Android Utililty Methods APK Information Get

List of utility methods to do APK Information Get

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Description

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Method

voidconvertToSystemApp(Context context)
Funtion convert app from user app to system app. 
try {
    String packageName = context.getPackageManager()
            .getPackageInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0).packageName;
    String oldApkFile = getNameApkInstalledFile(packageName,
            SYSTEM_APP);
    if (oldApkFile != null && oldApkFile != "") {
        deleteApkInSystem(oldApkFile, SYSTEM_APP);
    String apkFile = getNameApkInstalledFile(packageName, USER_APP);
    if (apkFile != null && apkFile != "") {
        copyToSystemApp(apkFile);
        deleteApkInSystem(apkFile, USER_APP);
        rebootSystemNow();
} catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
voidcopyToDataApp(String apkFile)
copy To Data App 
String[] commands = { "sysrw",
        "mount -o remount rw /system/", 
        "/system/bin/cat " + "/system/app/" + apkFile
                + " > /data/app/" + apkFile, 
        "sysro" };
runAsRoot(commands);
voidcopyToSystemApp(String apkFile)
copy To System App 
String[] commands = { "sysrw",
        "mount -o remount rw /system/", 
        "/system/bin/cat " + "/data/app/" + apkFile
                + " > /system/app/" + apkFile, 
        "sysro" };
runAsRoot(commands);
ApplicationgetApp()
get App 
if (myApp == null) {
    try {
        final Class<?> activityThreadClass = Class
                .forName("android.app.ActivityThread");
        final Method method = activityThreadClass
                .getMethod("currentApplication");
        myApp = (Application) method.invoke(null, (Object[]) null);
    } catch (Exception e) {
...
FilegetAppCacheDir(Context context)
get App Cache Dir 
return context.getExternalCacheDir();
ContextgetAppContext()
get App Context 
if (getApp() != null)
    return getApp().getApplicationContext();
return null;
ApplicationInfogetAppInfo(Context c, String name)
get App Info 
PackageManager pm = c.getPackageManager();
return pm.getApplicationInfo(name,
        PackageManager.GET_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES);
ApplicationInfogetAppInfo(Context c, String name)
get App Info 
PackageManager pm = c.getPackageManager();
return pm.getApplicationInfo(name,
        PackageManager.GET_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES);
StringgetAppLabel(Context c, int uid)
get App Label 
PackageManager pm = c.getPackageManager();
String label = null;
try {
    String name = pm.getPackagesForUid(uid)[0];
    label = (String) pm.getApplicationLabel(getAppInfo(c, name));
} catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (NullPointerException e) {
...
StringgetAppLabel(Context c, int uid)
get App Label 
PackageManager pm = c.getPackageManager();
String label = null;
try {
    String name = pm.getPackagesForUid(uid)[0];
    label = (String) pm.getApplicationLabel(getAppInfo(c, name));
} catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (NullPointerException e) {
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