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How do I send data from an android wearable device to a phone in the form of a a simple text file containing data?

I have a wearable app. The app after it finishes has data like time/date, UUID, Geo location, parameters selected displayed in front of me like a Data Report or Log in several TextViews underneath each other. Like a list. I want this data to be transferred from my wearable device to my android phone.
Now I have to ask does the WearOS app the pairs the phone with the watch enables such a thing? Like can the data be sent through it? OR what exactly can I do? I read about Sync data items with the Data Layer API in the documentation, but I'm not sure if the code snippets provided would help achieve what I want.
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private static final String COUNT_KEY = "com.example.key.count";
private DataClient dataClient;
private int count = 0;
...
// Create a data map and put data in it
private void increaseCounter() {
PutDataMapRequest putDataMapReq = PutDataMapRequest.create("/count");
putDataMapReq.getDataMap().putInt(COUNT_KEY, count++);
PutDataRequest putDataReq = putDataMapReq.asPutDataRequest();
Task<DataItem> putDataTask = dataClient.putDataItem(putDataReq);
}
...
}
The data I display in the textviews are called through methods that I call things like: getLocation, getUUID, getDateTime, getSelections, etc... when I click a button I call them in the setOnClickListener. I want this data in the TextViews to be placed in a file or something like that and send them over to the mobile phone from the watch when they're generated.
private void getDateTime()
{
SimpleDateFormat sdf_date = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
SimpleDateFormat sdf_time = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss z");
String currentDate= sdf_date.format(new Date());
String currentTime= sdf_time.format(new Date());
textView_date_time.setText("Date: "+currentDate+"\n"+"Time: "+currentTime);
}
#SuppressLint("SetTextI18n")
private void getUUID()
{
// Retrieving the value using its keys the file name
// must be same in both saving and retrieving the data
#SuppressLint("WrongConstant") SharedPreferences sh = getSharedPreferences("UUID_File", MODE_APPEND);
// The value will be default as empty string because for
// the very first time when the app is opened, there is nothing to show
String theUUID = sh.getString(PREF_UNIQUE_ID, uniqueID);
// We can then use the data
textView_UUID.setText("UUID: "+theUUID);
}
#SuppressLint("SetTextI18n")
private void getSelections()
{
textView_data_selected.setText("Tool No.: "+c.getToolNo()+
"\nTool Size: " +c.getToolSizeStr()+
"\nFrom Mode: " +c.getCurrentModeStr()+
"\nGoto Mode: " +c.getModeStr()+
"\nMethod: " +c.getMethodStr()+
"\nBit Duration: " +c.getBitDuration()+
"\nUpper bound" +c.getUpStageValue()+
"\nLower bound: "+c.getDownStageValue());
}
The above are examples of the methods I use to get the data. then I call them here:
gps_btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 26) {
getLocation();
getDateTime();
getUUID();
getSelections();
}
else
{
//ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(get_location.this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, 1);
Toast.makeText(get_location.this,"Build SDK too low",Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
}
}
});
Now how do I take all this and send it over from my device to the the phone?
Note: The data report I want to send as a file, I want it done subtly like something done in the background. I don't know what else to do or where to look.

You have two options if you want to use the Data Layer, one is to use the MessageClient API to bundle your data up in a message and send it directly to the handheld. The easiest here would be to create an arbitrary JSONObject and serialize your data as a JSON string you can stuff into a message. For example:
try {
final JSONObject object = new JSONObject();
object.put("heart_rate", (int) event.values[0]);
object.put("timestamp", Instant.now().toString());
new MessageSender("/MessageChannel", object.toString(), getApplicationContext()).start();
} catch (JSONException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Failed to create JSON object");
}
In my case, I do this in my onSensorChanged implementation, but you can insert this wherever you are updating your text.
MessageSender is just a threaded wrapper around the MessageClient:
import java.util.List;
class MessageSender extends Thread {
private static final String TAG = "MessageSender";
String path;
String message;
Context context;
MessageSender(String path, String message, Context context) {
this.path = path;
this.message = message;
this.context = context;
}
public void run() {
try {
Task<List<Node>> nodeListTask = Wearable.getNodeClient(context.getApplicationContext()).getConnectedNodes();
List<Node> nodes = Tasks.await(nodeListTask);
byte[] payload = message.getBytes();
for (Node node : nodes) {
String nodeId = node.getId();
Task<Integer> sendMessageTask = Wearable.getMessageClient(context).sendMessage(nodeId, this.path, payload);
try {
Tasks.await(sendMessageTask);
} catch (Exception exception) {
// TODO: Implement exception handling
Log.e(TAG, "Exception thrown");
}
}
} catch (Exception exception) {
Log.e(TAG, exception.getMessage());
}
}
}
The other option is to create a nested hierarchy of data items in the Data Layer and implement DataClient.OnDataChangedListener on both sides, such that changes that are written in on one side are automatically synchronized with the other. You can find a good walkthrough on how to do that here.
For your specific case, just packing it in a JSON object would probably be the simplest. The writing out to your preferred file format you can then implement on the handheld side without needing to involve the wear side.

