Android Question Get Package Name, Version and Icon from an APK in my SD card

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JohnK

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• Oct 4, 2015

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I am guess ing this "hack" I am suggesting below is not the true Android way, but, an APK is a zip file. If you unzip the APK, you could probably read the package name from the contained manifest XML and get the icon from the contents as well.

 

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FabioG

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• Oct 4, 2015

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I believe that is not the easiest when the device has many apk
and must create a list with them

There will be some code that allows to do this

 

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Erel

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• Oct 4, 2015

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If the app is not installed then you will need to unpack the APK file and parse the manifest file. It is not so simple as the manifest file is compiled into a binary file.

 

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FabioG

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• Oct 4, 2015

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Thanks!

then it is sure that there are no other solutions?
I see a lot of apps that generate a list very quickly

maybe a Java code?

 

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Informatix

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• Oct 4, 2015

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FabioG said:

Thanks!

then it is sure that there are no other solutions?
I see a lot of apps that generate a list very quickly

maybe a Java code?

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You can do that with my PackageUtils library (and a lot more), but it's not free.

 

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