MockPackageManager

public class MockPackageManager
extends PackageManager

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

A mock PackageManager class. All methods are non-functional and throw UnsupportedOperationException. Override it to provide the operations that you need.

Summary

Inherited constants

Inherited fields

Public constructors

MockPackageManager()

Public methods

void addPackageToPreferred(String packageName)

This method is deprecated. This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

boolean addPermission(PermissionInfo info)

Add a new dynamic permission to the system.

boolean addPermissionAsync(PermissionInfo info)

Like addPermission(android.content.pm.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.

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

This method is deprecated. This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

boolean canRequestPackageInstalls()

Checks whether the calling package is allowed to request package installs through package installer.

String[] canonicalToCurrentPackageNames(String[] names)

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

int checkPermission(String permName, String pkgName)

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

int checkSignatures(String pkg1, String pkg2)

Compare the signatures of two packages to determine if the same signature appears in both of them.

int checkSignatures(int uid1, int uid2)

Like checkSignatures(java.lang.String, java.lang.String), but takes UIDs of the two packages to be checked.

void clearPackagePreferredActivities(String packageName)

This method is deprecated. This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

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.

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

Allows a package listening to the broadcast to extend the default timeout for a response and declare what action to perform after the timeout occurs.

Drawable getActivityBanner(Intent intent)

Retrieve the banner associated with an Intent.

Drawable getActivityBanner(ComponentName activityName)

Retrieve the banner associated with an activity.

Drawable getActivityIcon(Intent intent)

Retrieve the icon associated with an Intent.

Drawable getActivityIcon(ComponentName activityName)

Retrieve the icon associated with an activity.

ActivityInfo getActivityInfo(ComponentName className, int flags)

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

Drawable getActivityLogo(Intent intent)

Retrieve the logo associated with an Intent.

Drawable getActivityLogo(ComponentName activityName)

Retrieve the logo associated with an activity.

List<IntentFilter> getAllIntentFilters(String packageName)
List<PermissionGroupInfo> getAllPermissionGroups(int flags)

Retrieve all of the known permission groups in the system.

Drawable getApplicationBanner(ApplicationInfo info)

Retrieve the banner associated with an application.

Drawable getApplicationBanner(String packageName)

Retrieve the banner associated with an application.

int getApplicationEnabledSetting(String packageName)

Return the enabled setting for an application.

Drawable getApplicationIcon(String packageName)

Retrieve the icon associated with an application.

Drawable getApplicationIcon(ApplicationInfo info)

Retrieve the icon associated with an application.

ApplicationInfo getApplicationInfo(String packageName, int flags)

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

CharSequence getApplicationLabel(ApplicationInfo info)

Return the label to use for this application.

Drawable getApplicationLogo(String packageName)

Retrieve the logo associated with an application.

Drawable getApplicationLogo(ApplicationInfo info)

Retrieve the logo associated with an application.

int getComponentEnabledSetting(ComponentName componentName)

Return the enabled setting for a package component (activity, receiver, service, provider).

Drawable getDefaultActivityIcon()

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

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

Retrieve an image from a package.

List<ApplicationInfo> getInstalledApplications(int flags)

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

List<PackageInfo> getInstalledPackages(int flags)

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

String getInstallerPackageName(String packageName)

This method was deprecated in API level 24. use getInstallSourceInfo(java.lang.String) instead

InstrumentationInfo getInstrumentationInfo(ComponentName className, int flags)

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

Intent getLaunchIntentForPackage(String packageName)

Returns a "good" intent to launch a front-door activity in a package.

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.

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 Use getPackageArchiveInfo(java.lang.String, android.content.pm.PackageManager.PackageInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

int[] getPackageGids(String packageName)

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

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.

PackageInfo getPackageInfo(String packageName, int flags)

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

PackageInfo getPackageInfo(VersionedPackage versionedPackage, int flags)

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

int getPackageUid(String packageName, int flags)

Return the UID associated with the given package name.

String[] getPackagesForUid(int uid)

Retrieve the names of all packages that are associated with a particular user id.

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

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

PermissionGroupInfo getPermissionGroupInfo(String name, int flags)

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

PermissionInfo getPermissionInfo(String name, int flags)

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

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

This method is deprecated. This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

List<PackageInfo> getPreferredPackages(int flags)

This method is deprecated. This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

ProviderInfo getProviderInfo(ComponentName className, int flags)

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

ActivityInfo getReceiverInfo(ComponentName className, int flags)

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

Resources getResourcesForActivity(ComponentName activityName)

Retrieve the resources associated with an activity.