Android - ExoPlayer 2 play DRM (widevine) offline

I'm trying to implement offline DRM support for ExoPlayer 2 but I have some problems.
I found this conversation. There is some implementation for ExoPlayer 1.x and some steps how to work that implementation with ExoPlayer 2.x.
I have I problem with OfflineDRMSessionManager whitch implements DrmSessionManager. In that example is DrmSessionManager imported from ExoPlayer 1.x. If I import it from ExoPlayer 2 then I have a problems to compile it. I have a problem with #Override methods (open(), close(), ..) which are NOT in that new DrmSessionManager and there are some new methods: acquireSession(), ... .

With the latest release of ExoPlayer 2.2.0 , it provides this facility inbuilt in ExoPlayer. ExoPlayer has a helper class to download and refresh offline license keys. It should be the preferred way to do this.
OfflineLicenseHelper.java
/**
* Helper class to download, renew and release offline licenses. It utilizes {#link
* DefaultDrmSessionManager}.
*/
public final class OfflineLicenseHelper<T extends ExoMediaCrypto> {
You can access the latest code from the ExoPlayer repo
I created a sample application for Offline playback of DRM content.You can access it from here

As #TheJango explained, with the latest release of ExoPlayer 2.2.0 , it provides this facility inbuilt in ExoPlayer.
However, the OfflineLicenseHelper class was designed with some VOD use case in mind. Buy a movie, save the license (download method), download the movie, load the license in a DefaultDrmSessionManager and then setMode for playback.
Another use case could be that you want to make an online streaming system where different content is using the same license (e.g. Television) for quite some time (e.g. 24hours) more intelligent. So that it never downloads a license which it already has (Suppose your DRM system charges you per license request and there will be a lot of requests for the same license otherwise), the following approach can be used with ExoPlayer 2.2.0. It took me some time to get a working solution without modifying anything to the ExoPlayer source. I don't quite like the approach they've taken with the setMode() method which can only be called once. Previously DrmSessionManagers would work for multiple sessions (audio, video) and now they no longer work if licenses differ or come from different methods (DOWNLOAD, PLAYBACK, ...). Anyway, I introduced a new class CachingDefaultDrmSessionManager to replace the DefaultDrmSessionManager you are probably using. Internally it delegates to a DefaultDrmSessionManager.
package com.google.android.exoplayer2.drm;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.os.Looper;
import android.util.Base64;
import android.util.Log;
import com.google.android.exoplayer2.C;
import com.google.android.exoplayer2.extractor.mp4.PsshAtomUtil;
import com.google.android.exoplayer2.util.Util;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.UUID;
import static com.google.android.exoplayer2.drm.DefaultDrmSessionManager.MODE_DOWNLOAD;
import static com.google.android.exoplayer2.drm.DefaultDrmSessionManager.MODE_QUERY;
public class CachingDefaultDrmSessionManager<T extends ExoMediaCrypto> implements DrmSessionManager<T> {
private final SharedPreferences drmkeys;
public static final String TAG="CachingDRM";
private final DefaultDrmSessionManager<T> delegateDefaultDrmSessionManager;
private final UUID uuid;
private final AtomicBoolean pending = new AtomicBoolean(false);
private byte[] schemeInitD;
public interface EventListener {
void onDrmKeysLoaded();
void onDrmSessionManagerError(Exception e);
void onDrmKeysRestored();
void onDrmKeysRemoved();
}
public CachingDefaultDrmSessionManager(Context context, UUID uuid, ExoMediaDrm<T> mediaDrm, MediaDrmCallback callback, HashMap<String, String> optionalKeyRequestParameters, final Handler eventHandler, final EventListener eventListener) {
this.uuid = uuid;
DefaultDrmSessionManager.EventListener eventListenerInternal = new DefaultDrmSessionManager.EventListener() {
#Override
public void onDrmKeysLoaded() {
saveDrmKeys();
pending.set(false);
if (eventListener!=null) eventListener.onDrmKeysLoaded();
}
#Override
public void onDrmSessionManagerError(Exception e) {
pending.set(false);
if (eventListener!=null) eventListener.onDrmSessionManagerError(e);
}
#Override
public void onDrmKeysRestored() {
saveDrmKeys();
pending.set(false);
if (eventListener!=null) eventListener.onDrmKeysRestored();
}
#Override
public void onDrmKeysRemoved() {
pending.set(false);
if (eventListener!=null) eventListener.onDrmKeysRemoved();
}
};
delegateDefaultDrmSessionManager = new DefaultDrmSessionManager<T>(uuid, mediaDrm, callback, optionalKeyRequestParameters, eventHandler, eventListenerInternal);
drmkeys = context.getSharedPreferences("drmkeys", Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
}
final protected static char[] hexArray = "0123456789ABCDEF".toCharArray();
public static String bytesToHex(byte[] bytes) {
char[] hexChars = new char[bytes.length * 2];
for ( int j = 0; j < bytes.length; j++ ) {
int v = bytes[j] & 0xFF;
hexChars[j * 2] = hexArray[v >>> 4];
hexChars[j * 2 + 1] = hexArray[v & 0x0F];
}
return new String(hexChars);
}
public void saveDrmKeys() {
byte[] offlineLicenseKeySetId = delegateDefaultDrmSessionManager.getOfflineLicenseKeySetId();
if (offlineLicenseKeySetId==null) {
Log.i(TAG,"Failed to download offline license key");
} else {
Log.i(TAG,"Storing downloaded offline license key for "+bytesToHex(schemeInitD)+": "+bytesToHex(offlineLicenseKeySetId));
storeKeySetId(schemeInitD, offlineLicenseKeySetId);
}
}
#Override
public DrmSession<T> acquireSession(Looper playbackLooper, DrmInitData drmInitData) {
if (pending.getAndSet(true)) {
return delegateDefaultDrmSessionManager.acquireSession(playbackLooper, drmInitData);
}
// First check if we already have this license in local storage and if it's still valid.
DrmInitData.SchemeData schemeData = drmInitData.get(uuid);
schemeInitD = schemeData.data;
Log.i(TAG,"Request for key for init data "+bytesToHex(schemeInitD));
if (Util.SDK_INT < 21) {
// Prior to L the Widevine CDM required data to be extracted from the PSSH atom.
byte[] psshData = PsshAtomUtil.parseSchemeSpecificData(schemeInitD, C.WIDEVINE_UUID);
if (psshData == null) {
// Extraction failed. schemeData isn't a Widevine PSSH atom, so leave it unchanged.
} else {
schemeInitD = psshData;
}
}
byte[] cachedKeySetId=loadKeySetId(schemeInitD);
if (cachedKeySetId!=null) {
//Load successful.
Log.i(TAG,"Cached key set found "+bytesToHex(cachedKeySetId));
if (!Arrays.equals(delegateDefaultDrmSessionManager.getOfflineLicenseKeySetId(), cachedKeySetId))
{
delegateDefaultDrmSessionManager.setMode(MODE_QUERY, cachedKeySetId);
}
} else {
Log.i(TAG,"No cached key set found ");
delegateDefaultDrmSessionManager.setMode(MODE_DOWNLOAD,null);
}
DrmSession<T> tDrmSession = delegateDefaultDrmSessionManager.acquireSession(playbackLooper, drmInitData);
return tDrmSession;
}
#Override
public void releaseSession(DrmSession<T> drmSession) {
pending.set(false);
delegateDefaultDrmSessionManager.releaseSession(drmSession);
}
public void storeKeySetId(byte[] initData, byte[] keySetId) {
String encodedInitData = Base64.encodeToString(initData, Base64.NO_WRAP);
String encodedKeySetId = Base64.encodeToString(keySetId, Base64.NO_WRAP);
drmkeys.edit()
.putString(encodedInitData, encodedKeySetId)
.apply();
}
public byte[] loadKeySetId(byte[] initData) {
String encodedInitData = Base64.encodeToString(initData, Base64.NO_WRAP);
String encodedKeySetId = drmkeys.getString(encodedInitData, null);
if (encodedKeySetId == null) return null;
return Base64.decode(encodedKeySetId, 0);
}
}
Here keys are persisted as Base64 encoded strings in local storage. Because for a typical DASH stream both audio and video renderers will request a license from the DrmSessionManager, possibly at the same time, the AtomicBoolean is used. If audio and or video would use different keys, I think this approach would fail.
Also I am not yet checking for expired keys here. Have a look at OfflineLicenseHelper to see how to deal with those.

