Question

I am trying to develop an android application where i have the following requirement. Is there any way through code, i can get the list of apps installed on devices in debug mode.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT – I tried the following code.

 PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
         List<ApplicationInfo> packages = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);

        for (int i=0; i < packages.size(); i++)
            {
                if ((packages.get(i).flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) == 1)
                {
                     //This is for System applications
                }
                else
                {

                    boolean isDebuggable =  (0 != ( getApplicationInfo().flags &= ApplicationInfo.FLAG_DEBUGGABLE ) );

                    if((pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packages.get(i).packageName)!=null) && (isDebuggable = true) )                 
                    {
                        // Only For Apps with debug mode set true, this line should get executed 
                        // But this does not happens
                    }
                }
            }

Answer 1

I tried various methods but as per my understanding, we cannot get the list of apps in debug mode seperately.

By using the flags, we can only get for the app which has this code and not other apps running on device.

Thanks anyways. If anybody has a different thought, please let me know.