Resources getResourcesForApplication(String appPackageName)

Retrieve the resources associated with an application.

Resources getResourcesForApplication(ApplicationInfo app)

Retrieve the resources for an application.

ServiceInfo getServiceInfo(ComponentName className, int flags)

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

List<SharedLibraryInfo> getSharedLibraries(int flags)

Get a list of shared libraries on the device.

FeatureInfo[] getSystemAvailableFeatures()

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

String[] getSystemSharedLibraryNames()

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

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

Retrieve text from a package.

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.

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.

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.

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.

boolean hasSystemFeature(String name)

Check whether the given feature name is one of the available features as returned by getSystemAvailableFeatures().

boolean hasSystemFeature(String name, int version)

Check whether the given feature name and version is one of the available features as returned by getSystemAvailableFeatures().

boolean isPermissionRevokedByPolicy(String permName, String pkgName)

Checks whether a particular permissions has been revoked for a package by policy.

boolean isSafeMode()

Return whether the device has been booted into safe mode.

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

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

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

Retrieve content provider information.

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

Retrieve information about available instrumentation code.

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

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

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.

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

Retrieve all providers that can match the given intent.

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

Retrieve all services that can match the given intent.

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

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

void removePackageFromPreferred(String packageName)

This method is deprecated. This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

void removePermission(String name)

Removes a permission that was previously added with addPermission(android.content.pm.PermissionInfo).

ResolveInfo resolveActivity(Intent intent, int flags)

Determine the best action to perform for a given Intent.

ProviderInfo resolveContentProvider(String name, int flags)

Find a single content provider by its authority.

ResolveInfo resolveService(Intent intent, int flags)

Determine the best service to handle for a given Intent.

ResolveInfo resolveServiceAsUser(Intent intent, int flags, int userId)
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.

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

Set the enabled setting for a package component (activity, receiver, service, provider).

void setInstallerPackageName(String targetPackage, String installerPackageName)

Change the installer associated with a given package.

void verifyPendingInstall(int id, int verificationCode)

Allows a package listening to the broadcast to respond to the package manager.

Inherited methods

Public constructors

MockPackageManager

public MockPackageManager ()

Public methods

addPackageToPreferred

Added in API level 1 
public void addPackageToPreferred (String packageName)

This method is deprecated.
This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

Parameters
packageName String: This value cannot be null.

addPermission

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
boolean Returns true if a new permission was created, false if an existing one was updated.

addPermissionAsync

Added in API level 8
Deprecated in API level 24 
public boolean addPermissionAsync (PermissionInfo info)

Like addPermission(android.content.pm.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: This value cannot be null.
Returns
boolean

addPreferredActivity

Added in API level 1 
public void addPreferredActivity (IntentFilter filter, 
                int match, 
                ComponentName[] set, 
                ComponentName activity)

This method is deprecated.
This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

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. This value cannot be null.
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. This value may be null.
activity ComponentName: The component name of the activity that is to be preferred. This value cannot be null.

canRequestPackageInstalls

Added in API level 26
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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.

canonicalToCurrentPackageNames

Added in API level 8
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
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 int checkPermission (String permName, 
                String pkgName)

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

Note: This API returns the underlying permission state as-is and is mostly intended for permission managing system apps. To perform an access check for a certain app, please use the Context#checkPermission APIs instead.

Parameters
permName String: The name of the permission you are checking for. This value cannot be null.
pkgName String: The name of the package you are checking against. This value cannot be null.
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

checkSignatures

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
pkg2 String: Second package name whose signature will be compared. This value cannot be null.
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

checkSignatures

Added in API level 5
Deprecated in API level 24 
public int checkSignatures (int uid1, 
                int uid2)

Like checkSignatures(java.lang.String, java.lang.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

clearPackagePreferredActivities

Added in API level 1 
public void clearPackagePreferredActivities (String packageName)

This method is deprecated.
This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

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. This value cannot be null.

currentToCanonicalPackageNames

Added in API level 8
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
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
Deprecated in API level 24 
public void extendVerificationTimeout (int id, 
                int verificationCodeAtTimeout, 
                long millisecondsToDelay)