#Pepa Zapletal, proceed with below changes to play in offline.
You can also see the updated answer here.
Changes are as follows :
Changed signature of the method private void onKeyResponse(Object response) to private void onKeyResponse(Object response, boolean offline)
Rather than sending the file manifest URI send stored file path to PlayerActivity.java.
Change MediaDrm.KEY_TYPE_STREAMING to MediaDrm.KEY_TYPE_OFFLINE in getKeyRequest().
In postKeyRequest() first check whether the key is stored or not, if key found then directly call onKeyResponse(key, true).
In onKeyResponse(), call restoreKeys() rather than calling provideKeyResponse().
The rest everything is same, now your file will be playing.
Major role : Here provideKeyResponse() and restoreKeys() are native methods which acts major role in getting the key and restoring the key.
provideKeyResponse() method which will return us the main License key in byte array if and only if the keyType is MediaDrm.KEY_TYPE_OFFLINE else this method will return us the empty byte array with which we can do nothing with that array.
restoreKeys() method will expect the key which is to be restored for the current session, so feed the key which we have already stored in local to this method and it will take care of it.
Note : First you have to somehow download the license key and store it somewhere in local device securely.
In my case first im playing the file online, so exoplayer will fetch the key that key i have stored in local. From second time onwards first it will check whether the key is stored or not, if key found it will skip the License key request and will the play the file.
Replace the methods and inner classes of StreamingDrmSessionManager.java with these things.
private void postKeyRequest() {
KeyRequest keyRequest;
try {
// check is key exist in local or not, if exist no need to
// make a request License server for the key.
byte[] keyFromLocal = Util.getKeyFromLocal();
if(keyFromLocal != null) {
onKeyResponse(keyFromLocal, true);
return;
}
keyRequest = mediaDrm.getKeyRequest(sessionId, schemeData.data, schemeData.mimeType, MediaDrm.KEY_TYPE_OFFLINE, optionalKeyRequestParameters);
postRequestHandler.obtainMessage(MSG_KEYS, keyRequest).sendToTarget();
} catch (NotProvisionedException e) {
onKeysError(e);
}
}
private void onKeyResponse(Object response, boolean offline) {
if (state != STATE_OPENED && state != STATE_OPENED_WITH_KEYS) {
// This event is stale.
return;
}
if (response instanceof Exception) {
onKeysError((Exception) response);
return;
}
try {
// if we have a key and we want to play offline then call
// 'restoreKeys()' with the key which we have already stored.
// Here 'response' is the stored key.
if(offline) {
mediaDrm.restoreKeys(sessionId, (byte[]) response);
} else {
// Don't have any key in local, so calling 'provideKeyResponse()' to
// get the main License key and store the returned key in local.
byte[] bytes = mediaDrm.provideKeyResponse(sessionId, (byte[]) response);
Util.storeKeyInLocal(bytes);
}
state = STATE_OPENED_WITH_KEYS;
if (eventHandler != null && eventListener != null) {
eventHandler.post(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
eventListener.onDrmKeysLoaded();
}
});
}
} catch (Exception e) {
onKeysError(e);
}
}
#SuppressLint("HandlerLeak")
private class PostResponseHandler extends Handler {
public PostResponseHandler(Looper looper) {
super(looper);
}
#Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
switch (msg.what) {
case MSG_PROVISION:
onProvisionResponse(msg.obj);
break;
case MSG_KEYS:
// We don't have key in local so calling 'onKeyResponse()' with offline to 'false'.
onKeyResponse(msg.obj, false);
break;
}
}
}

