I want list of all applications installed on the device which use a specific permission like INTERNET.
i am using this code , but not able to retrieve results , please help .
private ArrayList<String> getInstalledApps(Context context) {
ArrayList<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
List<PackageInfo> applist = packageManager.getInstalledPackages(0);
Iterator<PackageInfo> it = applist.iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
PackageInfo pk = (PackageInfo) it.next();
if (PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED == packageManager.checkPermission(Manifest.permission.INTERNET, pk.packageName))
results.add("" + pk.applicationInfo.loadLabel(packageManager));
}
for (int i = 0; i <= results.size(); i++) {
Log.v("app using internet = ", results.toString());
}
return results;
}
I tried the code on android 2.2 emulator and it was working fine. Following is the working code:
private ArrayList<String> getInstalledApps(Context context) {
ArrayList<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
List<PackageInfo> applist = packageManager.getInstalledPackages(0);
Iterator<PackageInfo> it = applist.iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
PackageInfo pk = (PackageInfo) it.next();
if ((pk.applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0) {
Log.v("system app using internet = ", ""+pk.applicationInfo.loadLabel(packageManager));
continue;
}
if (PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED == packageManager
.checkPermission(Manifest.permission.INTERNET,
pk.packageName))
results.add("" + pk.applicationInfo.loadLabel(packageManager));
}
Log.v("app using internet = ", results.toString());
return results;
}
i had the same scenario, i solved it using the following check
PackageInfo p = packs.get(i);
ApplicationInfo a = p.applicationInfo;
if (PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED != pm.checkPermission(Manifest.permission.INTERNET, p.packageName)) {
continue;
}
the packs variable is a array of class that holds information about the application installed and it consists of the objects with info of all the applications currently installed in system