Allows a package listening to the 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 PackageManager#VERIFICATION_ALLOW or PackageManager#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 PackageManager#EXTRA_VERIFICATION_ID Intent extra.
verificationCodeAtTimeout int: either PackageManager#VERIFICATION_ALLOW or PackageManager#VERIFICATION_REJECT. If verificationCodeAtTimeout is neither PackageManager#VERIFICATION_ALLOW or PackageManager#VERIFICATION_REJECT, then verificationCodeAtTimeout will default to PackageManager#VERIFICATION_REJECT.
millisecondsToDelay long: the amount of time requested for the timeout. Must be positive and less than PackageManager#MAXIMUM_VERIFICATION_TIMEOUT. If millisecondsToDelay is out of bounds, millisecondsToDelay will be set to the closest in bounds value; namely, 0 or PackageManager#MAXIMUM_VERIFICATION_TIMEOUT.

getActivityBanner

Added in API level 20
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Drawable Returns the image of the banner, or null if the activity has no banner specified.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getActivityBanner

Added in API level 20
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Drawable Returns the image of the banner, or null if the activity has no banner specified.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getActivityIcon

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
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

getActivityIcon

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
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

getActivityInfo

Added in API level 1 
public ActivityInfo getActivityInfo (ComponentName className, 
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular activity class. Use getActivityInfo(android.content.ComponentName, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ComponentInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
className ComponentName: The full component name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts/com.google.apps.contacts. ContactsList) of an Activity class. This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
Returns
ActivityInfo An ActivityInfo containing information about the activity. This value cannot be null.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getActivityLogo

Added in API level 9
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Drawable Returns the image of the logo, or null if the activity has no logo specified.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getActivityLogo

Added in API level 9
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Drawable Returns the image of the logo or null if the activity has no logo specified.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getAllIntentFilters

Added in API level 23
Deprecated in API level 24 
public List<IntentFilter> getAllIntentFilters (String packageName)

Parameters
packageName String

Returns
List<IntentFilter>

getAllPermissionGroups

Added in API level 1 
public 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 PackageManager.GET_META_DATA
Returns
List<PermissionGroupInfo> Returns a list of PermissionGroupInfo containing information about all of the known permission groups. This value cannot be null.

getApplicationBanner

Added in API level 20
Deprecated in API level 24 
public Drawable getApplicationBanner (ApplicationInfo info)

Retrieve the banner associated with an application.

Parameters
info ApplicationInfo: Information about application being queried. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Drawable Returns the image of the banner or null if the application has no banner specified.

getApplicationBanner

Added in API level 20
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Drawable Returns the image of the banner or null if the application has no banner specified.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getApplicationEnabledSetting

Added in API level 1 
public int getApplicationEnabledSetting (String packageName)

Return the enabled setting for an application. This returns the last value set by setApplicationEnabledSetting(java.lang.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. This value cannot be null.
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

getApplicationIcon

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
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

getApplicationIcon

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Drawable Returns the image of the icon, or the default application icon if it could not be found.

getApplicationInfo

Added in API level 1 
public ApplicationInfo getApplicationInfo (String packageName, 
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular package/application. Use getApplicationInfo(java.lang.String, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ApplicationInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
packageName String: The full name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts) of an application. This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
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 DELETE_KEEP_DATA flag set). This value cannot be null.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getApplicationLabel

Added in API level 1 
public CharSequence getApplicationLabel (ApplicationInfo info)

Return the label to use for this application.

Parameters
info ApplicationInfo: The ApplicationInfo of the application to get the label of. This value cannot be null.
Returns
CharSequence Returns a CharSequence containing the label associated with this application, or its name the item does not have a label. This value cannot be null.

getApplicationLogo

Added in API level 9
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Drawable Returns the image of the logo, or null if no application logo has been specified.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getApplicationLogo

Added in API level 9
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Drawable Returns the image of the logo, or null if no logo is specified by the application.

getComponentEnabledSetting

Added in API level 1 
public int getComponentEnabledSetting (ComponentName componentName)

Return the enabled setting for a package component (activity, receiver, service, provider). This returns the last value set by setComponentEnabledSetting(android.content.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. This value cannot be null.
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 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. This value cannot be null.

getDrawable

Added in API level 1 
public 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 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 DELETE_KEEP_DATA (partially installed apps with data directory) will be returned. Use getInstalledApplications(android.content.pm.PackageManager.ApplicationInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
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 DELETE_KEEP_DATA flag set). This value cannot be null.

