Mark, But it is possible to disable the application, though?
There is permission flag called: CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE<http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE> Which seems to do what I want. On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Nando Android <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Is it possible to remove an application programatically? > > If you write your own firmware, yes. I am not aware of a means in the > SDK to trigger the uninstall process. > > > When a package is installed, I believe there is a broadcast message to > the > > system saying that. > > > > Is it possible to capture that broadcast message? > > I do not believe that it is an ordered broadcast, so probably you > cannot block it, if that is what you mean by "capture". > > > What, also, could be done to avoid an application from being removed > > programatically? > > Write your own firmware, and put the application in the firmware. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training...At Your Office: http://commonsware.com/training > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
