How to get installed applications in Android and no system apps?

Question

I want to get all application which appears in the menu screen. But, now I only get the user installed apps or all the application (included the system application).

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Answer 1

I had the same requirement. Ultimately I added another condition to filter down the app list. I just checked whether the app has 'launcher intent'.

So, the resultant code looks like...

PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
        List apps = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_GIDS);

        for (ApplicationInfo app : apps) {
            if(pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(app.packageName) != null) {
                // apps with launcher intent
                if((app.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_UPDATED_SYSTEM_APP) == 1) {
                    // updated system apps

                } else if ((app.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) == 1) {
                    // system apps

                } else {
                    // user installed apps

                }
                appsList.add(app);
            }

        }