Why would it break in the future? The main function of my app relies on the user to be able to get a list of "install" applications. Think of like an application like App Task Manager that shows you the installed apps and allows you to uninstall them.
Running appInfo.getInstalledApplications(0) each time the user wants to do anything will grab you a fresh list of applications along with their start intents. From that list you can safely run any of those apps and know that you are getting the latest item. The only items that I have came aross that have to be started up differently are the Camera, the Dialer, and the Contacts list. Do you know of a better way to: 1. Start up the Gallery application that is present on all phones 2. Get a list of native and 3rd party applications, their icons, names and start intents without using the PackageManager? On Nov 26, 4:43 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > You can't do this. The gallery in most devices exists as part of the camera > app, but may not. It is very important: if you rely on finding things by > package name and trying to launch them, you will break in the future. Where > things are and what their package names are, are entirely implementation > details. > > -- 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
