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PackageManager

public abstract class PackageManager
extends Object

java.lang.Object
↳	android.content.pm.PackageManager

Known direct subclasses

MockPackageManager

MockPackageManager This class was deprecated in API level 24. Use a mocking framework like Mockito. New tests should be written using the Android Testing Support Library.

Class for retrieving various kinds of information related to the application packages that are currently installed on the device. You can find this class through Context.getPackageManager().

Summary

Nested classes
`class`	`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException` This exception is thrown when a given package, application, or component name cannot be found.

Constants
`int`	`CERT_INPUT_RAW_X509` Certificate input bytes: the input bytes represent an encoded X.509 Certificate which could be generated using an `CertificateFactory`
`int`	`CERT_INPUT_SHA256` Certificate input bytes: the input bytes represent the SHA256 output of an encoded X.509 Certificate.
`int`	`COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT` Flag for `setApplicationEnabledSetting(String, int, int)` and `setComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName, int, int)`: This component or application is in its default enabled state (as specified in its manifest).
`int`	`COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED` Flag for `setApplicationEnabledSetting(String, int, int)` and `setComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName, int, int)`: This component or application has been explicitly disabled, regardless of what it has specified in its manifest.
`int`	`COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED` Flag for `setApplicationEnabledSetting(String, int, int)` only: This application should be considered, until the point where the user actually wants to use it.
`int`	`COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_USER` Flag for `setApplicationEnabledSetting(String, int, int)` only: The user has explicitly disabled the application, regardless of what it has specified in its manifest.
`int`	`COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED` Flag for `setApplicationEnabledSetting(String, int, int)` and `setComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName, int, int)`: This component or application has been explictily enabled, regardless of what it has specified in its manifest.
`int`	`DONT_KILL_APP` Flag parameter for `setComponentEnabledSetting(android.content.ComponentName, int, int)` to indicate that you don't want to kill the app containing the component.
`String`	`EXTRA_VERIFICATION_ID` Extra field name for the ID of a package pending verification.
`String`	`EXTRA_VERIFICATION_RESULT` Extra field name for the result of a verification, either `VERIFICATION_ALLOW`, or `VERIFICATION_REJECT`.
`String`	`FEATURE_ACTIVITIES_ON_SECONDARY_DISPLAYS` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports running activities on secondary displays.
`String`	`FEATURE_APP_WIDGETS` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports app widgets.
`String`	`FEATURE_AUDIO_LOW_LATENCY` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device's audio pipeline is low-latency, more suitable for audio applications sensitive to delays or lag in sound input or output.
`String`	`FEATURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes at least one form of audio output, as defined in the Android Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) section 7.8 Audio.
`String`	`FEATURE_AUDIO_PRO` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has professional audio level of functionality and performance.
`String`	`FEATURE_AUTOFILL` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports autofill of user credentials, addresses, credit cards, etc via integration with `autofill providers`.
`String`	`FEATURE_AUTOMOTIVE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: This is a device dedicated to showing UI on a vehicle headunit.
`String`	`FEATURE_BACKUP` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device can perform backup and restore operations on installed applications.
`String`	`FEATURE_BLUETOOTH` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device is capable of communicating with other devices via Bluetooth.
`String`	`FEATURE_BLUETOOTH_LE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device is capable of communicating with other devices via Bluetooth Low Energy radio.
`String`	`FEATURE_CAMERA` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has a camera facing away from the screen.
`String`	`FEATURE_CAMERA_ANY` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has at least one camera pointing in some direction, or can support an external camera being connected to it.
`String`	`FEATURE_CAMERA_AR` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: At least one of the cameras on the device supports the `MOTION_TRACKING` capability level.
`String`	`FEATURE_CAMERA_AUTOFOCUS` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device's camera supports auto-focus.
`String`	`FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_MANUAL_POST_PROCESSING` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: At least one of the cameras on the device supports the `manual post-processing` capability level.
`String`	`FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_MANUAL_SENSOR` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: At least one of the cameras on the device supports the `manual sensor` capability level.
`String`	`FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_RAW` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: At least one of the cameras on the device supports the `RAW` capability level.
`String`	`FEATURE_CAMERA_EXTERNAL` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device can support having an external camera connected to it.
`String`	`FEATURE_CAMERA_FLASH` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device's camera supports flash.
`String`	`FEATURE_CAMERA_FRONT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has a front facing camera.
`String`	`FEATURE_CAMERA_LEVEL_FULL` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: At least one of the cameras on the device supports the `full hardware` capability level.
`String`	`FEATURE_CANT_SAVE_STATE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports the `R.attr.cantSaveState` API.
`String`	`FEATURE_COMPANION_DEVICE_SETUP` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports `associating` with devices via `CompanionDeviceManager`.
`String`	`FEATURE_CONNECTION_SERVICE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The Connection Service API is enabled on the device.
`String`	`FEATURE_CONSUMER_IR` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device is capable of communicating with consumer IR devices.
`String`	`FEATURE_DEVICE_ADMIN` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports device policy enforcement via device admins.
`String`	`FEATURE_EMBEDDED` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: This is a device for IoT and may not have an UI.
`String`	`FEATURE_ETHERNET` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: This device supports ethernet.
`String`	`FEATURE_FAKETOUCH` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device does not have a touch screen, but does support touch emulation for basic events.
`String`	`FEATURE_FAKETOUCH_MULTITOUCH_DISTINCT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device does not have a touch screen, but does support touch emulation for basic events that supports distinct tracking of two or more fingers.
`String`	`FEATURE_FAKETOUCH_MULTITOUCH_JAZZHAND` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device does not have a touch screen, but does support touch emulation for basic events that supports tracking a hand of fingers (5 or more fingers) fully independently.
`String`	`FEATURE_FINGERPRINT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has biometric hardware to detect a fingerprint.
`String`	`FEATURE_FREEFORM_WINDOW_MANAGEMENT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports freeform window management.
`String`	`FEATURE_GAMEPAD` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has all of the inputs necessary to be considered a compatible game controller, or includes a compatible game controller in the box.
`String`	`FEATURE_HIFI_SENSORS` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports high fidelity sensor processing capabilities.
`String`	`FEATURE_HOME_SCREEN` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports a home screen that is replaceable by third party applications.
`String`	`FEATURE_INPUT_METHODS` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports adding new input methods implemented with the `InputMethodService` API.
`String`	`FEATURE_LEANBACK` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports leanback UI.
`String`	`FEATURE_LEANBACK_ONLY` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports only leanback UI.
`String`	`FEATURE_LIVE_TV` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports live TV and can display contents from TV inputs implemented with the `TvInputService` API.
`String`	`FEATURE_LIVE_WALLPAPER` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports live wallpapers.
`String`	`FEATURE_LOCATION` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports one or more methods of reporting current location.
`String`	`FEATURE_LOCATION_GPS` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has a Global Positioning System receiver and can report precise location.
`String`	`FEATURE_LOCATION_NETWORK` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device can report location with coarse accuracy using a network-based geolocation system.
`String`	`FEATURE_MANAGED_USERS` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports creating secondary users and managed profiles via `DevicePolicyManager`.
`String`	`FEATURE_MICROPHONE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device can record audio via a microphone.
`String`	`FEATURE_MIDI` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has a full implementation of the android.media.midi.* APIs.
`String`	`FEATURE_NFC` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device can communicate using Near-Field Communications (NFC).
`String`	`FEATURE_NFC_HOST_CARD_EMULATION` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports host- based NFC card emulation.
`String`	`FEATURE_NFC_HOST_CARD_EMULATION_NFCF` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports host- based NFC-F card emulation.
`String`	`FEATURE_OPENGLES_EXTENSION_PACK` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports the OpenGL ES Android Extension Pack.
`String`	`FEATURE_PC` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: This is a device dedicated to be primarily used with keyboard, mouse or touchpad.
`String`	`FEATURE_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports picture-in-picture multi-window mode.
`String`	`FEATURE_PRINTING` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports printing.
`String`	`FEATURE_RAM_LOW` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device's `ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice()` method returns true.
`String`	`FEATURE_RAM_NORMAL` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device's `ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice()` method returns false.
`String`	`FEATURE_SCREEN_LANDSCAPE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports landscape orientation screens.
`String`	`FEATURE_SCREEN_PORTRAIT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports portrait orientation screens.
`String`	`FEATURE_SECURELY_REMOVES_USERS` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports secure removal of users.
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_ACCELEROMETER` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes an accelerometer.
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes an ambient temperature sensor.
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_BAROMETER` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes a barometer (air pressure sensor.)
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_COMPASS` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes a magnetometer (compass).
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_GYROSCOPE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes a gyroscope.
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_HEART_RATE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes a heart rate monitor.
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_HEART_RATE_ECG` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The heart rate sensor on this device is an Electrocardiogram.
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_LIGHT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes a light sensor.
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_PROXIMITY` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes a proximity sensor.
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_RELATIVE_HUMIDITY` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes a relative humidity sensor.
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_STEP_COUNTER` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes a hardware step counter.
`String`	`FEATURE_SENSOR_STEP_DETECTOR` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device includes a hardware step detector.
`String`	`FEATURE_SIP` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The SIP API is enabled on the device.
`String`	`FEATURE_SIP_VOIP` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports SIP-based VOIP.
`String`	`FEATURE_STRONGBOX_KEYSTORE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has a StrongBox hardware-backed Keystore.
`String`	`FEATURE_TELEPHONY` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has a telephony radio with data communication support.
`String`	`FEATURE_TELEPHONY_CDMA` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has a CDMA telephony stack.
`String`	`FEATURE_TELEPHONY_EUICC` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports embedded subscriptions on eUICCs.
`String`	`FEATURE_TELEPHONY_GSM` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has a GSM telephony stack.
`String`	`FEATURE_TELEPHONY_MBMS` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports cell-broadcast reception using the MBMS APIs.
`String`	`FEATURE_TELEVISION` This constant was deprecated in API level 21. use `FEATURE_LEANBACK` instead.
`String`	`FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device's display has a touch screen.
`String`	`FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device's touch screen supports multitouch sufficient for basic two-finger gesture detection.
`String`	`FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH_DISTINCT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device's touch screen is capable of tracking two or more fingers fully independently.
`String`	`FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH_JAZZHAND` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device's touch screen is capable of tracking a full hand of fingers fully independently -- that is, 5 or more simultaneous independent pointers.
`String`	`FEATURE_USB_ACCESSORY` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports connecting to USB accessories.
`String`	`FEATURE_USB_HOST` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports connecting to USB devices as the USB host.
`String`	`FEATURE_VERIFIED_BOOT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports verified boot.
`String`	`FEATURE_VR_HEADTRACKING` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device implements headtracking suitable for a VR device.
`String`	`FEATURE_VR_MODE` This constant was deprecated in API level 28. use `FEATURE_VR_MODE_HIGH_PERFORMANCE` instead.
`String`	`FEATURE_VR_MODE_HIGH_PERFORMANCE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device implements an optimized mode for virtual reality (VR) applications that handles stereoscopic rendering of notifications, disables most monocular system UI components while a VR application has user focus and meets extra CDD requirements to provide a high-quality VR experience.
`String`	`FEATURE_VULKAN_HARDWARE_COMPUTE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String, int)`: If this feature is supported, the Vulkan native API will enumerate at least one `VkPhysicalDevice`, and the feature version will indicate what level of optional compute features that device supports beyond the Vulkan 1.0 requirements.
`String`	`FEATURE_VULKAN_HARDWARE_LEVEL` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String, int)`: If this feature is supported, the Vulkan native API will enumerate at least one `VkPhysicalDevice`, and the feature version will indicate what level of optional hardware features limits it supports.
`String`	`FEATURE_VULKAN_HARDWARE_VERSION` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String, int)`: The version of this feature indicates the highest `VkPhysicalDeviceProperties::apiVersion` supported by the physical devices that support the hardware level indicated by `FEATURE_VULKAN_HARDWARE_LEVEL`.
`String`	`FEATURE_WATCH` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: This is a device dedicated to showing UI on a watch.
`String`	`FEATURE_WEBVIEW` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device has a full implementation of the android.webkit.* APIs.
`String`	`FEATURE_WIFI` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports WiFi (802.11) networking.
`String`	`FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports Wi-Fi Aware.
`String`	`FEATURE_WIFI_DIRECT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports Wi-Fi Direct networking.
`String`	`FEATURE_WIFI_PASSPOINT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports Wi-Fi Passpoint and all Passpoint related APIs in `WifiManager` are supported.
`String`	`FEATURE_WIFI_RTT` Feature for `getSystemAvailableFeatures()` and `hasSystemFeature(String)`: The device supports Wi-Fi RTT (IEEE 802.11mc).
`int`	`GET_ACTIVITIES` `PackageInfo` flag: return information about activities in the package in `PackageInfo.activities`.
`int`	`GET_CONFIGURATIONS` `PackageInfo` flag: return information about hardware preferences in `PackageInfo.configPreferences`, and requested features in `PackageInfo.reqFeatures` and `PackageInfo.featureGroups`.
`int`	`GET_DISABLED_COMPONENTS` This constant was deprecated in API level 24. replaced with `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`
`int`	`GET_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS` This constant was deprecated in API level 24. replaced with `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`.
`int`	`GET_GIDS` `PackageInfo` flag: return the `group ids` that are associated with an application.
`int`	`GET_INSTRUMENTATION` `PackageInfo` flag: return information about instrumentation in the package in `PackageInfo.instrumentation`.
`int`	`GET_INTENT_FILTERS` `PackageInfo` flag: return information about the intent filters supported by the activity.
`int`	`GET_META_DATA` `ComponentInfo` flag: return the `PackageItemInfo.metaData` data `Bundle`s that are associated with a component.
`int`	`GET_PERMISSIONS` `PackageInfo` flag: return information about permissions in the package in `PackageInfo.permissions`.
`int`	`GET_PROVIDERS` `PackageInfo` flag: return information about content providers in the package in `PackageInfo.providers`.
`int`	`GET_RECEIVERS` `PackageInfo` flag: return information about intent receivers in the package in `PackageInfo.receivers`.
`int`	`GET_RESOLVED_FILTER` `ResolveInfo` flag: return the IntentFilter that was matched for a particular ResolveInfo in `ResolveInfo.filter`.
`int`	`GET_SERVICES` `PackageInfo` flag: return information about services in the package in `PackageInfo.services`.
`int`	`GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES` `ApplicationInfo` flag: return the `paths to the shared libraries` that are associated with an application.
`int`	`GET_SIGNATURES` This constant was deprecated in API level 28. use `GET_SIGNING_CERTIFICATES` instead
`int`	`GET_SIGNING_CERTIFICATES` `PackageInfo` flag: return the signing certificates associated with this package.
`int`	`GET_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES` This constant was deprecated in API level 24. replaced with `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`
`int`	`GET_URI_PERMISSION_PATTERNS` `ProviderInfo` flag: return the `URI permission patterns` that are associated with a content provider.
`int`	`INSTALL_REASON_DEVICE_RESTORE` Code indicating that this package was installed as part of restoring from another device.
`int`	`INSTALL_REASON_DEVICE_SETUP` Code indicating that this package was installed as part of device setup.
`int`	`INSTALL_REASON_POLICY` Code indicating that this package was installed due to enterprise policy.
`int`	`INSTALL_REASON_UNKNOWN` Code indicating that the reason for installing this package is unknown.
`int`	`INSTALL_REASON_USER` Code indicating that the package installation was initiated by the user.
`int`	`MATCH_ALL` Querying flag: if set and if the platform is doing any filtering of the results, then the filtering will not happen.
`int`	`MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY` Resolution and querying flag: if set, only filters that support the `Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT` will be considered for matching.
`int`	`MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE` Querying flag: match components which are direct boot aware in the returned info, regardless of the current user state.
`int`	`MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE` Querying flag: match components which are direct boot unaware in the returned info, regardless of the current user state.
`int`	`MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS` `PackageInfo` flag: include disabled components in the returned info.
`int`	`MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS` `PackageInfo` flag: include disabled components which are in that state only because of `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED` in the returned info.
`int`	`MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` Querying flag: include only components from applications that are marked with `ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM`.
`int`	`MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES` Flag parameter to retrieve some information about all applications (even uninstalled ones) which have data directories.
`long`	`MAXIMUM_VERIFICATION_TIMEOUT` Can be used as the `millisecondsToDelay` argument for `extendVerificationTimeout(int, int, long)`.
`int`	`PERMISSION_DENIED` Permission check result: this is returned by `checkPermission(String, String)` if the permission has not been granted to the given package.
`int`	`PERMISSION_GRANTED` Permission check result: this is returned by `checkPermission(String, String)` if the permission has been granted to the given package.
`int`	`SIGNATURE_FIRST_NOT_SIGNED` Signature check result: this is returned by `checkSignatures(int, int)` if the first package is not signed but the second is.
`int`	`SIGNATURE_MATCH` Signature check result: this is returned by `checkSignatures(int, int)` if all signatures on the two packages match.
`int`	`SIGNATURE_NEITHER_SIGNED` Signature check result: this is returned by `checkSignatures(int, int)` if neither of the two packages is signed.
`int`	`SIGNATURE_NO_MATCH` Signature check result: this is returned by `checkSignatures(int, int)` if not all signatures on both packages match.
`int`	`SIGNATURE_SECOND_NOT_SIGNED` Signature check result: this is returned by `checkSignatures(int, int)` if the second package is not signed but the first is.
`int`	`SIGNATURE_UNKNOWN_PACKAGE` Signature check result: this is returned by `checkSignatures(int, int)` if either of the packages are not valid.
`int`	`VERIFICATION_ALLOW` Used as the `verificationCode` argument for `verifyPendingInstall(int, int)` to indicate that the calling package verifier allows the installation to proceed.
`int`	`VERIFICATION_REJECT` Used as the `verificationCode` argument for `verifyPendingInstall(int, int)` to indicate the calling package verifier does not vote to allow the installation to proceed.
`int`	`VERSION_CODE_HIGHEST` Constant for specifying the highest installed package version code.