Android - Simple XML Framework. #Convert interferes with #Attribute - How to solve this?

I was working on capturing the order of elements contained in tag. Here is all the code:
League.java:
#Root
#Convert(value = LeagueConverter.class)
public class League
{
#Attribute
private String name;
#Element(name="headlines", required = false)
private Headlines headlines;
#Element(name="scores", required = false)
private Scores scores;
#Element(name="standings", required = false)
private Standing standings;
#Element(name="statistics", required = false)
private LeagueStatistics statistics;
public List<String> order = new ArrayList<String>();
// get methods for all variables
}
LeagueConverter.java:
public class LeagueConverter implements Converter<League>
{
#Override
public League read(InputNode node) throws Exception
{
League league = new League();
InputNode next = node.getNext();
while( next != null )
{
String tag = next.getName();
if(tag.equalsIgnoreCase("headlines"))
{
league.order.add("headlines");
}
else if(tag.equalsIgnoreCase("scores"))
{
league.order.add("scores");
}
else if(tag.equalsIgnoreCase("statistics"))
{
league.order.add("statistics");
}
else if(tag.equalsIgnoreCase("standings"))
{
league.order.add("standings");
}
next = node.getNext();
}
return league;
}
#Override
public void write(OutputNode arg0, League arg1) throws Exception
{
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
}
}
Exampe of XML:
<android>
<leagues>
<league name ="A">
<Headlines></Headlines>
<Scores></Scores>
...
</league>
<league name ="B">...</league>
</leagues>
</android>
How I'm calling it and expecting it to behave: (Snippet)
Android android = null;
Serializer serial = new Persister(new AnnotationStrategy());
android = serial.read(Android.class, source);
Log.i("Number of leagues found ",tsnAndroid.getLeagueCount() + ""); // prints fine
League nhl = tsnAndroid.getLeagues().get(0); // works fine
// DOES NOT WORK throws NullPointerEx
League nhl2 = tsnAndroid.getLeagueByName("A");
// DOES NOT WORK throws NullPointerEx
for(String s : nhl.getOrder())
{
Log.i("ORDER>>>>>", s);
}
The problem:
android.getLeagueByName() (Works with #Attribute name) suddenly stops working when I have the converter set, so its like the following from League.java, never gets set.
#Attribute
private String name; // not being set
However, when I comment out the converter declaration in League.java - Every league has an attribute called name and android.getLeagueByName() starts working fine...
Does #Convert for League somehow interfere with #Attribute in League?

