react-native-android-installed-apps-categories
v1.0.5
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Multithreaded non blocking API to retrieve installed apps information using native built-ins
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react-native-android-installed-apps-categories
This has been built off of "react-native-android-installed-apps-unblocking". This version also provides methods that return the App category from the play store. Additionally it provides methods to return apps specifically visible to the app drawer.
Getting started
$ npm install react-native-android-installed-apps-categories
Mostly automatic installation
$ npx react-native link react-native-android-installed-apps-categories
Manual installation
Android
- Open up
android/app/src/main/java/[...]/MainActivity.java
- Add
import com.androidinstalledapps.RNAndroidInstalledAppsPackage;
to the imports at the top of the file - Add
new RNAndroidInstalledAppsPackage()
to the list returned by thegetPackages()
method
- Append the following lines to
android/settings.gradle
:include ':react-native-android-installed-apps-categories' project(':react-native-android-installed-apps-categories').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-android-installed-apps/android')
- Insert the following lines inside the dependencies block in
android/app/build.gradle
:compile project(':react-native-android-installed-apps-categories')
Methods
1 - getApps()
2 - getNonSystemApps()
3 - getSystemApps()
4 - getNonsystemAppsCats()
5 - getAppDrawerApps()
6 - getAppDrawerAppsCats()
7 - handleCategoryIndividual()
Return Result
1-6
- packageName
- versionName
- versionCode
- firstInstallTime
- lastUpdateTime
- appName
- icon // Base64
- apkDir
- size // Bytes
- category (only available in method #4 & #6 )
7
- category
Usage
import RNAndroidInstalledApps from 'react-native-android-installed-apps-categories'
RNAndroidInstalledApps.getApps()
.then((apps) => {
this.setState({ apps })
})
.catch((error) => {
alert(error)
})
RNAndroidInstalledApps.handleCategoryIndividual('packageName')
.then((apps) => {
this.setState({ apps })
})
.catch((error) => {
alert(error)
})