Public constructors
`PackageManager()`

Public methods
`abstract void`	`addPackageToPreferred(String packageName)` This method was deprecated in API level 7. This function no longer does anything; it was an old approach to managing preferred activities, which has been superseded by (and conflicts with) the modern activity-based preferences.
`abstract boolean`	`addPermission(PermissionInfo info)` Add a new dynamic permission to the system.
`abstract boolean`	`addPermissionAsync(PermissionInfo info)` Like `addPermission(PermissionInfo)` but asynchronously persists the package manager state after returning from the call, allowing it to return quicker and batch a series of adds at the expense of no guarantee the added permission will be retained if the device is rebooted before it is written.
`abstract void`	`addPreferredActivity(IntentFilter filter, int match, ComponentName[] set, ComponentName activity)` This method was deprecated in API level 8. This is a protected API that should not have been available to third party applications. It is the platform's responsibility for assigning preferred activities and this cannot be directly modified. Add a new preferred activity mapping to the system. This will be used to automatically select the given activity component when `Context.startActivity()` finds multiple matching activities and also matches the given filter.
`abstract boolean`	`canRequestPackageInstalls()` Checks whether the calling package is allowed to request package installs through package installer.
`abstract String[]`	`canonicalToCurrentPackageNames(String[] names)` Map from a packages canonical name to the current name in use on the device.
`abstract int`	`checkPermission(String permName, String pkgName)` Check whether a particular package has been granted a particular permission.
`abstract int`	`checkSignatures(String pkg1, String pkg2)` Compare the signatures of two packages to determine if the same signature appears in both of them.
`abstract int`	`checkSignatures(int uid1, int uid2)` Like `checkSignatures(String, String)`, but takes UIDs of the two packages to be checked.
`abstract void`	`clearInstantAppCookie()` Clears the instant application cookie for the calling app.
`abstract void`	`clearPackagePreferredActivities(String packageName)` Remove all preferred activity mappings, previously added with `addPreferredActivity(IntentFilter, int, ComponentName[], ComponentName)`, from the system whose activities are implemented in the given package name.
`abstract String[]`	`currentToCanonicalPackageNames(String[] names)` Map from the current package names in use on the device to whatever the current canonical name of that package is.
`abstract void`	`extendVerificationTimeout(int id, int verificationCodeAtTimeout, long millisecondsToDelay)` Allows a package listening to the `package verification broadcast` to extend the default timeout for a response and declare what action to perform after the timeout occurs.
`abstract Drawable`	`getActivityBanner(ComponentName activityName)` Retrieve the banner associated with an activity.
`abstract Drawable`	`getActivityBanner(Intent intent)` Retrieve the banner associated with an Intent.
`abstract Drawable`	`getActivityIcon(Intent intent)` Retrieve the icon associated with an Intent.
`abstract Drawable`	`getActivityIcon(ComponentName activityName)` Retrieve the icon associated with an activity.
`abstract ActivityInfo`	`getActivityInfo(ComponentName component, int flags)` Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular activity class.
`abstract Drawable`	`getActivityLogo(Intent intent)` Retrieve the logo associated with an Intent.
`abstract Drawable`	`getActivityLogo(ComponentName activityName)` Retrieve the logo associated with an activity.
`abstract List<PermissionGroupInfo>`	`getAllPermissionGroups(int flags)` Retrieve all of the known permission groups in the system.
`abstract Drawable`	`getApplicationBanner(String packageName)` Retrieve the banner associated with an application.
`abstract Drawable`	`getApplicationBanner(ApplicationInfo info)` Retrieve the banner associated with an application.
`abstract int`	`getApplicationEnabledSetting(String packageName)` Return the enabled setting for an application.
`abstract Drawable`	`getApplicationIcon(ApplicationInfo info)` Retrieve the icon associated with an application.
`abstract Drawable`	`getApplicationIcon(String packageName)` Retrieve the icon associated with an application.
`abstract ApplicationInfo`	`getApplicationInfo(String packageName, int flags)` Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular package/application.
`abstract CharSequence`	`getApplicationLabel(ApplicationInfo info)` Return the label to use for this application.
`abstract Drawable`	`getApplicationLogo(String packageName)` Retrieve the logo associated with an application.
`abstract Drawable`	`getApplicationLogo(ApplicationInfo info)` Retrieve the logo associated with an application.
`abstract ChangedPackages`	`getChangedPackages(int sequenceNumber)` Returns the names of the packages that have been changed [eg.
`abstract int`	`getComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName componentName)` Return the enabled setting for a package component (activity, receiver, service, provider).
`abstract Drawable`	`getDefaultActivityIcon()` Return the generic icon for an activity that is used when no specific icon is defined.
`abstract Drawable`	`getDrawable(String packageName, int resid, ApplicationInfo appInfo)` Retrieve an image from a package.
`abstract List<ApplicationInfo>`	`getInstalledApplications(int flags)` Return a List of all application packages that are installed for the current user.
`abstract List<PackageInfo>`	`getInstalledPackages(int flags)` Return a List of all packages that are installed for the current user.
`abstract String`	`getInstallerPackageName(String packageName)` Retrieve the package name of the application that installed a package.
`abstract byte[]`	`getInstantAppCookie()` Gets the instant application cookie for this app.
`abstract int`	`getInstantAppCookieMaxBytes()` Gets the maximum size in bytes of the cookie data an instant app can store on the device.
`abstract InstrumentationInfo`	`getInstrumentationInfo(ComponentName className, int flags)` Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular instrumentation class.
`abstract Intent`	`getLaunchIntentForPackage(String packageName)` Returns a "good" intent to launch a front-door activity in a package.
`abstract Intent`	`getLeanbackLaunchIntentForPackage(String packageName)` Return a "good" intent to launch a front-door Leanback activity in a package, for use for example to implement an "open" button when browsing through packages.
`abstract String`	`getNameForUid(int uid)` Retrieve the official name associated with a uid.
`PackageInfo`	`getPackageArchiveInfo(String archiveFilePath, int flags)` Retrieve overall information about an application package defined in a package archive file
`abstract int[]`	`getPackageGids(String packageName)` Return an array of all of the POSIX secondary group IDs that have been assigned to the given package.
`abstract int[]`	`getPackageGids(String packageName, int flags)` Return an array of all of the POSIX secondary group IDs that have been assigned to the given package.
`abstract PackageInfo`	`getPackageInfo(String packageName, int flags)` Retrieve overall information about an application package that is installed on the system.
`abstract PackageInfo`	`getPackageInfo(VersionedPackage versionedPackage, int flags)` Retrieve overall information about an application package that is installed on the system.
`abstract PackageInstaller`	`getPackageInstaller()` Return interface that offers the ability to install, upgrade, and remove applications on the device.
`abstract int`	`getPackageUid(String packageName, int flags)` Return the UID associated with the given package name.
`abstract String[]`	`getPackagesForUid(int uid)` Retrieve the names of all packages that are associated with a particular user id.
`abstract List<PackageInfo>`	`getPackagesHoldingPermissions(String[] permissions, int flags)` Return a List of all installed packages that are currently holding any of the given permissions.
`abstract PermissionGroupInfo`	`getPermissionGroupInfo(String name, int flags)` Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular group of permissions.
`abstract PermissionInfo`	`getPermissionInfo(String name, int flags)` Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular permission.
`abstract int`	`getPreferredActivities(List<IntentFilter> outFilters, List<ComponentName> outActivities, String packageName)` Retrieve all preferred activities, previously added with `addPreferredActivity(IntentFilter, int, ComponentName[], ComponentName)`, that are currently registered with the system.
`abstract List<PackageInfo>`	`getPreferredPackages(int flags)` Retrieve the list of all currently configured preferred packages.
`abstract ProviderInfo`	`getProviderInfo(ComponentName component, int flags)` Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular content provider class.
`abstract ActivityInfo`	`getReceiverInfo(ComponentName component, int flags)` Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular receiver class.
`abstract Resources`	`getResourcesForActivity(ComponentName activityName)` Retrieve the resources associated with an activity.
`abstract Resources`	`getResourcesForApplication(ApplicationInfo app)` Retrieve the resources for an application.
`abstract Resources`	`getResourcesForApplication(String appPackageName)` Retrieve the resources associated with an application.
`abstract ServiceInfo`	`getServiceInfo(ComponentName component, int flags)` Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular service class.
`abstract List<SharedLibraryInfo>`	`getSharedLibraries(int flags)` Get a list of shared libraries on the device.
`Bundle`	`getSuspendedPackageAppExtras()` Returns a `Bundle` of extras that was meant to be sent to the calling app when it was suspended.
`abstract FeatureInfo[]`	`getSystemAvailableFeatures()` Get a list of features that are available on the system.
`abstract String[]`	`getSystemSharedLibraryNames()` Get a list of shared libraries that are available on the system.
`abstract CharSequence`	`getText(String packageName, int resid, ApplicationInfo appInfo)` Retrieve text from a package.
`abstract Drawable`	`getUserBadgedDrawableForDensity(Drawable drawable, UserHandle user, Rect badgeLocation, int badgeDensity)` If the target user is a managed profile of the calling user or the caller is itself a managed profile, then this returns a badged copy of the given drawable allowing the user to distinguish it from the original drawable.
`abstract Drawable`	`getUserBadgedIcon(Drawable icon, UserHandle user)` If the target user is a managed profile, then this returns a badged copy of the given icon to be able to distinguish it from the original icon.
`abstract CharSequence`	`getUserBadgedLabel(CharSequence label, UserHandle user)` If the target user is a managed profile of the calling user or the caller is itself a managed profile, then this returns a copy of the label with badging for accessibility services like talkback.
`abstract XmlResourceParser`	`getXml(String packageName, int resid, ApplicationInfo appInfo)` Retrieve an XML file from a package.
`boolean`	`hasSigningCertificate(int uid, byte[] certificate, int type)` Searches the set of signing certificates by which the package(s) for the given uid has proven to have been signed.
`boolean`	`hasSigningCertificate(String packageName, byte[] certificate, int type)` Searches the set of signing certificates by which the given package has proven to have been signed.
`abstract boolean`	`hasSystemFeature(String name)` Check whether the given feature name is one of the available features as returned by `getSystemAvailableFeatures()`.
`abstract boolean`	`hasSystemFeature(String name, int version)` Check whether the given feature name and version is one of the available features as returned by `getSystemAvailableFeatures()`.
`abstract boolean`	`isInstantApp()` Gets whether this application is an instant app.
`abstract boolean`	`isInstantApp(String packageName)` Gets whether the given package is an instant app.
`boolean`	`isPackageSuspended()` Apps can query this to know if they have been suspended.
`abstract boolean`	`isPermissionRevokedByPolicy(String permName, String pkgName)` Checks whether a particular permissions has been revoked for a package by policy.
`abstract boolean`	`isSafeMode()` Return whether the device has been booted into safe mode.
`abstract List<ResolveInfo>`	`queryBroadcastReceivers(Intent intent, int flags)` Retrieve all receivers that can handle a broadcast of the given intent.
`abstract List<ProviderInfo>`	`queryContentProviders(String processName, int uid, int flags)` Retrieve content provider information.
`abstract List<InstrumentationInfo>`	`queryInstrumentation(String targetPackage, int flags)` Retrieve information about available instrumentation code.
`abstract List<ResolveInfo>`	`queryIntentActivities(Intent intent, int flags)` Retrieve all activities that can be performed for the given intent.
`abstract List<ResolveInfo>`	`queryIntentActivityOptions(ComponentName caller, Intent[] specifics, Intent intent, int flags)` Retrieve a set of activities that should be presented to the user as similar options.
`abstract List<ResolveInfo>`	`queryIntentContentProviders(Intent intent, int flags)` Retrieve all providers that can match the given intent.
`abstract List<ResolveInfo>`	`queryIntentServices(Intent intent, int flags)` Retrieve all services that can match the given intent.
`abstract List<PermissionInfo>`	`queryPermissionsByGroup(String group, int flags)` Query for all of the permissions associated with a particular group.
`abstract void`	`removePackageFromPreferred(String packageName)` This method was deprecated in API level 7. This function no longer does anything; it was an old approach to managing preferred activities, which has been superseded by (and conflicts with) the modern activity-based preferences.
`abstract void`	`removePermission(String name)` Removes a permission that was previously added with `addPermission(PermissionInfo)`.
`abstract ResolveInfo`	`resolveActivity(Intent intent, int flags)` Determine the best action to perform for a given Intent.
`abstract ProviderInfo`	`resolveContentProvider(String name, int flags)` Find a single content provider by its base path name.
`abstract ResolveInfo`	`resolveService(Intent intent, int flags)` Determine the best service to handle for a given Intent.
`abstract void`	`setApplicationCategoryHint(String packageName, int categoryHint)` Provide a hint of what the `ApplicationInfo.category` value should be for the given package.
`abstract void`	`setApplicationEnabledSetting(String packageName, int newState, int flags)` Set the enabled setting for an application This setting will override any enabled state which may have been set by the application in its manifest.
`abstract void`	`setComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName componentName, int newState, int flags)` Set the enabled setting for a package component (activity, receiver, service, provider).
`abstract void`	`setInstallerPackageName(String targetPackage, String installerPackageName)` Change the installer associated with a given package.
`abstract void`	`updateInstantAppCookie(byte[] cookie)` Updates the instant application cookie for the calling app.
`abstract void`	`verifyPendingInstall(int id, int verificationCode)` Allows a package listening to the `package verification broadcast` to respond to the package manager.

