How to detect if Google Play is installed? (Not Market)

Question

Whether the app installed is called Google Play or Market, the package name is the same com.android.vending.

I need to be able to detect whether the app

Answer 1

You can use this simple piece of code, its easy and to the point with a consideration for not re-inventing the wheel using GooglePlayServicesUtil:

public static boolean isPlayStoreInstalled(Context context){
try {
    context.getPackageManager()
            .getPackageInfo(GooglePlayServicesUtil.GOOGLE_PLAY_STORE_PACKAGE, 0);
    return true;
} catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
    return false;
}
}

This will require you to add this to your dependencies:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:[PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION]'

Latest play-services version is now: 10.0.1