Thanks Tre - you're correct about the broadcast event.

I only wanted to know if there was some Intent broadcasted by the
Android system stack when any app is about to be installed. So it
would apply equally to side-loaded apps, and other app stores. So far,
I don't suppose there's any such intent provided by the Android stack.

On Aug 29, 12:37 am, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Anirvan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > to that end, i was wondering if the Android Market app broadcasts
> > any intent at the point when the user clicks "Install" for a new app?
>
> That's doubtful, and even if it did it could change at any time. And what
> about other app stores or sideloaded apps?
>
> Look at this for knowing when apps are installed, but this, I believe, is
> broadcast after the 
> fact.http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#AC...
>
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> TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago
> transit tracking app for Android-powered devices

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