Inherited methods

From class



          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long millis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long millis)` Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.

Constants

CERT_INPUT_RAW_X509

added in API level 28

public static final int CERT_INPUT_RAW_X509

Certificate input bytes: the input bytes represent an encoded X.509 Certificate which could be generated using an CertificateFactory

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

CERT_INPUT_SHA256

added in API level 28

public static final int CERT_INPUT_SHA256

Certificate input bytes: the input bytes represent the SHA256 output of an encoded X.509 Certificate.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT

added in API level 1

public static final int COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT

Flag for setApplicationEnabledSetting(String, int, int) and setComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName, int, int): This component or application is in its default enabled state (as specified in its manifest).

Explicitly setting the component state to this value restores it's enabled state to whatever is set in the manifest.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED

added in API level 1

public static final int COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED

Flag for setApplicationEnabledSetting(String, int, int) and setComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName, int, int): This component or application has been explicitly disabled, regardless of what it has specified in its manifest.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED

added in API level 18

public static final int COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED

Flag for setApplicationEnabledSetting(String, int, int) only: This application should be considered, until the point where the user actually wants to use it. This means that it will not normally show up to the user (such as in the launcher), but various parts of the user interface can use GET_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS to still see it and allow the user to select it (as for example an IME, device admin, etc). Such code, once the user has selected the app, should at that point also make it enabled. This option currently can not be used with setComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName, int, int).

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_USER

added in API level 14

public static final int COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_USER

Flag for setApplicationEnabledSetting(String, int, int) only: The user has explicitly disabled the application, regardless of what it has specified in its manifest. Because this is due to the user's request, they may re-enable it if desired through the appropriate system UI. This option currently cannot be used with setComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName, int, int).

Constant Value: 3 (0x00000003)

COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED

added in API level 1

public static final int COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED

Flag for setApplicationEnabledSetting(String, int, int) and setComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName, int, int): This component or application has been explictily enabled, regardless of what it has specified in its manifest.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

DONT_KILL_APP

added in API level 1

public static final int DONT_KILL_APP

Flag parameter for setComponentEnabledSetting(android.content.ComponentName, int, int) to indicate that you don't want to kill the app containing the component. Be careful when you set this since changing component states can make the containing application's behavior unpredictable.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

EXTRA_VERIFICATION_ID

added in API level 14

public static final String EXTRA_VERIFICATION_ID

Extra field name for the ID of a package pending verification. Passed to a package verifier and is used to call back to verifyPendingInstall(int, int)

Constant Value: "android.content.pm.extra.VERIFICATION_ID"

EXTRA_VERIFICATION_RESULT

added in API level 17

public static final String EXTRA_VERIFICATION_RESULT

Extra field name for the result of a verification, either VERIFICATION_ALLOW, or VERIFICATION_REJECT. Passed to package verifiers after a package is verified.

Constant Value: "android.content.pm.extra.VERIFICATION_RESULT"

FEATURE_ACTIVITIES_ON_SECONDARY_DISPLAYS

added in API level 26

public static final String FEATURE_ACTIVITIES_ON_SECONDARY_DISPLAYS

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports running activities on secondary displays.

Constant Value: "android.software.activities_on_secondary_displays"

FEATURE_APP_WIDGETS

added in API level 18

public static final String FEATURE_APP_WIDGETS

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports app widgets.

Constant Value: "android.software.app_widgets"

FEATURE_AUDIO_LOW_LATENCY

added in API level 9

public static final String FEATURE_AUDIO_LOW_LATENCY

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device's audio pipeline is low-latency, more suitable for audio applications sensitive to delays or lag in sound input or output.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.audio.low_latency"

FEATURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes at least one form of audio output, as defined in the Android Compatibility Definition Document (CDD) section 7.8 Audio.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.audio.output"

FEATURE_AUDIO_PRO

added in API level 23

public static final String FEATURE_AUDIO_PRO

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has professional audio level of functionality and performance.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.audio.pro"

FEATURE_AUTOFILL

added in API level 26

public static final String FEATURE_AUTOFILL

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports autofill of user credentials, addresses, credit cards, etc via integration with autofill providers.

Constant Value: "android.software.autofill"

FEATURE_AUTOMOTIVE

added in API level 23

public static final String FEATURE_AUTOMOTIVE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): This is a device dedicated to showing UI on a vehicle headunit. A headunit here is defined to be inside a vehicle that may or may not be moving. A headunit uses either a primary display in the center console and/or additional displays in the instrument cluster or elsewhere in the vehicle. Headunit display(s) have limited size and resolution. The user will likely be focused on driving so limiting driver distraction is a primary concern. User input can be a variety of hard buttons, touch, rotary controllers and even mouse- like interfaces.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.type.automotive"

FEATURE_BACKUP

added in API level 20

public static final String FEATURE_BACKUP

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device can perform backup and restore operations on installed applications.

Constant Value: "android.software.backup"

FEATURE_BLUETOOTH

added in API level 8

public static final String FEATURE_BLUETOOTH

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device is capable of communicating with other devices via Bluetooth.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.bluetooth"

FEATURE_BLUETOOTH_LE

added in API level 18

public static final String FEATURE_BLUETOOTH_LE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device is capable of communicating with other devices via Bluetooth Low Energy radio.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.bluetooth_le"

FEATURE_CAMERA

added in API level 7

public static final String FEATURE_CAMERA

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has a camera facing away from the screen.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.camera"

FEATURE_CAMERA_ANY

added in API level 17

public static final String FEATURE_CAMERA_ANY

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has at least one camera pointing in some direction, or can support an external camera being connected to it.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.camera.any"

FEATURE_CAMERA_AR

added in API level 28

public static final String FEATURE_CAMERA_AR

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): At least one of the cameras on the device supports the MOTION_TRACKING capability level.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.camera.ar"

FEATURE_CAMERA_AUTOFOCUS

added in API level 7

public static final String FEATURE_CAMERA_AUTOFOCUS

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device's camera supports auto-focus.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.camera.autofocus"

FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_MANUAL_POST_PROCESSING

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_MANUAL_POST_PROCESSING

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): At least one of the cameras on the device supports the manual post-processing capability level.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.camera.capability.manual_post_processing"

FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_MANUAL_SENSOR

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_MANUAL_SENSOR

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): At least one of the cameras on the device supports the manual sensor capability level.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.camera.capability.manual_sensor"

FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_RAW

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_RAW

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): At least one of the cameras on the device supports the RAW capability level.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.camera.capability.raw"

FEATURE_CAMERA_EXTERNAL

added in API level 20

public static final String FEATURE_CAMERA_EXTERNAL

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device can support having an external camera connected to it. The external camera may not always be connected or available to applications to use.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.camera.external"

FEATURE_CAMERA_FLASH

added in API level 7

public static final String FEATURE_CAMERA_FLASH

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device's camera supports flash.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.camera.flash"

FEATURE_CAMERA_FRONT

added in API level 9

public static final String FEATURE_CAMERA_FRONT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has a front facing camera.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.camera.front"

FEATURE_CAMERA_LEVEL_FULL

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_CAMERA_LEVEL_FULL

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): At least one of the cameras on the device supports the full hardware capability level.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.camera.level.full"

FEATURE_CANT_SAVE_STATE

public static final String FEATURE_CANT_SAVE_STATE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports the R.attr.cantSaveState API.

Constant Value: "android.software.cant_save_state"

FEATURE_COMPANION_DEVICE_SETUP

added in API level 26

public static final String FEATURE_COMPANION_DEVICE_SETUP

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports associating with devices via CompanionDeviceManager.

Constant Value: "android.software.companion_device_setup"

FEATURE_CONNECTION_SERVICE

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_CONNECTION_SERVICE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The Connection Service API is enabled on the device.

Constant Value: "android.software.connectionservice"

FEATURE_CONSUMER_IR

added in API level 19

public static final String FEATURE_CONSUMER_IR

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device is capable of communicating with consumer IR devices.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.consumerir"

FEATURE_DEVICE_ADMIN

added in API level 19

public static final String FEATURE_DEVICE_ADMIN

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports device policy enforcement via device admins.

Constant Value: "android.software.device_admin"

FEATURE_EMBEDDED

added in API level 26

public static final String FEATURE_EMBEDDED

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): This is a device for IoT and may not have an UI. An embedded device is defined as a full stack Android device with or without a display and no user-installable apps.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.type.embedded"

FEATURE_ETHERNET

added in API level 24

public static final String FEATURE_ETHERNET

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): This device supports ethernet.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.ethernet"

FEATURE_FAKETOUCH

added in API level 11

public static final String FEATURE_FAKETOUCH

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device does not have a touch screen, but does support touch emulation for basic events. For instance, the device might use a mouse or remote control to drive a cursor, and emulate basic touch pointer events like down, up, drag, etc. All devices that support android.hardware.touchscreen or a sub-feature are presumed to also support faketouch.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.faketouch"

FEATURE_FAKETOUCH_MULTITOUCH_DISTINCT

added in API level 13

public static final String FEATURE_FAKETOUCH_MULTITOUCH_DISTINCT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device does not have a touch screen, but does support touch emulation for basic events that supports distinct tracking of two or more fingers. This is an extension of FEATURE_FAKETOUCH for input devices with this capability. Note that unlike a distinct multitouch screen as defined by FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH_DISTINCT, these kinds of input devices will not actually provide full two-finger gestures since the input is being transformed to cursor movement on the screen. That is, single finger gestures will move a cursor; two-finger swipes will result in single-finger touch events; other two-finger gestures will result in the corresponding two-finger touch event.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.faketouch.multitouch.distinct"

FEATURE_FAKETOUCH_MULTITOUCH_JAZZHAND

added in API level 13

public static final String FEATURE_FAKETOUCH_MULTITOUCH_JAZZHAND

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device does not have a touch screen, but does support touch emulation for basic events that supports tracking a hand of fingers (5 or more fingers) fully independently. This is an extension of FEATURE_FAKETOUCH for input devices with this capability. Note that unlike a multitouch screen as defined by FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH_JAZZHAND, not all two finger gestures can be detected due to the limitations described for FEATURE_FAKETOUCH_MULTITOUCH_DISTINCT.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.faketouch.multitouch.jazzhand"

FEATURE_FINGERPRINT

added in API level 23

public static final String FEATURE_FINGERPRINT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has biometric hardware to detect a fingerprint.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.fingerprint"

FEATURE_FREEFORM_WINDOW_MANAGEMENT

added in API level 24

public static final String FEATURE_FREEFORM_WINDOW_MANAGEMENT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports freeform window management. Windows have title bars and can be moved and resized.

Constant Value: "android.software.freeform_window_management"

FEATURE_GAMEPAD

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_GAMEPAD

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has all of the inputs necessary to be considered a compatible game controller, or includes a compatible game controller in the box.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.gamepad"

FEATURE_HIFI_SENSORS

added in API level 23

public static final String FEATURE_HIFI_SENSORS

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports high fidelity sensor processing capabilities.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.hifi_sensors"

FEATURE_HOME_SCREEN

added in API level 18

public static final String FEATURE_HOME_SCREEN

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports a home screen that is replaceable by third party applications.

Constant Value: "android.software.home_screen"

FEATURE_INPUT_METHODS

added in API level 18

public static final String FEATURE_INPUT_METHODS

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports adding new input methods implemented with the InputMethodService API.

Constant Value: "android.software.input_methods"

FEATURE_LEANBACK

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_LEANBACK

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports leanback UI. This is typically used in a living room television experience, but is a software feature unlike FEATURE_TELEVISION. Devices running with this feature will use resources associated with the "television" UI mode.

Constant Value: "android.software.leanback"

FEATURE_LEANBACK_ONLY

added in API level 26

public static final String FEATURE_LEANBACK_ONLY

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports only leanback UI. Only applications designed for this experience should be run, though this is not enforced by the system.

Constant Value: "android.software.leanback_only"

FEATURE_LIVE_TV

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_LIVE_TV

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports live TV and can display contents from TV inputs implemented with the TvInputService API.

Constant Value: "android.software.live_tv"

FEATURE_LIVE_WALLPAPER

added in API level 7

public static final String FEATURE_LIVE_WALLPAPER

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports live wallpapers.

Constant Value: "android.software.live_wallpaper"

FEATURE_LOCATION

added in API level 8

public static final String FEATURE_LOCATION

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports one or more methods of reporting current location.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.location"

FEATURE_LOCATION_GPS

added in API level 8

public static final String FEATURE_LOCATION_GPS

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has a Global Positioning System receiver and can report precise location.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.location.gps"

FEATURE_LOCATION_NETWORK

added in API level 8

public static final String FEATURE_LOCATION_NETWORK

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device can report location with coarse accuracy using a network-based geolocation system.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.location.network"

FEATURE_MANAGED_USERS

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_MANAGED_USERS

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports creating secondary users and managed profiles via DevicePolicyManager.

Constant Value: "android.software.managed_users"

FEATURE_MICROPHONE

added in API level 8

public static final String FEATURE_MICROPHONE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device can record audio via a microphone.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.microphone"

FEATURE_MIDI

added in API level 23

public static final String FEATURE_MIDI

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has a full implementation of the android.media.midi.* APIs.

Constant Value: "android.software.midi"

FEATURE_NFC

added in API level 9

public static final String FEATURE_NFC

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device can communicate using Near-Field Communications (NFC).

Constant Value: "android.hardware.nfc"

FEATURE_NFC_HOST_CARD_EMULATION

added in API level 19

public static final String FEATURE_NFC_HOST_CARD_EMULATION

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports host- based NFC card emulation.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.nfc.hce"

FEATURE_NFC_HOST_CARD_EMULATION_NFCF

added in API level 24

public static final String FEATURE_NFC_HOST_CARD_EMULATION_NFCF

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports host- based NFC-F card emulation.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.nfc.hcef"

FEATURE_OPENGLES_EXTENSION_PACK

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_OPENGLES_EXTENSION_PACK

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports the OpenGL ES Android Extension Pack.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.opengles.aep"

FEATURE_PC

added in API level 27

public static final String FEATURE_PC

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): This is a device dedicated to be primarily used with keyboard, mouse or touchpad. This includes traditional desktop computers, laptops and variants such as convertibles or detachables. Due to the larger screen, the device will most likely use the FEATURE_FREEFORM_WINDOW_MANAGEMENT feature as well.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.type.pc"

FEATURE_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE

added in API level 24

public static final String FEATURE_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports picture-in-picture multi-window mode.

