How to get application or package info from the apk file in the android application in the Android environment

Question

Is it possible to get any information about the package or the application from the apk file without installing it in the Android environment?

Answer 1

Check out this method from the PackageManager class:

public PackageInfo getPackageArchiveInfo(String archiveFilePath, int flags)

Retrieve overall information about an application package defined in a package archive file

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