As I already said, you can not do that. If an app gets a permission to do that, it effectively gets a permission to do ANYTHING possible. This is not really a path we want to go down.
If you want to install an app, you need to start an activity to view the .apk (which you have already downloaded, and supplying the proper MIME type for the data), which will allow the system to bring up its UI to ask the user if it is okay to install the app with the permissions it requires etc. That is the way it works. Period. On Oct 6, 1:23 pm, nknize <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's right... "You can't directly install an apk without the user > being involved." This is exactly what I want/am trying to do - let > the user install the apk through a customized application. Is there > an "out of the box" intent or activity that can be integrated with > one's application that allows the user to install the apk? Because > right now.. any attempt to install an apk programmatically inevitably > throws a permissions exception. I'm still unclear what is meant by > "launch an intent to view it." > > - Nick > > On Oct 6, 9:50 am, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Are you sure that INSTALL_PACKAGES will be a user grantable permission?, > > I can see an argument for INSTALL_PACKAGES having uses, but I can also > > see the ability for it to be abused to install Spyware/Adware which the > > user did not want. > > > Al. > > --http://andappstore.com/ > > > nknize wrote: > > > Adding android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES to the manifest results in > > > the following: > > > > 10-05 18:50:45.631: WARN/PackageManager(57): Not granting permission > > > android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES to package com.test > > > (protectionLevel=2 flags=0x44) > > > > Subsequently tried the following without any luck... > > > > try { > > > Intent myIntent = new Intent( > > > Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_INSTALL, > > > Uri.parse("file://" + > > > apkFile.getAbsolutePath().toString()); > > > startActivity(myIntent); > > > } catch (Exception e) { > > > Log.e(tag, e.getMessage(); > > > } > > > > Results in the following: > > > > 10-05 18:50:49.440: ERROR/APKInstaller(316): No Activity found to > > > handle Intent { action=android.intent.action.PACKAGE_INSTALL > > > data=file:///c:/test.apk } > > > > I'm assuming thePackageManagerand/or IPackageInstallObserver must > > > play a role somewhere in this process. > > > > What exactly do you mean by "launch an intent to view it?" > > > > Thx to anyone that can help clear this up. > > > > - Nick > > > > On Aug 26, 4:27 am, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> You can download an apk and launch an intent to view it, allowing the > > >> user to install it, like the browser does. You can't directly install > > >> an apk without the user being involved (and thus approving the > > >> action). > > > >> On Aug 26, 1:26 am, Wesley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> hi, > > > >>> oic > > > >>> so this is means we cannot download the apk and install it or somehow > > >>> delete > > >>> the package using our application??? > > > >>> :) > > > >>> Wesley. > > > >>> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:36 PM, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>> This is not available to applications, sorry. > > > >>>> On Aug 26, 12:25 am, Wesley Sagittarius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>>> hi, > > > >>>>> Does anyone successful use thePackageManager to install apk??? > > > >>>>> wesley. > > > -- > > Al Sutton > > > W:www.alsutton.com > > B: alsutton.wordpress.com > > T: twitter.com/alsutton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
