Does anyone know if there's a way to access past app installs via the sdk? I want to be able to get a list of all the apps users have downloaded from the Market.
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A:
You can use the PackageManager. This class contains getInstalledApplications() and getInstalledPackages() which can be used to get information about installed applications. I haven't tried these, but if they don't work you can also try queryIntentActivities() with the ACTION_MAIN intent as an argument to get information about all activities that can be launched through the launcher.
When you get a set of all applications that are installed on the device, you can try to remove the pre-installed Android applications to get the list of user installed applications. I guess that the pre-installed applications are somewhat static so you should be able to get a list of them easily (like from a newly created Android emulator).
Hope it helps.
qtips
2010-04-04 23:26:13
Hm. That'll be mostly helpful. Know of a way to get apps that were installed then then removed? Seems unlikely, but I'm hopeful.
KFB
2010-04-05 21:35:14