getInstalledPackages

Added in API level 1 
public List<PackageInfo> getInstalledPackages (int flags)

Return a List of all packages that are installed for the current user. Use getInstalledPackages(android.content.pm.PackageManager.PackageInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
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 DELETE_KEEP_DATA flag set). This value cannot be null.

getInstallerPackageName

Added in API level 5
Deprecated in API level 24 
public String getInstallerPackageName (String packageName)

This method was deprecated in API level 24.
use getInstallSourceInfo(java.lang.String) instead

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 This value cannot be null.
Returns
String This value may be null.

getInstrumentationInfo

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either 0 or PackageManager.GET_META_DATA
Returns
InstrumentationInfo An InstrumentationInfo object containing information about the instrumentation. This value cannot be null.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getLaunchIntentForPackage

Added in API level 3
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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.

Consider using getLaunchIntentSenderForPackage(java.lang.String) if the caller is not allowed to query for the packageName.

Parameters
packageName String: The name of the package to inspect. This value cannot 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
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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 cannot 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 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 Use getPackageArchiveInfo(java.lang.String, android.content.pm.PackageManager.PackageInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
archiveFilePath String: The path to the archive file This value cannot be null.
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 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 cannot be null.
Returns
int[] Returns an int array of the assigned GIDs, or null if there are none.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getPackageGids

Added in API level 24
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. Use getPackageGids(java.lang.String, android.content.pm.PackageManager.PackageInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
packageName String: The full name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts) of the desired package. This value cannot be null.
flags int

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

getPackageInfo

Added in API level 1 
public PackageInfo getPackageInfo (String packageName, 
                int flags)

Retrieve overall information about an application package that is installed on the system. Use getPackageInfo(java.lang.String, android.content.pm.PackageManager.PackageInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
packageName String: The full name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts) of the desired package. This value cannot be null.
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 DELETE_KEEP_DATA flag set).
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getPackageInfo

Added in API level 26
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. Use getPackageInfo(android.content.pm.VersionedPackage, android.content.pm.PackageManager.PackageInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
versionedPackage VersionedPackage: The versioned package for which to query. This value cannot be null.
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 DELETE_KEEP_DATA flag set).
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getPackageUid

Added in API level 24
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. Use getPackageUid(java.lang.String, android.content.pm.PackageManager.PackageInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
packageName String: The full name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts) of the desired package. This value cannot be null.
flags int

Returns
int Returns an integer UID who owns the given package name.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getPackagesForUid

Added in API level 1 
public 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
Deprecated in API level 24 
public List<PackageInfo> getPackagesHoldingPermissions (String[] permissions, 
                int flags)

Return a List of all installed packages that are currently holding any of the given permissions. Use getPackagesHoldingPermissions(java.lang.String[], android.content.pm.PackageManager.PackageInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
permissions String: This value cannot be null.
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 DELETE_KEEP_DATA flag set). This value cannot be null.

getPermissionGroupInfo

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either 0 or PackageManager.GET_META_DATA
Returns
PermissionGroupInfo Returns a PermissionGroupInfo containing information about the permission. This value cannot be null.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getPermissionInfo

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. Value is either 0 or PackageManager.GET_META_DATA
Returns
PermissionInfo Returns a PermissionInfo containing information about the permission.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getPreferredActivities

Added in API level 1 
public int getPreferredActivities (List<IntentFilter> outFilters, 
                List<ComponentName> outActivities, 
                String packageName)

This method is deprecated.
This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

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 cannot be null.
outActivities List: A required list in which to place the component names of all of the preferred activities. This value cannot 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 List<PackageInfo> getPreferredPackages (int flags)

This method is deprecated.
This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

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. This value cannot be null.

getProviderInfo

Added in API level 9
Deprecated in API level 24 
public ProviderInfo getProviderInfo (ComponentName className, 
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular content provider class. Use getProviderInfo(android.content.ComponentName, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ComponentInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
className ComponentName: The full component name (i.e. com.google.providers.media/com.google.providers.media. MediaProvider) of a ContentProvider class. This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
Returns
ProviderInfo A ProviderInfo object containing information about the provider. This value cannot be null.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getReceiverInfo

