Usage

Usage

Create an instance of PackageHunter

PackageHunter packageHunter = new PackageHunter(context);

Next call an available function on the packageHunter instance such as

String appName= packageHunter.getAppNameForPkg(packageName);

To get information from

Specific Package

To get information for a specific packageName , you have the following methods available to you

Value	functionName	returns
Application Name	getAppNameForPkg(packageName)	String
Version	getVersionForPkg(packageName)	String
Version Code	getVersionCodeForPkg(packageName)	String
First install time(ms)	getFirstInstallTimeForPkg(packageName)	long
Last update time(ms)	getLastUpdatedTimeForPkg(packageName)	long
Icon	getIconForPkg(packageName)	Drawable
All Permissions	getPermissionForPkg(packageName)	String[]
All Services	getServicesForPkg(packageName)	String[]
All Providers	getProvidersForPkg(packageName)	String[]
All Receivers	getReceiverForPkg(packageName)	String[]
All Activities	getActivitiesForPkg(packageName)	String[]

All Packages in Device

If you want to get the info about whole list of installed applications

ArrayList<PkgInfo> pkgInfoArrayList = packageHunter.getInstalledPackages()

which will provide you a list of PkgInfo objects each having

1. Application Name
2. Package Name
3. Version
4. Version Code
5. First install time
6. Last install time

Search for a Package

If you would instead like to search for a package which has a certain feature in all installed packages, you would have to call the below function with a flag.

ArrayList<PkgInfo> pkgInfoArrayList = packageHunter.searchInList(query, flag);

where flag can be

Flag	Search in feature
PackageHunter.APPLICATIONS	Application Name
PackageHunter.PACKAGES	Package Name
PackageHunter.PERMISSIONS	Permissions
PackageHunter.SERVICES	Services
PackageHunter.RECEIVERS	Receivers
PackageHunter.ACTIVITIES	Activities
PackageHunter.PROVIDERS	Providers

Checkout the sample app for demo.