{
String appName = (String) getPackageManager().getApplicationLabel(apps.get(i));
Log.i("App Name", appName);
}
}
Now your question is :
Is it possible to get application name when package is removed ?
Well i will suggest that get all application name and store it using Persistent Storage (SqLite will be best).
In future if any one removes package still you will have all information related to that application.
I hope this will help.
i've a receiver that is fired on any application uninstall. I want to get the UID of the application . Currently i got the package name that was uninstalled but when i'm trying to get the UID, its returning null. Currently, i'm getting the UID of any package from following code.
public String getID(String pckg_name) {
ApplicationInfo ai = null;
String id = "";
try {
ai = pm.getApplicationInfo(pckg_name, 0);
id = "" + ai.uid;
} catch (final NameNotFoundException e) {
id = "";
}
return id;
}
You can't get the UID after the package has been uninstalled because it is no longer there. The broadcast Intent is sent after the package has been removed. However...
...from the documentation:
The broadcast Intent that is broadcast when the application is removed (uninstalled) contains an extra EXTRA_UID containing the integer uid previously assigned to the package.
In my manifest I have:
<application
android:name=".MyApp"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher_icon"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:debuggable="true">
How do I get the label element?
Note: My code is running inside of someone else's, so I don't have access to #string/app_name
There's an easier way than the other answers that doesn't require you to name the resource explicitly or worry about exceptions with package names. It also works if you have used a string directly instead of a resource.
Just do:
public static String getApplicationName(Context context) {
ApplicationInfo applicationInfo = context.getApplicationInfo();
int stringId = applicationInfo.labelRes;
return stringId == 0 ? applicationInfo.nonLocalizedLabel.toString() : context.getString(stringId);
}
Edit
In light of the comment from Snicolas, I've modified the above so that it doesn't try to resolve the id if it is 0. Instead it uses, nonLocalizedLabel as a backoff. No need for wrapping in try/catch.
If not mentioned in the strings.xml/hardcoded in AndroidManifest.xml for whatever reason like android:label="MyApp"
Java
public String getAppLable(Context context) {
ApplicationInfo applicationInfo = null;
try {
applicationInfo = context.packageManager.getApplicationInfo(context.getPackageManager().getApplicationInfo().packageName, 0);
} catch (final NameNotFoundException e) {
Log.d("TAG", "The package with the given name cannot be found on the system.");
}
return (applicationInfo != null ? packageManager.getApplicationLabel(applicationInfo) : "Unknown");
}
Or if you know the String resource ID then you can directly get it via
getString(R.string.appNameID);
UPDATE
Kotlin
fun getAppLable(context: Context): String? {
var applicationInfo: ApplicationInfo? = null
try {
applicationInfo = context.packageManager.getApplicationInfo(context.applicationInfo.packageName, 0)
} catch (e: NameNotFoundException) {
Log.d("TAG", "The package with the given name cannot be found on the system.")
}
return (if (applicationInfo != null) packageManager.getApplicationLabel(applicationInfo) else "Unknown")
}
Java
public static String getApplicationName(Context context) {
return context.getApplicationInfo().loadLabel(context.getPackageManager()).toString();
}
Kotlin (as extension)
fun Context.getAppName(): String = applicationInfo.loadLabel(packageManager).toString()
From any Context use:
getApplicationInfo().loadLabel(getPackageManager()).toString();
In Kotlin its simple:
val appLabel = context.applicationInfo.nonLocalizedLabel.toString()
In Kotlin, use the following codes to get Application Name:
// Get App Name
var appName: String = ""
val applicationInfo = this.getApplicationInfo()
val stringId = applicationInfo.labelRes
if (stringId == 0) {
appName = applicationInfo.nonLocalizedLabel.toString()
}
else {
appName = this.getString(stringId)
}
If you need only the application name, not the package name, then just write this code.
String app_name = packageInfo.applicationInfo.loadLabel(getPackageManager()).toString();
You can use this
JAVA
ApplicationInfo appInfo = getApplicationContext().getApplicationInfo();
String applicationLabel = getApplicationContext().getPackageManager().getApplicationLabel(appInfo).toString();
Get Appliction Name Using RunningAppProcessInfo as:
ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager)this.getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
List l = am.getRunningAppProcesses();
Iterator i = l.iterator();
PackageManager pm = this.getPackageManager();
while(i.hasNext()) {
ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo info = (ActivityManager.RunningAppProcessInfo)(i.next());
try {
CharSequence c = pm.getApplicationLabel(pm.getApplicationInfo(info.processName, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA));
Log.w("LABEL", c.toString());
}catch(Exception e) {
//Name Not FOund Exception
}
}
By default you have a string resource called "app_name" generated by AndroidStudio. Why not simply use that? Or any other string resource created for this purpose. Much easier than calling several internal methods to come up with a value you have to set yourself in the first place.
Okay guys another sleek option is
Application.Context.ApplicationInfo.NonLocalizedLabel
verified for hard coded android label on application element.
<application android:label="Big App"></application>
Reference:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageItemInfo.html#nonLocalizedLabel
The source comment added to NonLocalizedLabel directs us now to:
return context.getPackageManager().getApplicationLabelFormatted(context.getApplicationInfo());
Kotlin
A simple function to get the name of the application in kotlin
fun getApplicationName() : String{
var applicationName = ""
try {
val applicationInfo = application.applicationInfo
val stringId = applicationInfo.labelRes
if (stringId == 0) {
applicationName = applicationInfo.nonLocalizedLabel.toString()
}
else {
applicationName = application.getString(stringId)
}
} catch (e: Exception) {
e.printStackTrace()
}
return applicationName
}
Have you tried using the PackageManager#getActivityInfo() method? There will be a field that should contain the name of the application.
See the answer to a very similar question here.
If "don't have access" means you don't get the expected value... Try This:
String appName = getString(R.string.app_name);
I want to get the name of my application. How can i get that?
Thanks in advance.
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.
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.
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()));
Context has function getString(int resId): Context
so you can use it easily like this.
context.getString(R.string.app_name);