Question

Is it possible to detect the remove of a specific application in android? If yes how ? this my code that detect the remove of any package, how can i change it to detect the desired application ?

import android.content.*;
import android.util.Log;

public class PackageChangeReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context ctx, Intent intent) {
if(intent.getAction().equals("android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED"))   {Log.i("action","the package is removed");}
}
}

and this is the manifest

<receiver android:name="PackageChangeReceiver">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED"/>
<data android:scheme="package"/>
</intent-filter>

Answer 1

I don’t think you can filter the broadcasts for a specific package name. However, you can retrieve (and then test) the package name easily enough when you receive the broadcast:

Uri uri = intent.getData();
String pkg = uri != null ? uri.getSchemeSpecificPart() : null;

(There’s a nice sample class, PackageMonitor, at DevDaily.com that was my source for the above code fragment.)