Added in API level 1 
public ActivityInfo getReceiverInfo (ComponentName className, 
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular receiver class. Use getReceiverInfo(android.content.ComponentName, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ComponentInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
className ComponentName: The full component name (i.e. com.google.apps.calendar/com.google.apps.calendar. CalendarAlarm) of a Receiver class. This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
Returns
ActivityInfo An ActivityInfo containing information about the receiver. This value cannot be null.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getResourcesForActivity

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Resources Returns the application's Resources. This value cannot be null.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getResourcesForApplication

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Resources Returns the application's Resources. This value cannot be null.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getResourcesForApplication

Added in API level 1 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Resources Returns the application's Resources. This value cannot be null.

getServiceInfo

Added in API level 1 
public ServiceInfo getServiceInfo (ComponentName className, 
                int flags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular service class. Use getServiceInfo(android.content.ComponentName, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ComponentInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
className ComponentName: The full component name (i.e. com.google.apps.media/com.google.apps.media. BackgroundPlayback) of a Service class. This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
Returns
ServiceInfo A ServiceInfo object containing information about the service. This value cannot be null.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

getSharedLibraries

Added in API level 26
Deprecated in API level 24 
public List<SharedLibraryInfo> getSharedLibraries (int flags)

Get a list of shared libraries on the device. Use getSharedLibraries(android.content.pm.PackageManager.PackageInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
flags int: To filter the libraries to return.
Returns
List<SharedLibraryInfo> This value cannot be null.

getSystemAvailableFeatures

Added in API level 5
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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 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
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
user UserHandle: The target user. This value cannot be null.
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. This value cannot be null.

getUserBadgedIcon

Added in API level 21
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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, android.os.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 drawable to badge. This value cannot be null.
user UserHandle: The target user. This value cannot be null.
Returns
Drawable A drawable that combines the original icon and a badge as determined by the system. This value cannot be null.

getUserBadgedLabel

Added in API level 21
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
user UserHandle: The target user. This value cannot be null.
Returns
CharSequence A label that combines the original label and a badge as determined by the system. This value cannot be null.

getXml

Added in API level 1 
public 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
Deprecated in API level 24 
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 This value cannot be null.
type int: Value is PackageManager.CERT_INPUT_RAW_X509, or PackageManager.CERT_INPUT_SHA256
Returns
boolean true if this package was or is signed by exactly the certificate certificate

hasSigningCertificate

Added in API level 28
Deprecated in API level 24 
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 This value cannot be null.
certificate byte: signing certificate for which to search This value cannot be null.
type int: Value is PackageManager.CERT_INPUT_RAW_X509, or PackageManager.CERT_INPUT_SHA256
Returns
boolean true if this package was or is signed by exactly the certificate certificate

hasSystemFeature

Added in API level 5
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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(java.lang.String, int) to check for a minimum version.

Parameters
name String: This value cannot be null.
Returns
boolean Returns true if the devices supports the feature, else false.

hasSystemFeature

Added in API level 24
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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: This value cannot be null.
version int

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

isPermissionRevokedByPolicy

Added in API level 23
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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 cannot be null.
pkgName String: The name of the package you are checking against. This value cannot be null.
Returns
boolean Whether the permission is restricted by policy.

isSafeMode

Added in API level 3
Deprecated in API level 24 
public boolean isSafeMode ()

Return whether the device has been booted into safe mode.

Returns
boolean

queryBroadcastReceivers

Added in API level 1 
public List<ResolveInfo> queryBroadcastReceivers (Intent intent, 
                int flags)

Retrieve all receivers that can handle a broadcast of the given intent. Use queryBroadcastReceivers(android.content.Intent, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ResolveInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
intent Intent: The desired intent as per resolveActivity(). This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
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 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. Use queryContentProviders(java.lang.String, int, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ComponentInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

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.
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 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 PackageManager.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. This value cannot be null.

queryIntentActivities

Added in API level 1 
public List<ResolveInfo> queryIntentActivities (Intent intent, 
                int flags)

Retrieve all activities that can be performed for the given intent. Use queryIntentActivities(android.content.Intent, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ResolveInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
intent Intent: The desired intent as per resolveActivity(). This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. The most important is PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY, to limit the resolution to only those activities that support the Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT. Or, set PackageManager.MATCH_ALL to prevent any filtering of the results.
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, ResolveInfoFlags). If there are no matching activities, an empty list is returned. This value cannot be null.