Even though this question is outrageously old (as is the SimpleXML library), I will give my two cents.
#Convert annotation works only with #Element, but it does not have any effect on #Attribute. I'm not sure if that's a bug or a feature, but there is another way of handling custom serialized objects - called Transform with Matcher, and it works both with Attributes and with Elements. Instead of using the Converters, you define a Transform class that handles serialization and deserialization:
import java.util.UUID;
import org.simpleframework.xml.transform.Transform;
public class UUIDTransform implements Transform<UUID> {
#Override
public UUID read(String value) throws Exception {
return value != null ? UUID.fromString(value) : null;
}
#Override
public String write(UUID value) throws Exception {
return value != null ? value.toString() : null;
}
}
As you can see, it is more straight-forward than implementing the Convert interface!
Create a similar class for all your objects that require custom de/serialization.
Now instantiate a RegistryMatcher object and register there your custom classes with their corresponding Transform classes. This is a thread-safe object that internally uses a cache, so it might be a good idea to keep it as a singleton.
private static final RegistryMatcher REGISTRY_MATCHER = new RegistryMatcher();
static {
try {
REGISTRY_MATCHER.bind(UUID.class, UUIDTransform.class);
// register all your Transform classes here...
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
}
Finally, you can create a Persister class each time before a conversion and pass it the AnnotationStrategy together with your RegistryMatcher instance. In this factory method below, we will also use an indenting formatter:
private static Persister createPersister(int indent) {
return new Persister(new AnnotationStrategy(), REGISTRY_MATCHER, new Format(indent));
}
Now you can make your serialization/deserialization methods:
public static String objectToXml(Object object, int indent) throws MyObjectConversionException {
ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
Persister p = createPersister(indent);
try {
p.write(object, out, "UTF-8");
return out.toString("UTF-8");
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new MyObjectConversionException("Cannot serialize object " + object + " to XML: " + e.getMessage(), e);
}
}
public static <T> T xmlToObject(String xml, final Class<T> clazz) throws MyObjectConversionException {
Persister p = createPersister(0);
try {
return (T) p.read(clazz, xml);
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new MyObjectConversionException(
"Cannot deserialize XML to object of type " + clazz + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
}
}
The only issue with this approach is when you want to have different formatting for the same object - e.g. once you want the java.util.Date to have just the date component, while later on you also want to have the time component. Then just extend the Date class, calling it DateWithTime, and make a different Transform for it.

#ElementListUnion will capture the order of elements

The #Convert annotation works only on #Element fields. I am struggling against converting #Attribute fields too but with no success for now...

How to get Category for each App on device on Android?

I've got an Android app which scans for all Apps installed on the device and then reports this to a server (it's an MDM agent). Any suggestions on how to get the Category of the App? Everyone has a different list of Categories, but basically something like Game, Entertainment, Tools/Utilities, etc.
From what I can tell there is nothing related to Category stored on the device itself. I was thinking of using the android market API to search for the application in the market and use the Category value returned by the search. Not sure how successful this will be finding a match. Any suggestions on how best to do this?
Any suggestions on a different approach?
Thanks in advance.
mike

I know that this is an old post, but for anyone still looking for this, API level 26 (O) has added categories to android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo.
From the docs https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/ApplicationInfo#category:
public int category
The category of this app. Categories are used to cluster multiple apps together into meaningful groups, such as when summarizing battery, network, or disk usage. Apps should only define this value when they fit well into one of the specific categories.
Set from the R.attr.appCategory attribute in the manifest. If the manifest doesn't define a category, this value may have been provided by the installer via PackageManager#setApplicationCategoryHint(String, int).
Value is CATEGORY_UNDEFINED, CATEGORY_GAME, CATEGORY_AUDIO, CATEGORY_VIDEO, CATEGORY_IMAGE, CATEGORY_SOCIAL, CATEGORY_NEWS, CATEGORY_MAPS, or CATEGORY_PRODUCTIVITY
One can now do something like:
PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
ApplicationInfo applicationInfo = pm.getApplicationInfo(packageName, 0);
if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
int appCategory = applicationInfo.category;
String categoryTitle = (String) ApplicationInfo.getCategoryTitle(context, appCategory)
// ...
}

if you get for each application its package name, you could ask directly to play store which category an app belongs, parsing html response page with this library:
org.jsoup.jsoup1.8.3
Here's a snippet to solve your problem:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
public final static String GOOGLE_URL = "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=";
public static final String ERROR = "error";
...
private class FetchCategoryTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
private final String TAG = FetchCategoryTask.class.getSimpleName();
private PackageManager pm;
private ActivityUtil mActivityUtil;
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... errors) {
String category;
pm = getPackageManager();
List<ApplicationInfo> packages = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
Iterator<ApplicationInfo> iterator = packages.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
ApplicationInfo packageInfo = iterator.next();
String query_url = GOOGLE_URL + packageInfo.packageName;
Log.i(TAG, query_url);
category = getCategory(query_url);
// store category or do something else
}
return null;
}
private String getCategory(String query_url) {
boolean network = mActivityUtil.isNetworkAvailable();
if (!network) {
//manage connectivity lost
return ERROR;
} else {
try {
Document doc = Jsoup.connect(query_url).get();
Element link = doc.select("span[itemprop=genre]").first();
return link.text();
} catch (Exception e) {
return ERROR;
}
}
}
}
}
You could make these queries in an AsyncTask, or in a service. Hope that you find it helpful.

