Question

I want to retrieve the icon of an app. If I use

String pkg = "com.app.my";
Drawable icon = getContext().getPackageManager().getApplicationIcon(pkg);

The result is a Drawable. how can I retrieve the id of the associated resource for passing it as extra in an intent? THanks!

Answer 1

The following snippet should do the trick.

PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
String pkg = "com.app.my";

try {
    ApplicationInfo ai = pm.getApplicationInfo(pkg, 0);
    int iconId = ai.icon;
} catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
    // ...
}