How to get list of downloaded apps (paid/free) by a user from Google Play?

Question

I recently came across this app Purchase Apps, which is somehow able to retrieve apps I\'ve paid for in google play after I signed in using my google account.

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Answer 1

i have two resources for you to consider, but first, in a word, no. there is no api from GOOGLE to let you do what you want, as these metrics arent stored in the phone, they are on the google play store servors, and google has no OFFICIAL api for the play store. you can however glean some info from these two sites:

https://www.quora.com/Is-there-an-API-for-the-Google-Play-Storeenter link description here

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/162146/how-to-see-all-the-apps-i-have-downloaded-from-google-play-store

and this is enough to see how to accomplish this.

first, a list of what apps have been downloaded by an account is only referencable by the account. and this can be done through the play store. since your app will be installed on that users phone, this dosnt matter... you're in.

second, you will need a 3rd party API built for the GOOGLE PLAY STORE, there are some out there, check the first link.

using the api of your choice, you will send a get request, to the play store, and in return you should receive in most cases a json object to deserialize.

deserialize the object, and you will have your list. which list you get will depend on the endpoint you use, but that should be explained by/in the API itself.

good luck!