I also faced the same issue. The solution for the above query is stated below.
Firstly, download the Jsoup library or download the jar file.
or
Add this to your build.gradle(Module: app) implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.11.3'
private class FetchCategoryTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
private final String TAG = FetchCategoryTask.class.getSimpleName();
private PackageManager pm;
//private ActivityUtil mActivityUtil;
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... errors) {
String category;
pm = getPackageManager();
List<ApplicationInfo> packages = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
Iterator<ApplicationInfo> iterator = packages.iterator();
// while (iterator.hasNext()) {
// ApplicationInfo packageInfo = iterator.next();
String query_url = "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imo.android.imoim"; //GOOGLE_URL + packageInfo.packageName;
Log.i(TAG, query_url);
category = getCategory(query_url);
Log.e("CATEGORY", category);
// store category or do something else
//}
return null;
}
private String getCategory(String query_url) {
try {
Document doc = Jsoup.connect(query_url).get();
Elements link = doc.select("a[class=\"hrTbp R8zArc\"]");
return link.text();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("DOc", e.toString());
}
}
}
In return, you will get Application Company Name and category of the application

I made a Kotlin solution based on the answer from #Ankit Kumar Singh.
This solution maps the category to an enum, in case you want to do other things than just show it.
import kotlinx.coroutines.*
import org.jsoup.Jsoup
import javax.inject.Inject
import javax.inject.Singleton
class AppCategoryService {
companion object {
private const val APP_URL = "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id="
private const val CAT_SIZE = 9
private const val CATEGORY_STRING = "category/"
}
suspend fun fetchCategory(packageName: String): AppCategory {
val url = "$APP_URL$packageName&hl=en" //https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.example.app&hl=en
val categoryRaw = parseAndExtractCategory(url) ?: return AppCategory.OTHER
return AppCategory.fromCategoryName(categoryRaw)
}
#Suppress("BlockingMethodInNonBlockingContext")
private suspend fun parseAndExtractCategory(url: String): String? = withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
return#withContext try {
val text = Jsoup.connect(url).get()?.select("a[itemprop=genre]") ?: return#withContext null
val href = text.attr("abs:href")
if (href != null && href.length > 4 && href.contains(CATEGORY_STRING)) {
getCategoryTypeByHref(href)
} else {
null
}
} catch (e: Throwable) {
null
}
}
private fun getCategoryTypeByHref(href: String) = href.substring(href.indexOf(CATEGORY_STRING) + CAT_SIZE, href.length)
}
And here is the enum with all the possible values at of this moment in time:
// Note: Enum name matches API value and should not be changed
enum class AppCategory {
OTHER,
ART_AND_DESIGN,
AUTO_AND_VEHICLES,
BEAUTY,
BOOKS_AND_REFERENCE,
BUSINESS,
COMICS,
COMMUNICATION,
DATING,
EDUCATION,
ENTERTAINMENT,
EVENTS,
FINANCE,
FOOD_AND_DRINK,
HEALTH_AND_FITNESS,
HOUSE_AND_HOME,
LIBRARIES_AND_DEMO,
LIFESTYLE,
MAPS_AND_NAVIGATION,
MEDICAL,
MUSIC_AND_AUDIO,
NEWS_AND_MAGAZINES,
PARENTING,
PERSONALIZATION,
PHOTOGRAPHY,
PRODUCTIVITY,
SHOPPING,
SOCIAL,
SPORTS,
TOOLS,
TRAVEL_AND_LOCAL,
VIDEO_PLAYERS,
WEATHER,
GAMES;
companion object {
private val map = values().associateBy(AppCategory::name)
private const val CATEGORY_GAME_STRING = "GAME_" // All games start with this prefix
fun fromCategoryName(name: String): AppCategory {
if (name.contains(CATEGORY_GAME_STRING)) return GAMES
return map[name.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT)] ?: OTHER
}
}
}

private fun getCategory(){
val GOOGLE_URL = "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.deskclock"
lifecycleScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
val doc: Document = Jsoup.connect(GOOGLE_URL).get()
val index = doc.body().data().indexOf("applicationCategory")
val simpleString = doc.body().data().subSequence(index,index+100)
val data = simpleString.split(":")[1].split(",")[0]
Log.e("DATA-->",data.toString())
}
}

