No third party applications can not directly remove or disable other third party applications that they are not directly associated with (via uid).
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Nando Android <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