Constant Value: "android.software.picture_in_picture"

FEATURE_PRINTING

added in API level 20

public static final String FEATURE_PRINTING

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports printing.

Constant Value: "android.software.print"

FEATURE_RAM_LOW

added in API level 27

public static final String FEATURE_RAM_LOW

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device's ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice() method returns true.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.ram.low"

FEATURE_RAM_NORMAL

added in API level 27

public static final String FEATURE_RAM_NORMAL

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device's ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice() method returns false.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.ram.normal"

FEATURE_SCREEN_LANDSCAPE

added in API level 13

public static final String FEATURE_SCREEN_LANDSCAPE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports landscape orientation screens. For backwards compatibility, you can assume that if neither this nor FEATURE_SCREEN_PORTRAIT is set then the device supports both portrait and landscape.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.screen.landscape"

FEATURE_SCREEN_PORTRAIT

added in API level 13

public static final String FEATURE_SCREEN_PORTRAIT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports portrait orientation screens. For backwards compatibility, you can assume that if neither this nor FEATURE_SCREEN_LANDSCAPE is set then the device supports both portrait and landscape.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.screen.portrait"

FEATURE_SECURELY_REMOVES_USERS

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_SECURELY_REMOVES_USERS

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports secure removal of users. When a user is deleted the data associated with that user is securely deleted and no longer available.

Constant Value: "android.software.securely_removes_users"

FEATURE_SENSOR_ACCELEROMETER

added in API level 8

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_ACCELEROMETER

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes an accelerometer.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer"

FEATURE_SENSOR_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes an ambient temperature sensor.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.ambient_temperature"

FEATURE_SENSOR_BAROMETER

added in API level 9

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_BAROMETER

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes a barometer (air pressure sensor.)

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.barometer"

FEATURE_SENSOR_COMPASS

added in API level 8

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_COMPASS

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes a magnetometer (compass).

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.compass"

FEATURE_SENSOR_GYROSCOPE

added in API level 9

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_GYROSCOPE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes a gyroscope.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.gyroscope"

FEATURE_SENSOR_HEART_RATE

added in API level 20

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_HEART_RATE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes a heart rate monitor.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.heartrate"

FEATURE_SENSOR_HEART_RATE_ECG

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_HEART_RATE_ECG

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The heart rate sensor on this device is an Electrocardiogram.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.heartrate.ecg"

FEATURE_SENSOR_LIGHT

added in API level 7

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_LIGHT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes a light sensor.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.light"

FEATURE_SENSOR_PROXIMITY

added in API level 7

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_PROXIMITY

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes a proximity sensor.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.proximity"

FEATURE_SENSOR_RELATIVE_HUMIDITY

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_RELATIVE_HUMIDITY

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes a relative humidity sensor.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.relative_humidity"

FEATURE_SENSOR_STEP_COUNTER

added in API level 19

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_STEP_COUNTER

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes a hardware step counter.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.stepcounter"

FEATURE_SENSOR_STEP_DETECTOR

added in API level 19

public static final String FEATURE_SENSOR_STEP_DETECTOR

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device includes a hardware step detector.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.sensor.stepdetector"

FEATURE_SIP

added in API level 9

public static final String FEATURE_SIP

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The SIP API is enabled on the device.

Constant Value: "android.software.sip"

FEATURE_SIP_VOIP

added in API level 9

public static final String FEATURE_SIP_VOIP

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports SIP-based VOIP.

Constant Value: "android.software.sip.voip"

FEATURE_STRONGBOX_KEYSTORE

added in API level 28

public static final String FEATURE_STRONGBOX_KEYSTORE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has a StrongBox hardware-backed Keystore.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.strongbox_keystore"

FEATURE_TELEPHONY

added in API level 7

public static final String FEATURE_TELEPHONY

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has a telephony radio with data communication support.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.telephony"

FEATURE_TELEPHONY_CDMA

added in API level 7

public static final String FEATURE_TELEPHONY_CDMA

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has a CDMA telephony stack.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.telephony.cdma"

FEATURE_TELEPHONY_EUICC

added in API level 28

public static final String FEATURE_TELEPHONY_EUICC

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports embedded subscriptions on eUICCs.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.telephony.euicc"

FEATURE_TELEPHONY_GSM

added in API level 7

public static final String FEATURE_TELEPHONY_GSM

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has a GSM telephony stack.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.telephony.gsm"

FEATURE_TELEPHONY_MBMS

added in API level 28

public static final String FEATURE_TELEPHONY_MBMS

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports cell-broadcast reception using the MBMS APIs.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.telephony.mbms"

FEATURE_TELEVISION

added in API level 16

public static final String FEATURE_TELEVISION

This constant was deprecated in API level 21.
use FEATURE_LEANBACK instead.

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): This is a device dedicated to showing UI on a television. Television here is defined to be a typical living room television experience: displayed on a big screen, where the user is sitting far away from it, and the dominant form of input will be something like a DPAD, not through touch or mouse.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.type.television"

FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN

added in API level 8

public static final String FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device's display has a touch screen.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.touchscreen"

FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH

added in API level 7

public static final String FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device's touch screen supports multitouch sufficient for basic two-finger gesture detection.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch"

FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH_DISTINCT

added in API level 8

public static final String FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH_DISTINCT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device's touch screen is capable of tracking two or more fingers fully independently.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct"

FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH_JAZZHAND

added in API level 9

public static final String FEATURE_TOUCHSCREEN_MULTITOUCH_JAZZHAND

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device's touch screen is capable of tracking a full hand of fingers fully independently -- that is, 5 or more simultaneous independent pointers.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.jazzhand"

FEATURE_USB_ACCESSORY

added in API level 12

public static final String FEATURE_USB_ACCESSORY

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports connecting to USB accessories.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.usb.accessory"

FEATURE_USB_HOST

added in API level 12

public static final String FEATURE_USB_HOST

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports connecting to USB devices as the USB host.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.usb.host"

FEATURE_VERIFIED_BOOT

added in API level 21

public static final String FEATURE_VERIFIED_BOOT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports verified boot.

Constant Value: "android.software.verified_boot"

FEATURE_VR_HEADTRACKING

added in API level 26

public static final String FEATURE_VR_HEADTRACKING

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device implements headtracking suitable for a VR device.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.vr.headtracking"

FEATURE_VR_MODE

added in API level 24

public static final String FEATURE_VR_MODE

This constant was deprecated in API level 28.
use FEATURE_VR_MODE_HIGH_PERFORMANCE instead.

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device implements an optimized mode for virtual reality (VR) applications that handles stereoscopic rendering of notifications, and disables most monocular system UI components while a VR application has user focus. Devices declaring this feature must include an application implementing a VrListenerService that can be targeted by VR applications via Activity.setVrModeEnabled(boolean, ComponentName).

Constant Value: "android.software.vr.mode"

FEATURE_VR_MODE_HIGH_PERFORMANCE

added in API level 24

public static final String FEATURE_VR_MODE_HIGH_PERFORMANCE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device implements an optimized mode for virtual reality (VR) applications that handles stereoscopic rendering of notifications, disables most monocular system UI components while a VR application has user focus and meets extra CDD requirements to provide a high-quality VR experience. Devices declaring this feature must include an application implementing a VrListenerService that can be targeted by VR applications via Activity.setVrModeEnabled(boolean, ComponentName). and must meet CDD requirements to provide a high-quality VR experience.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.vr.high_performance"

FEATURE_VULKAN_HARDWARE_COMPUTE

added in API level 26

public static final String FEATURE_VULKAN_HARDWARE_COMPUTE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String, int): If this feature is supported, the Vulkan native API will enumerate at least one VkPhysicalDevice, and the feature version will indicate what level of optional compute features that device supports beyond the Vulkan 1.0 requirements.

Compute level 0 indicates:

The VK_KHR_variable_pointers extension and VkPhysicalDeviceVariablePointerFeaturesKHR::variablePointers feature are supported.
VkPhysicalDeviceLimits::maxPerStageDescriptorStorageBuffers is at least 16.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.vulkan.compute"

FEATURE_VULKAN_HARDWARE_LEVEL

added in API level 24

public static final String FEATURE_VULKAN_HARDWARE_LEVEL

Level 0 includes the base Vulkan requirements as well as:

VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::textureCompressionETC2

Level 1 additionally includes:

VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::fullDrawIndexUint32
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::imageCubeArray
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::independentBlend
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::geometryShader
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::tessellationShader
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::sampleRateShading
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::textureCompressionASTC_LDR
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::fragmentStoresAndAtomics
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::shaderImageGatherExtended
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::shaderUniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing
VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures::shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing

Constant Value: "android.hardware.vulkan.level"

FEATURE_VULKAN_HARDWARE_VERSION

added in API level 24

public static final String FEATURE_VULKAN_HARDWARE_VERSION

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String, int): The version of this feature indicates the highest VkPhysicalDeviceProperties::apiVersion supported by the physical devices that support the hardware level indicated by FEATURE_VULKAN_HARDWARE_LEVEL. The feature version uses the same encoding as Vulkan version numbers:

Major version number in bits 31-22
Minor version number in bits 21-12
Patch version number in bits 11-0

A version of 1.1.0 or higher also indicates:

SYNC_FD external semaphore and fence handles are supported.
VkPhysicalDeviceSamplerYcbcrConversionFeatures::samplerYcbcrConversion is supported.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.vulkan.version"

FEATURE_WATCH

added in API level 20

public static final String FEATURE_WATCH

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): This is a device dedicated to showing UI on a watch. A watch here is defined to be a device worn on the body, perhaps on the wrist. The user is very close when interacting with the device.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.type.watch"

FEATURE_WEBVIEW

added in API level 20

public static final String FEATURE_WEBVIEW

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device has a full implementation of the android.webkit.* APIs. Devices lacking this feature will not have a functioning WebView implementation.

Constant Value: "android.software.webview"

FEATURE_WIFI

added in API level 8

public static final String FEATURE_WIFI

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports WiFi (802.11) networking.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.wifi"

FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE

added in API level 26

public static final String FEATURE_WIFI_AWARE

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports Wi-Fi Aware.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.wifi.aware"

FEATURE_WIFI_DIRECT

added in API level 14

public static final String FEATURE_WIFI_DIRECT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports Wi-Fi Direct networking.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.wifi.direct"

FEATURE_WIFI_PASSPOINT

added in API level 27

public static final String FEATURE_WIFI_PASSPOINT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports Wi-Fi Passpoint and all Passpoint related APIs in WifiManager are supported. Refer to WifiManager.addOrUpdatePasspointConfiguration(PasspointConfiguration) for more info.

Constant Value: "android.hardware.wifi.passpoint"

FEATURE_WIFI_RTT

added in API level 28

public static final String FEATURE_WIFI_RTT

Feature for getSystemAvailableFeatures() and hasSystemFeature(String): The device supports Wi-Fi RTT (IEEE 802.11mc).

Constant Value: "android.hardware.wifi.rtt"

GET_ACTIVITIES

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_ACTIVITIES

PackageInfo flag: return information about activities in the package in PackageInfo.activities.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

GET_CONFIGURATIONS

added in API level 3

public static final int GET_CONFIGURATIONS

PackageInfo flag: return information about hardware preferences in PackageInfo.configPreferences, and requested features in PackageInfo.reqFeatures and PackageInfo.featureGroups.

Constant Value: 16384 (0x00004000)

GET_DISABLED_COMPONENTS

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_DISABLED_COMPONENTS

This constant was deprecated in API level 24.
replaced with MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS

Constant Value: 512 (0x00000200)

GET_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS

added in API level 18

public static final int GET_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS

This constant was deprecated in API level 24.
replaced with MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS.

Constant Value: 32768 (0x00008000)

GET_GIDS

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_GIDS

PackageInfo flag: return the group ids that are associated with an application. This applies for any API returning a PackageInfo class, either directly or nested inside of another.

Constant Value: 256 (0x00000100)

GET_INSTRUMENTATION

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_INSTRUMENTATION

PackageInfo flag: return information about instrumentation in the package in PackageInfo.instrumentation.

Constant Value: 16 (0x00000010)

GET_INTENT_FILTERS

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_INTENT_FILTERS

PackageInfo flag: return information about the intent filters supported by the activity.

Constant Value: 32 (0x00000020)

GET_META_DATA

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_META_DATA

ComponentInfo flag: return the PackageItemInfo.metaData data Bundles that are associated with a component. This applies for any API returning a ComponentInfo subclass.

Constant Value: 128 (0x00000080)

GET_PERMISSIONS

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_PERMISSIONS

PackageInfo flag: return information about permissions in the package in PackageInfo.permissions.

Constant Value: 4096 (0x00001000)

GET_PROVIDERS

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_PROVIDERS

PackageInfo flag: return information about content providers in the package in PackageInfo.providers.

Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)

GET_RECEIVERS

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_RECEIVERS

PackageInfo flag: return information about intent receivers in the package in PackageInfo.receivers.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

GET_RESOLVED_FILTER

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_RESOLVED_FILTER

ResolveInfo flag: return the IntentFilter that was matched for a particular ResolveInfo in ResolveInfo.filter.

Constant Value: 64 (0x00000040)

GET_SERVICES

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_SERVICES

PackageInfo flag: return information about services in the package in PackageInfo.services.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES

ApplicationInfo flag: return the paths to the shared libraries that are associated with an application. This applies for any API returning an ApplicationInfo class, either directly or nested inside of another.

Constant Value: 1024 (0x00000400)

GET_SIGNATURES

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_SIGNATURES

This constant was deprecated in API level 28.
use GET_SIGNING_CERTIFICATES instead

PackageInfo flag: return information about the signatures included in the package.

Constant Value: 64 (0x00000040)

GET_SIGNING_CERTIFICATES

added in API level 28

public static final int GET_SIGNING_CERTIFICATES

PackageInfo flag: return the signing certificates associated with this package. Each entry is a signing certificate that the package has proven it is authorized to use, usually a past signing certificate from which it has rotated.

Constant Value: 134217728 (0x08000000)

GET_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES

added in API level 3

public static final int GET_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES

This constant was deprecated in API level 24.
replaced with MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES

Constant Value: 8192 (0x00002000)

GET_URI_PERMISSION_PATTERNS

added in API level 1

public static final int GET_URI_PERMISSION_PATTERNS

ProviderInfo flag: return the URI permission patterns that are associated with a content provider. This applies for any API returning a ProviderInfo class, either directly or nested inside of another.

Constant Value: 2048 (0x00000800)

INSTALL_REASON_DEVICE_RESTORE

added in API level 26

public static final int INSTALL_REASON_DEVICE_RESTORE

Code indicating that this package was installed as part of restoring from another device.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

INSTALL_REASON_DEVICE_SETUP

added in API level 26

public static final int INSTALL_REASON_DEVICE_SETUP

Code indicating that this package was installed as part of device setup.