You can use below AsyncTask for extract Android app category from playStore by using app package id.
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.util.Log;
import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
import org.jsoup.select.Elements;
import java.io.IOException;
public class GetAppCategory extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
//Main URL for each app on Play Store
public static final String APP_URL = "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=";
//Use below String if extracting 'CATEGORY' from href tag.
private final String CATEGORY_STRING = "category/";
private final int cat_size = 9;
/*Use below String for identified 'GAME' apps, which must start with this prefix.
Here I only display 'Games' as category for all Games app instead of showing their subCategory also*/
private final String CATEGORY_GAME_STRING = "GAME_";
//Name of the app package for which you want to get category.
private String packageName = null;
private PackageManager pm = null;
//Activity or Application context as per requirement.
private Context appContext;
/* You can add default system app OR non play store app package name here as comma seprated for ignore them
and set their category directly 'Others' OR anythings you wish. */
private final String extractionApps = "com.android.providers.downloads.ui, com.android.contacts," +
" com.android.gallery3d, com.android.vending, com.android.calculator2, com.android.calculator," +
" com.android.deskclock, com.android.messaging, com.android.settings, com.android.stk";
//Class level TAG, use for Logging.
private final String TAG = "GetAppCategory";
/**
* #param packageName: package name of the app, you want to extract category.
* #param appContext: Activity/Application level Context ap per requirement.
*/
public GetAppCategory(String packageName, Context appContext) {
this.packageName = packageName;
this.appContext = appContext;
}
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
try {
pm = appContext.getPackageManager();
if (packageName != null && packageName.length() > 1) {
if (packageName.contains("package:")) {
packageName = packageName.replace("package:", "");
}
/**
* Mathod used for parse play store html page and extract category from their.
*/
String appCategoryType = parseAndExtractCategory(packageName);
Log.i(TAG, "package :" + packageName);
Log.i(TAG, "APP_CATEGORY: " + appCategoryType);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
//TODO:: Handle Exception
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
//TODO::
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
}
/**
* #param packageName
* #return
*/
private String parseAndExtractCategory(String packageName) {
//You can pass hl={language_code} for get category in some other langauage also other than English.
//String url = APP_URL + packageName + "&hl=" + appContext.getString(R.string.app_lang);
String url = APP_URL + packageName + "&hl=en"; //{https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.example.app&hl=en}
String appCategoryType = null;
String appName = null;
try {
if (!extractionApps.contains(packageName)) {
Document doc = null;
try {
doc = Jsoup.connect(url).get();
if (doc != null) {
//TODO: START_METHOD_1
//Extract category String from a <anchor> tag value directly.
//NOTE: its return sub category text, for apps with multiple sub category.
//Comment this method {METHOD_1}, if you wish to extract category by href value.
Element CATEGORY_SUB_CATEGORY = doc.select("a[itemprop=genre]").first();
if (CATEGORY_SUB_CATEGORY != null) {
appCategoryType = CATEGORY_SUB_CATEGORY.text();
}
//TODO: END_METHOD_1
//TODO: START_METHOD_2
// Use below code only if you wist to extract category by href value.
//Its return parent or Main Category Text for all app.
//Comment this method {METHOD_2}, If you wihs to extract category from a<anchor> value.
if (appCategoryType == null || appCategoryType.length() < 1) {
Elements text = doc.select("a[itemprop=genre]");
if (text != null) {
if (appCategoryType == null || appCategoryType.length() < 2) {
String href = text.attr("abs:href");
if (href != null && href.length() > 4 && href.contains(CATEGORY_STRING)) {
appCategoryType = getCategoryTypeByHref(href);
}
}
}
}
//TODO: END_METHOD_2
if (appCategoryType != null && appCategoryType.length() > 1) {
/**
* Ger formatted category String by removing special character.
*/
appCategoryType = replaceSpecialCharacter(appCategoryType);
}
}
} catch (IOException e) {
//appCategoryType = appContext.getString(R.string.category_others);
appCategoryType = "OTHERS";
//TODO:: Handle Exception
e.printStackTrace();
}
} else {
//appCategoryType = appContext.getString(R.string.category_others);
appCategoryType = "OTHERS";
}
} catch (Exception e) {
//TODO:: Handle Exception
e.printStackTrace();
}
return appCategoryType;
}
/**
* #param href
* #return
*/
private String getCategoryTypeByHref(String href) {
String appCategoryType = null;
try {
appCategoryType = href.substring((href.indexOf(CATEGORY_STRING) + cat_size), href.length());
if (appCategoryType != null && appCategoryType.length() > 1) {
if (appCategoryType.contains(CATEGORY_GAME_STRING)) {
//appCategoryType = appContext.getString(R.string.games);
appCategoryType = "GAMES";
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
//TODO:: Handle Exception
e.printStackTrace();
}
return appCategoryType;
}
/**
* #param appCategoryType
* #return: formatted String
*/
private String replaceSpecialCharacter(String appCategoryType) {
try {
//Find and Replace '&' with '&' in category Text
if (appCategoryType.contains("&")) {
appCategoryType = appCategoryType.replace("&", " & ");
}
//Find and Replace '_AND_' with ' & ' in category Text
if (appCategoryType.contains("_AND_")) {
appCategoryType = appCategoryType.replace("_AND_", " & ");
}
//Find and Replace '_' with ' ' <space> in category Text
if (appCategoryType.contains("_")) {
appCategoryType = appCategoryType.replace("_", " ");
}
} catch (Exception e) {
//TODO:: Handle Exception
e.printStackTrace();
}
return appCategoryType;
}
}
It's requires jsoup library for parsing the html page. you can find it here org.jsoup.jsoup1.11.1

Probably a bit late, but the problem is still here.
The OP has the advantage because of sending those results to the API (here I assume that the API is managed by the OP or his API colleagues at least).
So, for anyone with the similar problem I'd suggest following:
Collect all the package names you're interested in from device.
Send that data to the your API
API should extract package names and try to read results from its cache / db...
For those packages that do not exist in cache / db make "market API" call and extract category - save it to the db / cache for reuse in this iteration.
When all requests (to cache / db and market API) are completed do whatever you like with the results.
Things to consider:
When multiple users try to query your API for a same package name and you don't have a category for that package in your cache / db...
Do 1 request to "market API" for packagex and update packagex in your cache / db to "waiting for results" state - next request should either get a "waiting for results" or a result that "market API" returned.
One should also consider a fallback for possible "market API" fails (market API not working, not a google play app, or something similar). This decision is basically tied to your domain and the business trend that you're trying to catch will force a decision about this for you. If you're really into getting this category stuff sorted out you could pipeline this fallback to human decision and update your API db / cache for packagex accordingly.
put up a nice API that would handle these and similar scenarios gracefully then one could probably even commercialize it up to a certain extent and "market API endpoint" - AKA play store package details page. That page would lose a big part of it's fake users :)

how to get referrer using google track in android?