queryIntentActivityOptions

Added in API level 1 
public 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, ResolveInfoFlags), 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. Use queryIntentActivityOptions(android.content.ComponentName, java.util.List, android.content.Intent, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ResolveInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

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(). This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. The most important is PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY, to limit the resolution to only those activities that support the Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT.
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. This value cannot be null.

queryIntentContentProviders

Added in API level 19
Deprecated in API level 24 
public List<ResolveInfo> queryIntentContentProviders (Intent intent, 
                int flags)

Retrieve all providers that can match the given intent. Use queryIntentContentProviders(android.content.Intent, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ResolveInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
intent Intent: An intent containing all of the desired specification (action, data, type, category, and/or component). This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
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 List<ResolveInfo> queryIntentServices (Intent intent, 
                int flags)

Retrieve all services that can match the given intent. Use queryIntentServices(android.content.Intent, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ResolveInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
intent Intent: The desired intent as per resolveService(). This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
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, ResolveInfoFlags). If there are no matching services, an empty list or null is returned.

queryPermissionsByGroup

Added in API level 1 
public 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 PackageManager.GET_META_DATA
Returns
List<PermissionInfo> Returns a list of PermissionInfo containing information about all of the permissions in the given group. This value cannot be null.
Throws
PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

removePackageFromPreferred

Added in API level 1 
public void removePackageFromPreferred (String packageName)

This method is deprecated.
This function no longer does anything. It is the platform's responsibility to assign preferred activities and this cannot be modified directly. To determine the activities resolved by the platform, use resolveActivity(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags) or queryIntentActivities(Intent, ResolveInfoFlags). To configure an app to be responsible for a particular role and to check current role holders, see RoleManager.

Parameters
packageName String: This value cannot be null.

removePermission

Added in API level 1 
public void removePermission (String name)

Removes a permission that was previously added with addPermission(android.content.pm.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. This value cannot be null.

resolveActivity

Added in API level 1 
public ResolveInfo resolveActivity (Intent intent, 
                int flags)

Determine the best action to perform for a given Intent. This is how Intent#resolveActivity 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.

Use resolveActivity(android.content.Intent, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ResolveInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
intent Intent: An intent containing all of the desired specification (action, data, type, category, and/or component). This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned. The most important is PackageManager.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 ProviderInfo resolveContentProvider (String name, 
                int flags)

Find a single content provider by its authority.

Example:

 Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://com.example.app.provider/table1");
 ProviderInfo info = packageManager.resolveContentProvider(uri.getAuthority(), flags);
Use resolveContentProvider(java.lang.String, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ComponentInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
name String: The authority of the provider to find. This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
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 ResolveInfo resolveService (Intent intent, 
                int flags)

Determine the best service to handle for a given Intent. Use resolveService(android.content.Intent, android.content.pm.PackageManager.ResolveInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Parameters
intent Intent: An intent containing all of the desired specification (action, data, type, category, and/or component). This value cannot be null.
flags int: Additional option flags to modify the data returned.
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.

resolveServiceAsUser

Added in API level 1 
public ResolveInfo resolveServiceAsUser (Intent intent, 
                int flags, 
                int userId)

Parameters
intent Intent

flags int

userId int

Returns
ResolveInfo

setApplicationEnabledSetting

Added in API level 1 
public 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 This value cannot be null.
newState int: The new enabled state for the application. Value is PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_USER, or PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED
flags int: Optional behavior flags. Value is either 0 or a combination of PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP, and PackageManager.SYNCHRONOUS

setComponentEnabledSetting

Added in API level 1 
public 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.

Consider using setComponentEnabledSettings(java.util.List) if multiple components need to be updated atomically.

Parameters
componentName ComponentName: The component to enable This value cannot be null.
newState int: The new enabled state for the component. Value is PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_USER, or PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED_UNTIL_USED
flags int: Optional behavior flags. Value is either 0 or a combination of PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP, and PackageManager.SYNCHRONOUS

setInstallerPackageName

Added in API level 11
Deprecated in API level 24 
public 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. This value cannot be null.
installerPackageName String: The package name of the new installer. May be null to clear the association.

verifyPendingInstall

Added in API level 14
Deprecated in API level 24 
public void verifyPendingInstall (int id, 
                int verificationCode)

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

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