Constant Value: 3 (0x00000003)

INSTALL_REASON_POLICY

added in API level 26

public static final int INSTALL_REASON_POLICY

Code indicating that this package was installed due to enterprise policy.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

INSTALL_REASON_UNKNOWN

added in API level 26

public static final int INSTALL_REASON_UNKNOWN

Code indicating that the reason for installing this package is unknown.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

INSTALL_REASON_USER

added in API level 26

public static final int INSTALL_REASON_USER

Code indicating that the package installation was initiated by the user.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

MATCH_ALL

added in API level 23

public static final int MATCH_ALL

Querying flag: if set and if the platform is doing any filtering of the results, then the filtering will not happen. This is a synonym for saying that all results should be returned.

This flag should be used with extreme care.

Constant Value: 131072 (0x00020000)

MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY

added in API level 1

public static final int MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY

Resolution and querying flag: if set, only filters that support the Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT will be considered for matching. This is a synonym for including the CATEGORY_DEFAULT in your supplied Intent.

Constant Value: 65536 (0x00010000)

MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE

added in API level 24

public static final int MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE

Querying flag: match components which are direct boot aware in the returned info, regardless of the current user state.

When neither MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE nor MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE are specified, the default behavior is to match only runnable components based on the user state. For example, when a user is started but credentials have not been presented yet, the user is running "locked" and only MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE components are returned. Once the user credentials have been presented, the user is running "unlocked" and both MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE and MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE components are returned.

See also:

UserManager.isUserUnlocked()

Constant Value: 524288 (0x00080000)

MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE

added in API level 24

public static final int MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE

Querying flag: match components which are direct boot unaware in the returned info, regardless of the current user state.

See also:

UserManager.isUserUnlocked()

Constant Value: 262144 (0x00040000)

MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS

added in API level 24

public static final int MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS

PackageInfo flag: include disabled components in the returned info.

Constant Value: 512 (0x00000200)

MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS

added in API level 24

public static final int MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS

PackageInfo flag: include disabled components which are in that state only because of COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED in the returned info. Note that if you set this flag, applications that are in this disabled state will be reported as enabled.

Constant Value: 32768 (0x00008000)

MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY

added in API level 24

public static final int MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY

Querying flag: include only components from applications that are marked with ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM.

Constant Value: 1048576 (0x00100000)

MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES

added in API level 24

public static final int MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES

Flag parameter to retrieve some information about all applications (even uninstalled ones) which have data directories. This state could have resulted if applications have been deleted with flag DONT_DELETE_DATA with a possibility of being replaced or reinstalled in future.

Note: this flag may cause less information about currently installed applications to be returned.

Constant Value: 8192 (0x00002000)

MAXIMUM_VERIFICATION_TIMEOUT

added in API level 17

public static final long MAXIMUM_VERIFICATION_TIMEOUT

Can be used as the millisecondsToDelay argument for extendVerificationTimeout(int, int, long). This is the maximum time PackageManager waits for the verification agent to return (in milliseconds).

Constant Value: 3600000 (0x000000000036ee80)

PERMISSION_DENIED

added in API level 1

public static final int PERMISSION_DENIED

Permission check result: this is returned by checkPermission(String, String) if the permission has not been granted to the given package.

Constant Value: -1 (0xffffffff)

PERMISSION_GRANTED

added in API level 1

public static final int PERMISSION_GRANTED

Permission check result: this is returned by checkPermission(String, String) if the permission has been granted to the given package.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

SIGNATURE_FIRST_NOT_SIGNED

added in API level 1

public static final int SIGNATURE_FIRST_NOT_SIGNED

Signature check result: this is returned by checkSignatures(int, int) if the first package is not signed but the second is.

Constant Value: -1 (0xffffffff)

SIGNATURE_MATCH

added in API level 1

public static final int SIGNATURE_MATCH

Signature check result: this is returned by checkSignatures(int, int) if all signatures on the two packages match.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

SIGNATURE_NEITHER_SIGNED

added in API level 1

public static final int SIGNATURE_NEITHER_SIGNED

Signature check result: this is returned by checkSignatures(int, int) if neither of the two packages is signed.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

SIGNATURE_NO_MATCH

added in API level 1

public static final int SIGNATURE_NO_MATCH

Signature check result: this is returned by checkSignatures(int, int) if not all signatures on both packages match.

Constant Value: -3 (0xfffffffd)

SIGNATURE_SECOND_NOT_SIGNED

added in API level 1

public static final int SIGNATURE_SECOND_NOT_SIGNED

Signature check result: this is returned by checkSignatures(int, int) if the second package is not signed but the first is.

Constant Value: -2 (0xfffffffe)

SIGNATURE_UNKNOWN_PACKAGE

added in API level 1

public static final int SIGNATURE_UNKNOWN_PACKAGE

Signature check result: this is returned by checkSignatures(int, int) if either of the packages are not valid.

Constant Value: -4 (0xfffffffc)

VERIFICATION_ALLOW

added in API level 14

public static final int VERIFICATION_ALLOW

Used as the verificationCode argument for verifyPendingInstall(int, int) to indicate that the calling package verifier allows the installation to proceed.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

VERIFICATION_REJECT

added in API level 14

public static final int VERIFICATION_REJECT

Used as the verificationCode argument for verifyPendingInstall(int, int) to indicate the calling package verifier does not vote to allow the installation to proceed.

Constant Value: -1 (0xffffffff)

VERSION_CODE_HIGHEST

added in API level 26

public static final int VERSION_CODE_HIGHEST

Constant for specifying the highest installed package version code.

Constant Value: -1 (0xffffffff)

Public constructors

PackageManager

added in API level 1

public PackageManager ()

Public methods

addPackageToPreferred

added in API level 1

public abstract void addPackageToPreferred (String packageName)

This method was deprecated in API level 7.
This function no longer does anything; it was an old approach to managing preferred activities, which has been superseded by (and conflicts with) the modern activity-based preferences.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`

addPermission

added in API level 1

public abstract boolean addPermission (PermissionInfo info)

Add a new dynamic permission to the system. For this to work, your package must have defined a permission tree through the <permission-tree> tag in its manifest. A package can only add permissions to trees that were defined by either its own package or another with the same user id; a permission is in a tree if it matches the name of the permission tree + ".": for example, "com.foo.bar" is a member of the permission tree "com.foo".

It is good to make your permission tree name descriptive, because you are taking possession of that entire set of permission names. Thus, it must be under a domain you control, with a suffix that will not match any normal permissions that may be declared in any applications that are part of that domain.

New permissions must be added before any .apks are installed that use those permissions. Permissions you add through this method are remembered across reboots of the device. If the given permission already exists, the info you supply here will be used to update it.

Parameters
`info`	`PermissionInfo`: Description of the permission to be added.

Returns
`boolean`	Returns true if a new permission was created, false if an existing one was updated.

Throws
`SecurityException`	if you are not allowed to add the given permission name.

See also:

removePermission(String)

addPermissionAsync

added in API level 8

public abstract boolean addPermissionAsync (PermissionInfo info)

Like addPermission(PermissionInfo) but asynchronously persists the package manager state after returning from the call, allowing it to return quicker and batch a series of adds at the expense of no guarantee the added permission will be retained if the device is rebooted before it is written.

Parameters
`info`	`PermissionInfo`

Returns
`boolean`

addPreferredActivity

added in API level 1

public abstract void addPreferredActivity (IntentFilter filter,
                int match,
                ComponentName[] set,
                ComponentName activity)

This method was deprecated in API level 8.
This is a protected API that should not have been available to third party applications. It is the platform's responsibility for assigning preferred activities and this cannot be directly modified. Add a new preferred activity mapping to the system. This will be used to automatically select the given activity component when Context.startActivity() finds multiple matching activities and also matches the given filter.

Parameters
`filter`	`IntentFilter`: The set of intents under which this activity will be made preferred.
`match`	`int`: The IntentFilter match category that this preference applies to.
`set`	`ComponentName`: The set of activities that the user was picking from when this preference was made.
`activity`	`ComponentName`: The component name of the activity that is to be preferred.

canRequestPackageInstalls

added in API level 26

public abstract boolean canRequestPackageInstalls ()

Checks whether the calling package is allowed to request package installs through package installer. Apps are encouraged to call this API before launching the package installer via intent Intent.ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE. Starting from Android O, the user can explicitly choose what external sources they trust to install apps on the device. If this API returns false, the install request will be blocked by the package installer and a dialog will be shown to the user with an option to launch settings to change their preference. An application must target Android O or higher and declare permission Manifest.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES in order to use this API.

Returns
`boolean`	true if the calling package is trusted by the user to request install packages on the device, false otherwise.

See also:

canonicalToCurrentPackageNames

added in API level 8

public abstract String[] canonicalToCurrentPackageNames (String[] names)

Map from a packages canonical name to the current name in use on the device.

Parameters
`names`	`String`: Array of new names to be mapped.

Returns
`String[]`	Returns an array of the same size as the original, containing the current name for each package.

checkPermission

added in API level 1

public abstract int checkPermission (String permName,
                String pkgName)

Check whether a particular package has been granted a particular permission.

Parameters
`permName`	`String`: The name of the permission you are checking for.
`pkgName`	`String`: The name of the package you are checking against.

Returns
`int`	If the package has the permission, PERMISSION_GRANTED is returned. If it does not have the permission, PERMISSION_DENIED is returned. Value is `PERMISSION_GRANTED` or `PERMISSION_DENIED`.

See also:

checkSignatures

added in API level 1

public abstract int checkSignatures (String pkg1,
                String pkg2)

Compare the signatures of two packages to determine if the same signature appears in both of them. If they do contain the same signature, then they are allowed special privileges when working with each other: they can share the same user-id, run instrumentation against each other, etc.

Parameters
`pkg1`	`String`: First package name whose signature will be compared.
`pkg2`	`String`: Second package name whose signature will be compared.

Returns
`int`	Returns an integer indicating whether all signatures on the two packages match. The value is >= 0 (`SIGNATURE_MATCH`) if all signatures match or < 0 if there is not a match (`SIGNATURE_NO_MATCH` or `SIGNATURE_UNKNOWN_PACKAGE`). Value is `SIGNATURE_MATCH`, `SIGNATURE_NEITHER_SIGNED`, `SIGNATURE_FIRST_NOT_SIGNED`, `SIGNATURE_SECOND_NOT_SIGNED`, `SIGNATURE_NO_MATCH` or `SIGNATURE_UNKNOWN_PACKAGE`.

See also:

checkSignatures(int, int)

checkSignatures

added in API level 5

public abstract int checkSignatures (int uid1,
                int uid2)

Like checkSignatures(String, String), but takes UIDs of the two packages to be checked. This can be useful, for example, when doing the check in an IPC, where the UID is the only identity available. It is functionally identical to determining the package associated with the UIDs and checking their signatures.

Parameters
`uid1`	`int`: First UID whose signature will be compared.
`uid2`	`int`: Second UID whose signature will be compared.

Returns
`int`	Returns an integer indicating whether all signatures on the two packages match. The value is >= 0 (`SIGNATURE_MATCH`) if all signatures match or < 0 if there is not a match (`SIGNATURE_NO_MATCH` or `SIGNATURE_UNKNOWN_PACKAGE`). Value is `SIGNATURE_MATCH`, `SIGNATURE_NEITHER_SIGNED`, `SIGNATURE_FIRST_NOT_SIGNED`, `SIGNATURE_SECOND_NOT_SIGNED`, `SIGNATURE_NO_MATCH` or `SIGNATURE_UNKNOWN_PACKAGE`.

See also:

checkSignatures(String, String)

clearInstantAppCookie

added in API level 26

public abstract void clearInstantAppCookie ()

Clears the instant application cookie for the calling app.

See also:

clearPackagePreferredActivities

added in API level 1

public abstract void clearPackagePreferredActivities (String packageName)

Remove all preferred activity mappings, previously added with addPreferredActivity(IntentFilter, int, ComponentName[], ComponentName), from the system whose activities are implemented in the given package name. An application can only clear its own package(s).

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The name of the package whose preferred activity mappings are to be removed.

currentToCanonicalPackageNames

added in API level 8

public abstract String[] currentToCanonicalPackageNames (String[] names)

Map from the current package names in use on the device to whatever the current canonical name of that package is.

Parameters
`names`	`String`: Array of current names to be mapped.

Returns
`String[]`	Returns an array of the same size as the original, containing the canonical name for each package.

extendVerificationTimeout

added in API level 17

public abstract void extendVerificationTimeout (int id,
                int verificationCodeAtTimeout,
                long millisecondsToDelay)

Allows a package listening to the package verification broadcast to extend the default timeout for a response and declare what action to perform after the timeout occurs. The response must include the verificationCodeAtTimeout which is one of VERIFICATION_ALLOW or VERIFICATION_REJECT. This method may only be called once per package id. Additional calls will have no effect.

Parameters
`id`	`int`: pending package identifier as passed via the `EXTRA_VERIFICATION_ID` Intent extra.
`verificationCodeAtTimeout`	`int`: either `VERIFICATION_ALLOW` or `VERIFICATION_REJECT`. If `verificationCodeAtTimeout` is neither `VERIFICATION_ALLOW` or `VERIFICATION_REJECT`, then `verificationCodeAtTimeout` will default to `VERIFICATION_REJECT`.
`millisecondsToDelay`	`long`: the amount of time requested for the timeout. Must be positive and less than `MAXIMUM_VERIFICATION_TIMEOUT`. If `millisecondsToDelay` is out of bounds, `millisecondsToDelay` will be set to the closest in bounds value; namely, 0 or `MAXIMUM_VERIFICATION_TIMEOUT`.

Throws
`SecurityException`	if the caller does not have the PACKAGE_VERIFICATION_AGENT permission.

getActivityBanner

added in API level 20

public abstract Drawable getActivityBanner (ComponentName activityName)

Retrieve the banner associated with an activity. Given the full name of an activity, retrieves the information about it and calls ComponentInfo.loadIcon() to return its banner. If the activity cannot be found, NameNotFoundException is thrown.

Parameters
`activityName`	`ComponentName`: Name of the activity whose banner is to be retrieved.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the banner, or null if the activity has no banner specified.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for the given activity could not be loaded.

See also:

getActivityBanner(Intent)

getActivityBanner

added in API level 20

public abstract Drawable getActivityBanner (Intent intent)

Retrieve the banner associated with an Intent. If intent.getClassName() is set, this simply returns the result of getActivityBanner(intent.getClassName()). Otherwise it resolves the intent's component and returns the banner associated with the resolved component. If intent.getClassName() cannot be found or the Intent cannot be resolved to a component, NameNotFoundException is thrown.

Parameters
`intent`	`Intent`: The intent for which you would like to retrieve a banner.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the banner, or null if the activity has no banner specified.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for application matching the given intent could not be loaded.

See also:

getActivityBanner(ComponentName)

getActivityIcon

added in API level 1

public abstract Drawable getActivityIcon (Intent intent)

Retrieve the icon associated with an Intent. If intent.getClassName() is set, this simply returns the result of getActivityIcon(intent.getClassName()). Otherwise it resolves the intent's component and returns the icon associated with the resolved component. If intent.getClassName() cannot be found or the Intent cannot be resolved to a component, NameNotFoundException is thrown.