I want to implement install referrer track and want referrer parameter and store in back end database i have seen many exmple or question as on like Get Android Google Analytics referrer tag or Android Google Analytics Campaign tracking not appearing but not get a way i have generated links to and try the code
package SimpleDemo.ReferralTrack;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLDecoder;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.os.Bundle;
public class ReferralReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver
{
#Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
// Workaround for Android security issue: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=16006
try
{
final Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
if (extras != null) {
extras.containsKey(null);
}
}
catch (final Exception e) {
return;
}
Map<String, String> referralParams = new HashMap<String, String>();
// Return if this is not the right intent.
if (! intent.getAction().equals("com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
return;
}
String referrer = intent.getStringExtra("referrer"); //$NON-NLS-1$
if( referrer == null || referrer.length() == 0) {
return;
}
try
{ // Remove any url encoding
referrer = URLDecoder.decode(referrer, "x-www-form-urlencoded"); //$NON-NLS-1$
}
catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) { return; }
// Parse the query string, extracting the relevant data
String[] params = referrer.split("&"); // $NON-NLS-1$
for (String param : params)
{
String[] pair = param.split("="); // $NON-NLS-1$
referralParams.put(pair[0], pair[1]);
}
ReferralReceiver.storeReferralParams(context, referralParams);
}
private final static String[] EXPECTED_PARAMETERS = {
"utm_source",
"utm_medium",
"utm_term",
"utm_content",
"utm_campaign"
};
private final static String PREFS_FILE_NAME = "ReferralParamsFile";
/*
* Stores the referral parameters in the app's sharedPreferences.
* Rewrite this function and retrieveReferralParams() if a
* different storage mechanism is preferred.
*/
public static void storeReferralParams(Context context, Map<String, String> params)
{
SharedPreferences storage = context.getSharedPreferences(ReferralReceiver.PREFS_FILE_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = storage.edit();
for(String key : ReferralReceiver.EXPECTED_PARAMETERS)
{
String value = params.get(key);
if(value != null)
{
editor.putString(key, value);
}
}
editor.commit();
}
/*
* Returns a map with the Market Referral parameters pulled from the sharedPreferences.
*/
public static Map<String, String> retrieveReferralParams(Context context)
{
HashMap<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
SharedPreferences storage = context.getSharedPreferences(ReferralReceiver.PREFS_FILE_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
for(String key : ReferralReceiver.EXPECTED_PARAMETERS)
{
String value = storage.getString(key, null);
if(value != null)
{
params.put(key, value);
}
}
return params;
}
}
After that i have try in my activity
SharedPreferences preferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(DemoActivity.this);
String referrers1 =preferences.getString("ga_campaign", "0");
Map<String, String> retrieveReferralParams=ReferralReceiver.retrieveReferralParams(DemoActivity.this);
String referrers2= retrieveReferralParams.get("utm_source");
String referrers3= retrieveReferralParams.get("utm_medium");
String referrers4= retrieveReferralParams.get("utm_term");
String referrers5= retrieveReferralParams.get("utm_content");
String referrers6= retrieveReferralParams.get("utm_campaign");
tv.setText(referrers1+" "+referrers2+" "+referrers3+" "+referrers4+" "+referrers5+" "+referrers6+" ");
on button click but not get desired output
i want something like from
"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lifestreet.android.TestInstallationIntent&referrer=bb%3DAAAAAAAAAA&feature=search_result%22"
Ans
referrer=bb
any help me highly appreciated
Thanks in advance.

Not sure that Google lets you send arbitrary information. Try using the generator to create the url.
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/devguide#google-play-builder

I have had a similar issue. Found it to be lifecycle problem: the onReceive of the install_referrer receivers are invoked AFTER my app's onResume(), on the SAME main thread, so any attempt to read the referrer file during onResume() fails. Here is the logcat to prove it, this was 100% reproducible over and over on 2 devices using Android 4.2.1 and 4.4.2:
First, play store broadcasts the referrer to the package on a separate (store) process:
11-04 14:17:51.558: D/Finsky(1737): [1] ReferrerRebroadcaster.doBroadcastInstallReferrer: Delivered referrer for com.xxx.demo
The app onResume() - still no activation of the broadcast receivers! S
11-04 14:17:51.888: D/XXX Main Activity(22730): onResume
The app tries to read the referrer (which the receivers should have stored using getSharedPreferences.putString):
11-04 14:17:51.958: I/XXX(22730): Extracted install referrer:
Only now the receivers are invoked on the main thread and will shortly try to write the referrer to a file:
11-04 14:17:51.918: I/XXX(22730): Received install referrer: abcdefg
As you can see, onResume() has no chance to actually read the file, so the extraction yields nothing. However, if I close the app and reopen it, onResume is now able to find the file and the referrer string gets processed - but not on first launch :)
Hope this helps!

Google Analytics uses arbitrary constants in their SDK.
for campaing_source is &cs.