Getting a list of selected app to open in another app

Question

I'm trying to make an app that will show selected app in a list view. I found this link How to get a list of installed android applications and pick one to run but it only show all the app installed on the device. All I want to show is all the app that I made that I installed on my device. So I wonder if I can select them one by one using package name or app name and then put it on a list view using package manager?

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

do you mean you want to get all the user installed app or app that you made ( app that you wrote as com.myapps.*) ? — Milan, Jun 20 '13 at 03:51

Milan · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-20T04:31:47.087

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This is what you can do, filter package containing your package name:

    List<PackageInfo> packs = context.getPackageManager() 
            .getInstalledPackages(0); 

    public static final String MY_APP_PATTERN="com.myapps";

    for (int i = 0; i < packs.size(); i++) { 
        PackageInfo packageInfo = packs.get(i); 
        if (((packs.get(i).applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) == 1)) { 
            continue; 
        } 

       if(packageInfo.packageName.contains(MY_APP_PATTERN)){
           Lod.d(DEBUG_TAG,"This package belongs to me: "+packageInfo.packageName)

           packageInfo.applicationInfo.loadLabel( 
                context.getPackageManager()).toString(); 
           packageInfo.packageName; 
           packageInfo.versionCode; 
           packageInfo.applicationInfo.loadIcon(context 
                .getPackageManager())
       }
    }

You can also use your own pattern matcher to filter starting with.

edited Jun 20 '13 at 04:31

answered Jun 20 '13 at 04:01

Milan

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but how can I only get who contains MY_APP_PATTERN? – Gangnaminmo Ako Jun 20 '13 at 04:05
try running the code and see it's output. Change MY_APP_PATTERN to your app package common name. – Milan Jun 20 '13 at 04:20
wow this really works! thanks man accepting and voting your answer right away! – Gangnaminmo Ako Jun 20 '13 at 04:24
One more question sir how can I also get the app icon using that condition? – Gangnaminmo Ako Jun 20 '13 at 04:27
Ofcourse, you can do whatever you desire to do with it. One suggestion: As some developers doesn't follow standard icon sizes, please use fix height/width for your imageView. – Milan Jun 20 '13 at 04:55

Getting a list of selected app to open in another app

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