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Matthew
Matthew

Reputation: 6496

Is there a way to get the name of an app that was just removed?

I am able to get the package name of apps that were removed by setting up a receiver to listen for android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED intents. To get the name of the app from there, I usually ask the PackageManager for the app name corresponding to that package name. However, because i get notified that a package was removed after it was removed, I can't get the app name from the PackageManager since it is no longer installed.

Is there any way for me to get this information?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 128

Answers (2)

Savvas Dalkitsis
Savvas Dalkitsis

Reputation: 11592

This might help you:

http://code.google.com/p/android-market-api/

Upvotes: 2

Paul Burke
Paul Burke

Reputation: 25584

I'm not sure, but you may need to keep a local copy of all of the app names. Register your receiver with:

<intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED"/>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED"/>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED"/>
    <data android:scheme="package"/> 
</intent-filter>

to keep tabs on everything (including changing names on REPLACED).

Upvotes: 1

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