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

final PackageManager pm = getActivity().getPackageManager();
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
List<ResolveInfo> apps = pm.queryIntentActivities(intent, PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);

Answer 2

final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
List<ApplicationInfo> packages = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);

Using PackageInfo:

private boolean isSystemPackage(PackageInfo packageInfo) {
    return ((packageInfo.applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0);
}

Using ResolveInfo:

private boolean isSystemPackage(ResolveInfo resolveInfo) {
    return ((resolveInfo.activityInfo.applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0);
}

Using ApplicationInfo:

private boolean isSystemPackage(ApplicationInfo applicationInfo) {
    return ((applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0);
}

This filters the system package. See this question. Credits: Nelson Ramirez and Kenneth Evans.

Answer 3

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<ApplicationInfo> 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);
            }

        }

Answer 4

Below code will give you all the system apps related to Operating System. This will not include Apps like YouTube, Gmail, etc

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try {
    ApplicationInfo ai =  getPackageManager().getApplicationInfo(item.packageName, 0);
    if ((ai.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM ) != 0) {
      if((ai.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_UPDATED_SYSTEM_APP ) == 0) {
        appItem.setSystemApp(true);
        Mylog.v("System Apps " + appItem.getAppName());
      }
    }
  } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
  }