Parameters
`intent`	`Intent`: The intent for which you would like to retrieve an icon.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the icon, or the default activity icon if it could not be found. Does not return null.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for application matching the given intent could not be loaded.

See also:

getActivityIcon(ComponentName)

getActivityIcon

added in API level 1

public abstract Drawable getActivityIcon (ComponentName activityName)

Retrieve the icon associated with an activity. Given the full name of an activity, retrieves the information about it and calls ComponentInfo.loadIcon() to return its icon. If the activity cannot be found, NameNotFoundException is thrown.

Parameters
`activityName`	`ComponentName`: Name of the activity whose icon is to be retrieved.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the icon, or the default activity icon if it could not be found. Does not return null.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for the given activity could not be loaded.

See also:

getActivityIcon(Intent)

getActivityInfo

added in API level 1

public abstract ActivityInfo getActivityInfo (ComponentName component,
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular activity class.

Parameters
`component`	`ComponentName`: The full component name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts/com.google.apps.contacts. ContactsList) of an Activity class.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_ALL`, `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` or `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`.

Returns
`ActivityInfo`	An `ActivityInfo` containing information about the activity.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getActivityLogo

added in API level 9

public abstract Drawable getActivityLogo (Intent intent)

Retrieve the logo associated with an Intent. If intent.getClassName() is set, this simply returns the result of getActivityLogo(intent.getClassName()). Otherwise it resolves the intent's component and returns the logo associated with the resolved component. If intent.getClassName() cannot be found or the Intent cannot be resolved to a component, NameNotFoundException is thrown.

Parameters
`intent`	`Intent`: The intent for which you would like to retrieve a logo.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the logo, or null if the activity has no logo specified.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for application matching the given intent could not be loaded.

See also:

getActivityLogo(ComponentName)

getActivityLogo

added in API level 9

public abstract Drawable getActivityLogo (ComponentName activityName)

Retrieve the logo associated with an activity. Given the full name of an activity, retrieves the information about it and calls ComponentInfo.loadLogo() to return its logo. If the activity cannot be found, NameNotFoundException is thrown.

Parameters
`activityName`	`ComponentName`: Name of the activity whose logo is to be retrieved.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the logo or null if the activity has no logo specified.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for the given activity could not be loaded.

See also:

getActivityLogo(Intent)

getAllPermissionGroups

added in API level 1

public abstract List<PermissionGroupInfo> getAllPermissionGroups (int flags)

Retrieve all of the known permission groups in the system.

Parameters
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or `GET_META_DATA`.

Returns
`List<PermissionGroupInfo>`	Returns a list of `PermissionGroupInfo` containing information about all of the known permission groups.

getApplicationBanner

added in API level 20

public abstract Drawable getApplicationBanner (String packageName)

Retrieve the banner associated with an application. Given the name of the application's package, retrieves the information about it and calls getApplicationIcon() to return its banner. If the application cannot be found, NameNotFoundException is thrown.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: Name of the package whose application banner is to be retrieved.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the banner or null if the application has no banner specified.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for the given application could not be loaded.

See also:

getApplicationBanner(ApplicationInfo)

getApplicationBanner

added in API level 20

public abstract Drawable getApplicationBanner (ApplicationInfo info)

Retrieve the banner associated with an application.

Parameters
`info`	`ApplicationInfo`: Information about application being queried.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the banner or null if the application has no banner specified.

See also:

getApplicationBanner(String)

getApplicationEnabledSetting

added in API level 1

public abstract int getApplicationEnabledSetting (String packageName)

Return the enabled setting for an application. This returns the last value set by setApplicationEnabledSetting(String, int, int); in most cases this value will be COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT since the value originally specified in the manifest has not been modified.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The package name of the application to retrieve.

Returns
`int`	Returns the current enabled state for the application. Value is `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_USER` or `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED`.

Throws
`IllegalArgumentException`	if the named package does not exist.

getApplicationIcon

added in API level 1

public abstract Drawable getApplicationIcon (ApplicationInfo info)

Retrieve the icon associated with an application. If it has not defined an icon, the default app icon is returned. Does not return null.

Parameters
`info`	`ApplicationInfo`: Information about application being queried.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the icon, or the default application icon if it could not be found.

See also:

getApplicationIcon(String)

getApplicationIcon

added in API level 1

public abstract Drawable getApplicationIcon (String packageName)

Retrieve the icon associated with an application. Given the name of the application's package, retrieves the information about it and calls getApplicationIcon() to return its icon. If the application cannot be found, NameNotFoundException is thrown.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: Name of the package whose application icon is to be retrieved.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the icon, or the default application icon if it could not be found. Does not return null.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for the given application could not be loaded.

See also:

getApplicationIcon(ApplicationInfo)

getApplicationInfo

added in API level 1

public abstract ApplicationInfo getApplicationInfo (String packageName,
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular package/application.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The full name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts) of an application.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS` or `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`.

Returns

ApplicationInfo

An ApplicationInfo containing information about the package. If flag MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES is set and if the package is not found in the list of installed applications, the application information is retrieved from the list of uninstalled applications (which includes installed applications as well as applications with data directory i.e. applications which had been deleted with DONT_DELETE_DATA flag set).

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getApplicationLabel

added in API level 1

public abstract CharSequence getApplicationLabel (ApplicationInfo info)

Return the label to use for this application.

Parameters
`info`	`ApplicationInfo`: The application to get the label of.

Returns
`CharSequence`	Returns the label associated with this application, or null if it could not be found for any reason.

getApplicationLogo

added in API level 9

public abstract Drawable getApplicationLogo (String packageName)

Retrieve the logo associated with an application. Given the name of the application's package, retrieves the information about it and calls getApplicationLogo() to return its logo. If the application cannot be found, NameNotFoundException is thrown.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: Name of the package whose application logo is to be retrieved.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the logo, or null if no application logo has been specified.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for the given application could not be loaded.

See also:

getApplicationLogo(ApplicationInfo)

getApplicationLogo

added in API level 9

public abstract Drawable getApplicationLogo (ApplicationInfo info)

Retrieve the logo associated with an application. If it has not specified a logo, this method returns null.

Parameters
`info`	`ApplicationInfo`: Information about application being queried.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns the image of the logo, or null if no logo is specified by the application.

See also:

getApplicationLogo(String)

getChangedPackages

added in API level 26

public abstract ChangedPackages getChangedPackages (int sequenceNumber)

Returns the names of the packages that have been changed [eg. added, removed or updated] since the given sequence number.

If no packages have been changed, returns null.

The sequence number starts at 0 and is reset every boot.

Parameters
`sequenceNumber`	`int`: The first sequence number for which to retrieve package changes.

Returns
`ChangedPackages`	This value may be `null`.

See also:

ERROR(/Settings.Global#BOOT_COUNT)

getComponentEnabledSetting

added in API level 1

public abstract int getComponentEnabledSetting (ComponentName componentName)

Return the enabled setting for a package component (activity, receiver, service, provider). This returns the last value set by setComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName, int, int); in most cases this value will be COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT since the value originally specified in the manifest has not been modified.

Parameters
`componentName`	`ComponentName`: The component to retrieve.

Returns
`int`	Returns the current enabled state for the component. Value is `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_USER` or `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED`.

getDefaultActivityIcon

added in API level 1

public abstract Drawable getDefaultActivityIcon ()

Return the generic icon for an activity that is used when no specific icon is defined.

Returns
`Drawable`	Drawable Image of the icon.

getDrawable

added in API level 1

public abstract Drawable getDrawable (String packageName,
                int resid,
                ApplicationInfo appInfo)

Retrieve an image from a package. This is a low-level API used by the various package manager info structures (such as ComponentInfo to implement retrieval of their associated icon.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The name of the package that this icon is coming from. Cannot be null.
`resid`	`int`: The resource identifier of the desired image. Cannot be 0.
`appInfo`	`ApplicationInfo`: Overall information about `packageName`. This may be null, in which case the application information will be retrieved for you if needed; if you already have this information around, it can be much more efficient to supply it here.

Returns
`Drawable`	Returns a Drawable holding the requested image. Returns null if an image could not be found for any reason.

getInstalledApplications

added in API level 1

public abstract List<ApplicationInfo> getInstalledApplications (int flags)

Return a List of all application packages that are installed for the current user. If flag GET_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES has been set, a list of all applications including those deleted with DONT_DELETE_DATA (partially installed apps with data directory) will be returned.

Parameters
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS` or `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`.

Returns

List<ApplicationInfo>

A List of ApplicationInfo objects, one for each installed application. In the unlikely case there are no installed packages, an empty list is returned. If flag MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES is set, the application information is retrieved from the list of uninstalled applications (which includes installed applications as well as applications with data directory i.e. applications which had been deleted with DONT_DELETE_DATA flag set).

getInstalledPackages

added in API level 1

public abstract List<PackageInfo> getInstalledPackages (int flags)

Return a List of all packages that are installed for the current user.

Parameters

flags

int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.

Value is either 0 or combination of GET_ACTIVITIES, GET_CONFIGURATIONS, GET_GIDS, GET_INSTRUMENTATION, GET_INTENT_FILTERS, GET_META_DATA, GET_PERMISSIONS, GET_PROVIDERS, GET_RECEIVERS, GET_SERVICES, GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES, GET_SIGNATURES, GET_SIGNING_CERTIFICATES, GET_URI_PERMISSION_PATTERNS, MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES, MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS, MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS or MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY.

Returns

List<PackageInfo>

A List of PackageInfo objects, one for each installed package, containing information about the package. In the unlikely case there are no installed packages, an empty list is returned. If flag MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES is set, the package information is retrieved from the list of uninstalled applications (which includes installed applications as well as applications with data directory i.e. applications which had been deleted with DONT_DELETE_DATA flag set).

getInstallerPackageName

added in API level 5

public abstract String getInstallerPackageName (String packageName)

Retrieve the package name of the application that installed a package. This identifies which market the package came from.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The name of the package to query

Returns
`String`

Throws
`IllegalArgumentException`	if the given package name is not installed

getInstantAppCookie

added in API level 26

public abstract byte[] getInstantAppCookie ()

Gets the instant application cookie for this app. Non instant apps and apps that were instant but were upgraded to normal apps can still access this API. For instant apps this cookie is cached for some time after uninstall while for normal apps the cookie is deleted after the app is uninstalled. The cookie is always present while the app is installed.

Returns
`byte[]`	The cookie. This value will never be `null`.

See also:

getInstantAppCookieMaxBytes

added in API level 26

public abstract int getInstantAppCookieMaxBytes ()

Gets the maximum size in bytes of the cookie data an instant app can store on the device.

Returns
`int`	The max cookie size in bytes.

See also:

getInstrumentationInfo

added in API level 1

public abstract InstrumentationInfo getInstrumentationInfo (ComponentName className,
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular instrumentation class.

Parameters
`className`	`ComponentName`: The full name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts.InstrumentList) of an Instrumentation class.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or `GET_META_DATA`.

Returns
`InstrumentationInfo`	An `InstrumentationInfo` object containing information about the instrumentation.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getLaunchIntentForPackage

added in API level 3

public abstract Intent getLaunchIntentForPackage (String packageName)

Returns a "good" intent to launch a front-door activity in a package. This is used, for example, to implement an "open" button when browsing through packages. The current implementation looks first for a main activity in the category Intent.CATEGORY_INFO, and next for a main activity in the category Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER. Returns null if neither are found.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The name of the package to inspect. This value must never be `null`.

Returns
`Intent`	A fully-qualified `Intent` that can be used to launch the main activity in the package. Returns `null` if the package does not contain such an activity, or if packageName is not recognized.

getLeanbackLaunchIntentForPackage

added in API level 21

public abstract Intent getLeanbackLaunchIntentForPackage (String packageName)

Return a "good" intent to launch a front-door Leanback activity in a package, for use for example to implement an "open" button when browsing through packages. The current implementation will look for a main activity in the category Intent.CATEGORY_LEANBACK_LAUNCHER, or return null if no main leanback activities are found.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The name of the package to inspect. This value must never be `null`.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns either a fully-qualified Intent that can be used to launch the main Leanback activity in the package, or null if the package does not contain such an activity.

getNameForUid

added in API level 1

public abstract String getNameForUid (int uid)

Retrieve the official name associated with a uid. This name is guaranteed to never change, though it is possible for the underlying uid to be changed. That is, if you are storing information about uids in persistent storage, you should use the string returned by this function instead of the raw uid.

Parameters
`uid`	`int`: The uid for which you would like to retrieve a name.

Returns
`String`	Returns a unique name for the given uid, or null if the uid is not currently assigned.

getPackageArchiveInfo

added in API level 1

public PackageInfo getPackageArchiveInfo (String archiveFilePath,
                int flags)

Retrieve overall information about an application package defined in a package archive file

Parameters

archiveFilePath

String: The path to the archive file

flags

int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.

Returns
`PackageInfo`	A PackageInfo object containing information about the package archive. If the package could not be parsed, returns null.

getPackageGids

added in API level 1

public abstract int[] getPackageGids (String packageName)

Return an array of all of the POSIX secondary group IDs that have been assigned to the given package.

Note that the same package may have different GIDs under different UserHandle on the same device.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The full name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts) of the desired package. This value must never be `null`.

Returns
`int[]`	Returns an int array of the assigned GIDs, or null if there are none.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getPackageGids

added in API level 24

public abstract int[] getPackageGids (String packageName,
                int flags)

Return an array of all of the POSIX secondary group IDs that have been assigned to the given package.

Note that the same package may have different GIDs under different UserHandle on the same device.

Parameters

packageName

String: The full name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts) of the desired package.

flags

int

Returns
`int[]`	Returns an int array of the assigned gids, or null if there are none.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getPackageInfo

added in API level 1

public abstract PackageInfo getPackageInfo (String packageName,
                int flags)

Retrieve overall information about an application package that is installed on the system.

Parameters

packageName

String: The full name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts) of the desired package.

flags

int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.

Returns

PackageInfo

A PackageInfo object containing information about the package. If flag MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES is set and if the package is not found in the list of installed applications, the package information is retrieved from the list of uninstalled applications (which includes installed applications as well as applications with data directory i.e. applications which had been deleted with DONT_DELETE_DATA flag set).

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getPackageInfo

added in API level 26

public abstract PackageInfo getPackageInfo (VersionedPackage versionedPackage,
                int flags)

Retrieve overall information about an application package that is installed on the system. This method can be used for retrieving information about packages for which multiple versions can be installed at the time. Currently only packages hosting static shared libraries can have multiple installed versions. The method can also be used to get info for a package that has a single version installed by passing VERSION_CODE_HIGHEST in the VersionedPackage constructor.

Parameters

versionedPackage

VersionedPackage: The versioned package for which to query.

flags

int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.

Returns

PackageInfo

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getPackageInstaller

added in API level 21

public abstract PackageInstaller getPackageInstaller ()

Return interface that offers the ability to install, upgrade, and remove applications on the device.

