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How can I learn whether a particular package exists on my Android device?

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How can I learn whether a particular package or application - say, "com.android.abc" - exists on my Android device?

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brig
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Hamid Shatu
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Call any of the below method with the package name.

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Jul 20 '11 at 8:07

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import com.android.content.pm.PackageManager;
// ...
public boolean isPackageExisted(String targetPackage){
List<ApplicationInfo> packages;
PackageManager pm;

pm = getPackageManager();
packages = pm.getInstalledApplications(0);
for (ApplicationInfo packageInfo : packages) {
if(packageInfo.packageName.equals(targetPackage))
return true;
}
return false;

import com.android.content.pm.PackageManager;
public boolean isPackageExisted(String targetPackage){
PackageManager pm=getPackageManager();
try {
PackageInfo info=pm.getPackageInfo(targetPackage,PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
} catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
return false;
}
return true;
}

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Rasel
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Thanks Rasel, I was looking for this only. Thank U very much. brig Jul 20 '11 at 8:32

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Jul 20 '11 at 8:18

Edited
Apr 22 '15 at 14:30

You are welcome Rasel Jul 20 '11 at 8:35

What do I have to import to get this to work? I get cannot resolve symbol 'PackageManager' error. Oscar Swanros Jun 4 '14 at 23:40
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You should use PackageManager's function called getInstalledPackages() to get the list of all installed packages and the search for the
one you are interested in. Note that package name is located in PackageInfo.packageName field.

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inazaruk
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Intent intent = new Intent("com.google.zxing.client.android.SCAN");

PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();
List<ResolveInfo> activities = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(intent, 0);
boolean isIntentSafe = activities.size() > 0;

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user3078812
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Jul 20 '11 at 8:15

Without using a try-catch block or iterating through a bunch of packages:

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Dec 7 '13 at 23:57

public static boolean isPackageInstalled(Context context, String packageName) {

final PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
Intent intent = packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName);
if (intent == null) {
return false;
}
List<ResolveInfo> list = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(intent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
return list.size() > 0;
}

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Kavi
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Jun 8 '15 at 11:40

Since some devices have reported that the "getInstalledPackages" can cause TransactionTooLargeException (check here, here and
here), I think you should also have a fallback like I did below.
This issue was supposed to be fixed on Android 5.1 (read here), but some still reported about it.

public static List<String> getInstalledPackages(final Context context) {

List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
final PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
try {
List<PackageInfo> apps = pm.getInstalledPackages(0);
for (PackageInfo packageInfo : apps)
result.add(packageInfo.packageName);
return result;
} catch (Exception ignored) {
//we don't care why it didn't succeed. We'll do it using an alternative way instead
}
// use fallback:
BufferedReader bufferedReader = null;
try {
Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("pm list packages");
bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
String line;
while ((line = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
final String packageName = line.substring(line.indexOf(':') + 1);
result.add(packageName);
}

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