How do I check if an app is a non-system app in Android?

Question

I am getting a list of ApplicationInfo Objects with packageManager.getInstalledApplications(0) and attempting to categorize them by whether or not they are a sy

Answer 1

This is a simplified and more efficient version of other responses listed here. It is more efficient if you just iterate directly over the ApplicationInfos.

    List applications = context.getPackageManager()
            .getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
    for(ApplicationInfo appInfo : applications){
        if((appInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) == 0){
            // Not a system app
        }
    }