Returns
`PackageInstaller`	This value will never be `null`.

getPackageUid

added in API level 24

public abstract int getPackageUid (String packageName,
                int flags)

Return the UID associated with the given package name.

Note that the same package will have different UIDs under different UserHandle on the same device.

Parameters

packageName

String: The full name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts) of the desired package.

flags

int

Returns
`int`	Returns an integer UID who owns the given package name.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name can not be found on the system.

getPackagesForUid

added in API level 1

public abstract String[] getPackagesForUid (int uid)

Retrieve the names of all packages that are associated with a particular user id. In most cases, this will be a single package name, the package that has been assigned that user id. Where there are multiple packages sharing the same user id through the "sharedUserId" mechanism, all packages with that id will be returned.

Parameters
`uid`	`int`: The user id for which you would like to retrieve the associated packages.

Returns
`String[]`	Returns an array of one or more packages assigned to the user id, or null if there are no known packages with the given id.

getPackagesHoldingPermissions

added in API level 18

public abstract List<PackageInfo> getPackagesHoldingPermissions (String[] permissions,
                int flags)

Return a List of all installed packages that are currently holding any of the given permissions.

Parameters

permissions

String

flags

int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.

Returns

List<PackageInfo>

A List of PackageInfo objects, one for each installed package that holds any of the permissions that were provided, containing information about the package. If no installed packages hold any of the permissions, an empty list is returned. If flag MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES is set, the package information is retrieved from the list of uninstalled applications (which includes installed applications as well as applications with data directory i.e. applications which had been deleted with DONT_DELETE_DATA flag set).

getPermissionGroupInfo

added in API level 1

public abstract PermissionGroupInfo getPermissionGroupInfo (String name,
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular group of permissions.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The fully qualified name (i.e. com.google.permission_group.APPS) of the permission you are interested in.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or `GET_META_DATA`.

Returns
`PermissionGroupInfo`	Returns a `PermissionGroupInfo` containing information about the permission.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getPermissionInfo

added in API level 1

public abstract PermissionInfo getPermissionInfo (String name,
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular permission.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The fully qualified name (i.e. com.google.permission.LOGIN) of the permission you are interested in.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or `GET_META_DATA`.

Returns
`PermissionInfo`	Returns a `PermissionInfo` containing information about the permission.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getPreferredActivities

added in API level 1

public abstract int getPreferredActivities (List<IntentFilter> outFilters,
                List<ComponentName> outActivities,
                String packageName)

Retrieve all preferred activities, previously added with addPreferredActivity(IntentFilter, int, ComponentName[], ComponentName), that are currently registered with the system.

Parameters
`outFilters`	`List`: A required list in which to place the filters of all of the preferred activities. This value must never be `null`.
`outActivities`	`List`: A required list in which to place the component names of all of the preferred activities. This value must never be `null`.
`packageName`	`String`: An optional package in which you would like to limit the list. If null, all activities will be returned; if non-null, only those activities in the given package are returned.

Returns
`int`	Returns the total number of registered preferred activities (the number of distinct IntentFilter records, not the number of unique activity components) that were found.

getPreferredPackages

added in API level 1

public abstract List<PackageInfo> getPreferredPackages (int flags)

Retrieve the list of all currently configured preferred packages. The first package on the list is the most preferred, the last is the least preferred.

Parameters

flags

int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.

Returns
`List<PackageInfo>`	A List of PackageInfo objects, one for each preferred application, in order of preference.

getProviderInfo

added in API level 9

public abstract ProviderInfo getProviderInfo (ComponentName component,
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular content provider class.

Parameters
`component`	`ComponentName`: The full component name (i.e. com.google.providers.media/com.google.providers.media. MediaProvider) of a ContentProvider class.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_ALL`, `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` or `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`.

Returns
`ProviderInfo`	A `ProviderInfo` object containing information about the provider.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getReceiverInfo

added in API level 1

public abstract ActivityInfo getReceiverInfo (ComponentName component,
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular receiver class.

Parameters
`component`	`ComponentName`: The full component name (i.e. com.google.apps.calendar/com.google.apps.calendar. CalendarAlarm) of a Receiver class.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_ALL`, `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` or `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`.

Returns
`ActivityInfo`	An `ActivityInfo` containing information about the receiver.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getResourcesForActivity

added in API level 1

public abstract Resources getResourcesForActivity (ComponentName activityName)

Retrieve the resources associated with an activity. Given the full name of an activity, retrieves the information about it and calls getResources() to return its application's resources. If the activity cannot be found, NameNotFoundException is thrown.

Parameters
`activityName`	`ComponentName`: Name of the activity whose resources are to be retrieved.

Returns
`Resources`	Returns the application's Resources.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for the given application could not be loaded.

See also:

getResourcesForApplication(ApplicationInfo)

getResourcesForApplication

added in API level 1

public abstract Resources getResourcesForApplication (ApplicationInfo app)

Retrieve the resources for an application. Throws NameNotFoundException if the package is no longer installed.

Parameters
`app`	`ApplicationInfo`: Information about the desired application.

Returns
`Resources`	Returns the application's Resources.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for the given application could not be loaded (most likely because it was uninstalled).

getResourcesForApplication

added in API level 1

public abstract Resources getResourcesForApplication (String appPackageName)

Retrieve the resources associated with an application. Given the full package name of an application, retrieves the information about it and calls getResources() to return its application's resources. If the appPackageName cannot be found, NameNotFoundException is thrown.

Parameters
`appPackageName`	`String`: Package name of the application whose resources are to be retrieved.

Returns
`Resources`	Returns the application's Resources.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	Thrown if the resources for the given application could not be loaded.

See also:

getResourcesForApplication(ApplicationInfo)

getServiceInfo

added in API level 1

public abstract ServiceInfo getServiceInfo (ComponentName component,
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular service class.

Parameters
`component`	`ComponentName`: The full component name (i.e. com.google.apps.media/com.google.apps.media. BackgroundPlayback) of a Service class.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_ALL`, `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` or `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`.

Returns
`ServiceInfo`	A `ServiceInfo` object containing information about the service.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

getSharedLibraries

added in API level 26

public abstract List<SharedLibraryInfo> getSharedLibraries (int flags)

Get a list of shared libraries on the device.

Parameters
`flags`	`int`: To filter the libraries to return. Value is either `0` or combination of `INSTALL_REASON_POLICY`, `INSTALL_REASON_DEVICE_RESTORE` or `INSTALL_REASON_USER`.

Returns
`List<SharedLibraryInfo>`	The shared library list. This value will never be `null`.

See also:

MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES

getSuspendedPackageAppExtras

added in API level 28

public Bundle getSuspendedPackageAppExtras ()

Returns a Bundle of extras that was meant to be sent to the calling app when it was suspended. An app with the permission android.permission.SUSPEND_APPS can supply this to the system at the time of suspending an app.

This is the same Bundle that is sent along with the broadcast Intent.ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_SUSPENDED, whenever the app is suspended. The contents of this Bundle are a contract between the suspended app and the suspending app.

Note: These extras are optional, so if no extras were supplied to the system, this method will return null, even when the calling app has been suspended.

Returns
`Bundle`	A `Bundle` containing the extras for the app, or `null` if the package is not currently suspended.

See also:

getSystemAvailableFeatures

added in API level 5

public abstract FeatureInfo[] getSystemAvailableFeatures ()

Get a list of features that are available on the system.

Returns
`FeatureInfo[]`	An array of FeatureInfo classes describing the features that are available on the system, or null if there are none(!!).

getSystemSharedLibraryNames

added in API level 3

public abstract String[] getSystemSharedLibraryNames ()

Get a list of shared libraries that are available on the system.

Returns
`String[]`	An array of shared library names that are available on the system, or null if none are installed.

getText

added in API level 1

public abstract CharSequence getText (String packageName,
                int resid,
                ApplicationInfo appInfo)

Retrieve text from a package. This is a low-level API used by the various package manager info structures (such as ComponentInfo to implement retrieval of their associated labels and other text.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The name of the package that this text is coming from. Cannot be null.
`resid`	`int`: The resource identifier of the desired text. Cannot be 0.
`appInfo`	`ApplicationInfo`: Overall information about `packageName`. This may be null, in which case the application information will be retrieved for you if needed; if you already have this information around, it can be much more efficient to supply it here.

Returns
`CharSequence`	Returns a CharSequence holding the requested text. Returns null if the text could not be found for any reason.

getUserBadgedDrawableForDensity

added in API level 21

public abstract Drawable getUserBadgedDrawableForDensity (Drawable drawable,
                UserHandle user,
                Rect badgeLocation,
                int badgeDensity)

If the target user is a managed profile of the calling user or the caller is itself a managed profile, then this returns a badged copy of the given drawable allowing the user to distinguish it from the original drawable. The caller can specify the location in the bounds of the drawable to be badged where the badge should be applied as well as the density of the badge to be used.

If the original drawable is a BitmapDrawable and the backing bitmap is mutable as per Bitmap.isMutable(), the badging is performed in place and the original drawable is returned.

Parameters
`drawable`	`Drawable`: The drawable to badge.
`user`	`UserHandle`: The target user.
`badgeLocation`	`Rect`: Where in the bounds of the badged drawable to place the badge. If it's `null`, the badge is applied on top of the entire drawable being badged.
`badgeDensity`	`int`: The optional desired density for the badge as per `DisplayMetrics.densityDpi`. If it's not positive, the density of the display is used.

Returns
`Drawable`	A drawable that combines the original drawable and a badge as determined by the system.

getUserBadgedIcon

added in API level 21

public abstract Drawable getUserBadgedIcon (Drawable icon,
                UserHandle user)

If the target user is a managed profile, then this returns a badged copy of the given icon to be able to distinguish it from the original icon. For badging an arbitrary drawable use getUserBadgedDrawableForDensity(android.graphics.drawable.Drawable, UserHandle, android.graphics.Rect, int).

If the original drawable is a BitmapDrawable and the backing bitmap is mutable as per Bitmap.isMutable(), the badging is performed in place and the original drawable is returned.

Parameters
`icon`	`Drawable`: The icon to badge.
`user`	`UserHandle`: The target user.

Returns
`Drawable`	A drawable that combines the original icon and a badge as determined by the system.

getUserBadgedLabel

added in API level 21

public abstract CharSequence getUserBadgedLabel (CharSequence label,
                UserHandle user)

If the target user is a managed profile of the calling user or the caller is itself a managed profile, then this returns a copy of the label with badging for accessibility services like talkback. E.g. passing in "Email" and it might return "Work Email" for Email in the work profile.

Parameters
`label`	`CharSequence`: The label to change.
`user`	`UserHandle`: The target user.

Returns
`CharSequence`	A label that combines the original label and a badge as determined by the system.

getXml

added in API level 1

public abstract XmlResourceParser getXml (String packageName,
                int resid,
                ApplicationInfo appInfo)

Retrieve an XML file from a package. This is a low-level API used to retrieve XML meta data.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The name of the package that this xml is coming from. Cannot be null.
`resid`	`int`: The resource identifier of the desired xml. Cannot be 0.
`appInfo`	`ApplicationInfo`: Overall information about `packageName`. This may be null, in which case the application information will be retrieved for you if needed; if you already have this information around, it can be much more efficient to supply it here.

Returns
`XmlResourceParser`	Returns an XmlPullParser allowing you to parse out the XML data. Returns null if the xml resource could not be found for any reason.

hasSigningCertificate

added in API level 28

public boolean hasSigningCertificate (int uid,
                byte[] certificate,
                int type)

Searches the set of signing certificates by which the package(s) for the given uid has proven to have been signed. For multiple packages sharing the same uid, this will return the signing certificates found in the signing history of the "newest" package, where "newest" indicates the package with the newest signing certificate in the shared uid group. This method should be used instead of getPackageInfo with GET_SIGNATURES since it takes into account the possibility of signing certificate rotation, except in the case of packages that are signed by multiple certificates, for which signing certificate rotation is not supported. This method is analogous to using getPackagesForUid followed by getPackageInfo with GET_SIGNING_CERTIFICATES, selecting the PackageInfo of the newest-signed bpackage , and finally searching through the resulting signingInfo field to see if the desired certificate is there.

Parameters
`uid`	`int`: uid whose signing certificates to check
`certificate`	`byte`: signing certificate for which to search
`type`	`int`: representation of the `certificate` Value is `CERT_INPUT_RAW_X509` or `CERT_INPUT_SHA256`.

Returns
`boolean`	true if this package was or is signed by exactly the certificate `certificate`

hasSigningCertificate

added in API level 28

public boolean hasSigningCertificate (String packageName,
                byte[] certificate,
                int type)

Searches the set of signing certificates by which the given package has proven to have been signed. This should be used instead of getPackageInfo with GET_SIGNATURES since it takes into account the possibility of signing certificate rotation, except in the case of packages that are signed by multiple certificates, for which signing certificate rotation is not supported. This method is analogous to using getPackageInfo with GET_SIGNING_CERTIFICATES and then searching through the resulting signingInfo field to see if the desired certificate is present.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: package whose signing certificates to check
`certificate`	`byte`: signing certificate for which to search
`type`	`int`: representation of the `certificate` Value is `CERT_INPUT_RAW_X509` or `CERT_INPUT_SHA256`.

Returns
`boolean`	true if this package was or is signed by exactly the certificate `certificate`

hasSystemFeature

added in API level 5

public abstract boolean hasSystemFeature (String name)

Check whether the given feature name is one of the available features as returned by getSystemAvailableFeatures(). This tests for the presence of any version of the given feature name; use hasSystemFeature(String, int) to check for a minimum version.

Parameters
`name`	`String`

Returns
`boolean`	Returns true if the devices supports the feature, else false.

hasSystemFeature

added in API level 24

public abstract boolean hasSystemFeature (String name,
                int version)

Check whether the given feature name and version is one of the available features as returned by getSystemAvailableFeatures(). Since features are defined to always be backwards compatible, this returns true if the available feature version is greater than or equal to the requested version.

Parameters
`name`	`String`
`version`	`int`

Returns
`boolean`	Returns true if the devices supports the feature, else false.

isInstantApp

added in API level 26

public abstract boolean isInstantApp ()

Gets whether this application is an instant app.

Returns
`boolean`	Whether caller is an instant app.

See also:

isInstantApp

added in API level 26

public abstract boolean isInstantApp (String packageName)

Gets whether the given package is an instant app.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The package to check

Returns
`boolean`	Whether the given package is an instant app.

See also:

isPackageSuspended

added in API level 28

public boolean isPackageSuspended ()

Apps can query this to know if they have been suspended. A system app with the permission android.permission.SUSPEND_APPS can put any app on the device into a suspended state.

While in this state, the application's notifications will be hidden, any of its started activities will be stopped and it will not be able to show toasts or dialogs or ring the device. When the user tries to launch a suspended app, the system will, instead, show a dialog to the user informing them that they cannot use this app while it is suspended.

When an app is put into this state, the broadcast action Intent.ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_SUSPENDED will be delivered to any of its broadcast receivers that included this action in their intent-filters, including manifest receivers. Similarly, a broadcast action Intent.ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_UNSUSPENDED is delivered when a previously suspended app is taken out of this state.

Returns
`boolean`	`true` if the calling package has been suspended, `false` otherwise.

