Question

I have tried this:

final Intent mainIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
mainIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
final List pkgAppsList = context.getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities( mainIntent, 0);

this code gives me the list of the installed app’s package name and etc. But I want only the application name’s as a string type list. what should I do?

Answer 1

You can use the below code ::: Refer this LINK

public class AppList extends Activity {
  ....
  private ArrayList results = new ArrayList();
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    .....
    PackageManager pm = this.getPackageManager();
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
    intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
    List list = pm.queryIntentActivities(intent, PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED);
    for (ResolveInfo rInfo : list) {
       results.add(rInfo.activityInfo.applicationInfo.loadLabel(pm).toString());
       Log.w("Installed Applications", rInfo.activityInfo.applicationInfo.loadLabel(pm).toString());
  } 
 }
}

in the above code “results” is the array list apps installed