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Thanh Le
Thanh Le

Reputation: 773

How can i check if an app exists on phone?

I want to check if an app exists on phone, I have searched on google but found nothing. Can i get a list of installed apps on the phone with code??? Is there any other way to check this. Thanks all.

This is using WindowPhone 8.0 SDK

Okie, i can get list app by current publisher, but i can get list app by other publisher

            IEnumerable<Windows.ApplicationModel.Package> packagers = InstallationManager.FindPackagesForCurrentPublisher();
            foreach (Windows.ApplicationModel.Package item in packagers)
            {
                //...
            }

InstallationManager.FindPackages() is not a public API

Upvotes: 0

Views: 208

Answers (2)

MVarman
MVarman

Reputation: 549

If you are trying to check if one of your own App is installed, FindPackageForCurrentPublisher is the method you are looking for.

Upvotes: 1

robwirving
robwirving

Reputation: 1798

There is no way to detect what apps are installed on the phone via the publicly available Windows Phone 8 SDK. There must be a way to do this for "1st party" apps built by Microsoft, Nokia and the other OEMs. But as a 3rd party App developer it can't be done.

If you want to communicate with other apps I suggest you read up on URI schemes, there is a great list of documented URI schemes at the Nokia Developer Wiki: http://bit.ly/NokiaUriSchemes

Upvotes: 0

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