See also:

isPermissionRevokedByPolicy

added in API level 23

public abstract boolean isPermissionRevokedByPolicy (String permName,
                String pkgName)

Checks whether a particular permissions has been revoked for a package by policy. Typically the device owner or the profile owner may apply such a policy. The user cannot grant policy revoked permissions, hence the only way for an app to get such a permission is by a policy change.

Parameters
`permName`	`String`: The name of the permission you are checking for. This value must never be `null`.
`pkgName`	`String`: The name of the package you are checking against. This value must never be `null`.

Returns
`boolean`	Whether the permission is restricted by policy.

isSafeMode

added in API level 3

public abstract boolean isSafeMode ()

Return whether the device has been booted into safe mode.

Returns
`boolean`

queryBroadcastReceivers

added in API level 1

public abstract List<ResolveInfo> queryBroadcastReceivers (Intent intent,
                int flags)

Retrieve all receivers that can handle a broadcast of the given intent.

Parameters
`intent`	`Intent`: The desired intent as per resolveActivity().
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SIGNATURES`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_ALL`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` or `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`.

Returns
`List<ResolveInfo>`	Returns a List of ResolveInfo objects containing one entry for each matching receiver, ordered from best to worst. If there are no matching receivers, an empty list or null is returned.

queryContentProviders

added in API level 1

public abstract List<ProviderInfo> queryContentProviders (String processName,
                int uid,
                int flags)

Retrieve content provider information.

Note: unlike most other methods, an empty result set is indicated by a null return instead of an empty list.

Parameters
`processName`	`String`: If non-null, limits the returned providers to only those that are hosted by the given process. If null, all content providers are returned.
`uid`	`int`: If `processName` is non-null, this is the required uid owning the requested content providers.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_ALL`, `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` or `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`.

Returns
`List<ProviderInfo>`	A list of `ProviderInfo` objects containing one entry for each provider either matching `processName` or, if `processName` is null, all known content providers. If there are no matching providers, null is returned.

queryInstrumentation

added in API level 1

public abstract List<InstrumentationInfo> queryInstrumentation (String targetPackage,
                int flags)

Retrieve information about available instrumentation code. May be used to retrieve either all instrumentation code, or only the code targeting a particular package.

Parameters
`targetPackage`	`String`: If null, all instrumentation is returned; only the instrumentation targeting this package name is returned.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or `GET_META_DATA`.

Returns
`List<InstrumentationInfo>`	A list of `InstrumentationInfo` objects containing one entry for each matching instrumentation. If there are no instrumentation available, returns an empty list.

queryIntentActivities

added in API level 1

public abstract List<ResolveInfo> queryIntentActivities (Intent intent,
                int flags)

Retrieve all activities that can be performed for the given intent.

Parameters

intent

Intent: The desired intent as per resolveActivity().

flags

int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. The most important is MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY, to limit the resolution to only those activities that support the Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT. Or, set MATCH_ALL to prevent any filtering of the results.

Value is either 0 or combination of GET_META_DATA, GET_SIGNATURES, GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES, MATCH_ALL, MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS, MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS, MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY, MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE, MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE, MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY or MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES.

Returns
`List<ResolveInfo>`	Returns a List of ResolveInfo objects containing one entry for each matching activity, ordered from best to worst. In other words, the first item is what would be returned by `resolveActivity(Intent, int)`. If there are no matching activities, an empty list is returned.

queryIntentActivityOptions

added in API level 1

public abstract List<ResolveInfo> queryIntentActivityOptions (ComponentName caller,
                Intent[] specifics,
                Intent intent,
                int flags)

Retrieve a set of activities that should be presented to the user as similar options. This is like queryIntentActivities(Intent, int), except it also allows you to supply a list of more explicit Intents that you would like to resolve to particular options, and takes care of returning the final ResolveInfo list in a reasonable order, with no duplicates, based on those inputs.

Parameters
`caller`	`ComponentName`: The class name of the activity that is making the request. This activity will never appear in the output list. Can be null.
`specifics`	`Intent`: An array of Intents that should be resolved to the first specific results. Can be null.
`intent`	`Intent`: The desired intent as per resolveActivity().
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. The most important is `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, to limit the resolution to only those activities that support the `Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT`. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SIGNATURES`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_ALL`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` or `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`.

Returns
`List<ResolveInfo>`	Returns a List of ResolveInfo objects containing one entry for each matching activity. The list is ordered first by all of the intents resolved in `specifics` and then any additional activities that can handle `intent` but did not get included by one of the `specifics` intents. If there are no matching activities, an empty list is returned.

queryIntentContentProviders

added in API level 19

public abstract List<ResolveInfo> queryIntentContentProviders (Intent intent,
                int flags)

Retrieve all providers that can match the given intent.

Parameters
`intent`	`Intent`: An intent containing all of the desired specification (action, data, type, category, and/or component).
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SIGNATURES`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_ALL`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` or `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`.

Returns
`List<ResolveInfo>`	Returns a List of ResolveInfo objects containing one entry for each matching provider, ordered from best to worst. If there are no matching services, an empty list or null is returned.

queryIntentServices

added in API level 1

public abstract List<ResolveInfo> queryIntentServices (Intent intent,
                int flags)

Retrieve all services that can match the given intent.

Parameters
`intent`	`Intent`: The desired intent as per resolveService().
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SIGNATURES`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_ALL`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` or `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`.

Returns
`List<ResolveInfo>`	Returns a List of ResolveInfo objects containing one entry for each matching service, ordered from best to worst. In other words, the first item is what would be returned by `resolveService(Intent, int)`. If there are no matching services, an empty list or null is returned.

queryPermissionsByGroup

added in API level 1

public abstract List<PermissionInfo> queryPermissionsByGroup (String group,
                int flags)

Query for all of the permissions associated with a particular group.

Parameters
`group`	`String`: The fully qualified name (i.e. com.google.permission.LOGIN) of the permission group you are interested in. Use null to find all of the permissions not associated with a group.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or `GET_META_DATA`.

Returns
`List<PermissionInfo>`	Returns a list of `PermissionInfo` containing information about all of the permissions in the given group.

Throws
`PackageManager.NameNotFoundException`	if a package with the given name cannot be found on the system.

removePackageFromPreferred

added in API level 1

public abstract void removePackageFromPreferred (String packageName)

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`

removePermission

added in API level 1

public abstract void removePermission (String name)

Removes a permission that was previously added with addPermission(PermissionInfo). The same ownership rules apply -- you are only allowed to remove permissions that you are allowed to add.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the permission to remove.

Throws
`SecurityException`	if you are not allowed to remove the given permission name.

See also:

addPermission(PermissionInfo)

resolveActivity

added in API level 1

public abstract ResolveInfo resolveActivity (Intent intent,
                int flags)

Determine the best action to perform for a given Intent. This is how Intent.resolveActivity(PackageManager) finds an activity if a class has not been explicitly specified.

Note: if using an implicit Intent (without an explicit ComponentName specified), be sure to consider whether to set the MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY only flag. You need to do so to resolve the activity in the same way that Context.startActivity(Intent) and Intent.resolveActivity(PackageManager) do.

Parameters

intent

Intent: An intent containing all of the desired specification (action, data, type, category, and/or component).

flags

int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. The most important is MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY, to limit the resolution to only those activities that support the Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT.

Returns
`ResolveInfo`	Returns a ResolveInfo object containing the final activity intent that was determined to be the best action. Returns null if no matching activity was found. If multiple matching activities are found and there is no default set, returns a ResolveInfo object containing something else, such as the activity resolver.

resolveContentProvider

added in API level 1

public abstract ProviderInfo resolveContentProvider (String name,
                int flags)

Find a single content provider by its base path name.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the provider to find.
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_ALL`, `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` or `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`.

Returns
`ProviderInfo`	A `ProviderInfo` object containing information about the provider. If a provider was not found, returns null.

resolveService

added in API level 1

public abstract ResolveInfo resolveService (Intent intent,
                int flags)

Determine the best service to handle for a given Intent.

Parameters
`intent`	`Intent`: An intent containing all of the desired specification (action, data, type, category, and/or component).
`flags`	`int`: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either `0` or combination of `GET_META_DATA`, `GET_SIGNATURES`, `GET_SHARED_LIBRARY_FILES`, `MATCH_ALL`, `MATCH_DISABLED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED_COMPONENTS`, `MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_AWARE`, `MATCH_DIRECT_BOOT_UNAWARE`, `MATCH_SYSTEM_ONLY` or `MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES`.

Returns
`ResolveInfo`	Returns a ResolveInfo object containing the final service intent that was determined to be the best action. Returns null if no matching service was found.

setApplicationCategoryHint

added in API level 26

public abstract void setApplicationCategoryHint (String packageName,
                int categoryHint)

Provide a hint of what the ApplicationInfo.category value should be for the given package.

This hint can only be set by the app which installed this package, as determined by getInstallerPackageName(String).

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: the package to change the category hint for. This value must never be `null`.
`categoryHint`	`int`: the category hint to set. Value is `CATEGORY_UNDEFINED`, `CATEGORY_GAME`, `CATEGORY_AUDIO`, `CATEGORY_VIDEO`, `CATEGORY_IMAGE`, `CATEGORY_SOCIAL`, `CATEGORY_NEWS`, `CATEGORY_MAPS` or `CATEGORY_PRODUCTIVITY`.

setApplicationEnabledSetting

added in API level 1

public abstract void setApplicationEnabledSetting (String packageName,
                int newState,
                int flags)

Set the enabled setting for an application This setting will override any enabled state which may have been set by the application in its manifest. It also overrides the enabled state set in the manifest for any of the application's components. It does not override any enabled state set by setComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName, int, int) for any of the application's components.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The package name of the application to enable
`newState`	`int`: The new enabled state for the application. Value is `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_USER` or `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED`.
`flags`	`int`: Optional behavior flags. Value is either `0` or `DONT_KILL_APP`.

setComponentEnabledSetting

added in API level 1

public abstract void setComponentEnabledSetting (ComponentName componentName,
                int newState,
                int flags)

Set the enabled setting for a package component (activity, receiver, service, provider). This setting will override any enabled state which may have been set by the component in its manifest.

Parameters
`componentName`	`ComponentName`: The component to enable
`newState`	`int`: The new enabled state for the component. Value is `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED`, `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_USER` or `COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED`.
`flags`	`int`: Optional behavior flags. Value is either `0` or `DONT_KILL_APP`.

setInstallerPackageName

added in API level 11

public abstract void setInstallerPackageName (String targetPackage,
                String installerPackageName)

Change the installer associated with a given package. There are limitations on how the installer package can be changed; in particular:

A SecurityException will be thrown if installerPackageName is not signed with the same certificate as the calling application.
A SecurityException will be thrown if targetPackage already has an installer package, and that installer package is not signed with the same certificate as the calling application.

Parameters
`targetPackage`	`String`: The installed package whose installer will be changed.
`installerPackageName`	`String`: The package name of the new installer. May be null to clear the association.

updateInstantAppCookie

added in API level 26

public abstract void updateInstantAppCookie (byte[] cookie)

Updates the instant application cookie for the calling app. Non instant apps and apps that were instant but were upgraded to normal apps can still access this API. For instant apps this cookie is cached for some time after uninstall while for normal apps the cookie is deleted after the app is uninstalled. The cookie is always present while the app is installed. The cookie size is limited by getInstantAppCookieMaxBytes(). Passing null or an empty array clears the cookie.

Parameters
`cookie`	`byte`: The cookie data. This value may be `null`.

Throws
`IllegalArgumentException`	if the array exceeds max cookie size.

See also:

verifyPendingInstall

added in API level 14

public abstract void verifyPendingInstall (int id,
                int verificationCode)

Allows a package listening to the package verification broadcast to respond to the package manager. The response must include the verificationCode which is one of VERIFICATION_ALLOW or VERIFICATION_REJECT.

Parameters
`id`	`int`: pending package identifier as passed via the `EXTRA_VERIFICATION_ID` Intent extra.
`verificationCode`	`int`: either `VERIFICATION_ALLOW` or `VERIFICATION_REJECT`.

Throws
`SecurityException`	if the caller does not have the PACKAGE_VERIFICATION_AGENT permission.

PackageManager

Summary

Nested classes

Constants

Public constructors

Public methods

Inherited methods

Constants

CERT_INPUT_RAW_X509

CERT_INPUT_SHA256

COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT

COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED

COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED

COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_USER

COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED

DONT_KILL_APP

EXTRA_VERIFICATION_ID

EXTRA_VERIFICATION_RESULT

FEATURE_ACTIVITIES_ON_SECONDARY_DISPLAYS

FEATURE_APP_WIDGETS

FEATURE_AUDIO_LOW_LATENCY

FEATURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT

FEATURE_AUDIO_PRO

FEATURE_AUTOFILL

FEATURE_AUTOMOTIVE

FEATURE_BACKUP

FEATURE_BLUETOOTH

FEATURE_BLUETOOTH_LE

FEATURE_CAMERA

FEATURE_CAMERA_ANY

FEATURE_CAMERA_AR

FEATURE_CAMERA_AUTOFOCUS

FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_MANUAL_POST_PROCESSING

FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_MANUAL_SENSOR

FEATURE_CAMERA_CAPABILITY_RAW

FEATURE_CAMERA_EXTERNAL

FEATURE_CAMERA_FLASH

FEATURE_CAMERA_FRONT

FEATURE_CAMERA_LEVEL_FULL

FEATURE_CANT_SAVE_STATE

FEATURE_COMPANION_DEVICE_SETUP

FEATURE_CONNECTION_SERVICE

FEATURE_CONSUMER_IR

FEATURE_DEVICE_ADMIN

FEATURE_EMBEDDED

FEATURE_ETHERNET

FEATURE_FAKETOUCH

FEATURE_FAKETOUCH_MULTITOUCH_DISTINCT

FEATURE_FAKETOUCH_MULTITOUCH_JAZZHAND

FEATURE_FINGERPRINT

FEATURE_FREEFORM_WINDOW_MANAGEMENT

FEATURE_GAMEPAD

FEATURE_HIFI_SENSORS

FEATURE_HOME_SCREEN

FEATURE_INPUT_METHODS

FEATURE_LEANBACK

FEATURE_LEANBACK_ONLY

FEATURE_LIVE_TV

FEATURE_LIVE_WALLPAPER

FEATURE_LOCATION

FEATURE_LOCATION_GPS

FEATURE_LOCATION_NETWORK

FEATURE_MANAGED_USERS

FEATURE_MICROPHONE

FEATURE_MIDI

FEATURE_NFC

FEATURE_NFC_HOST_CARD_EMULATION

FEATURE_NFC_HOST_CARD_EMULATION_NFCF

FEATURE_OPENGLES_EXTENSION_PACK

FEATURE_PC

FEATURE_PICTURE_IN_PICTURE

FEATURE_PRINTING

FEATURE_RAM_LOW

FEATURE_RAM_NORMAL

FEATURE_SCREEN_LANDSCAPE

FEATURE_SCREEN_PORTRAIT

FEATURE_SECURELY_REMOVES_USERS

FEATURE_SENSOR_ACCELEROMETER

FEATURE_SENSOR_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE

FEATURE_SENSOR_BAROMETER