PackageManager.GetApplicationInfo Method

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Definition

Namespace:
Android.Content.PM
Assembly:
Mono.Android.dll

Overloads

GetApplicationInfo(String, PackageManager+ApplicationInfoFlags)
GetApplicationInfo(String, PackageInfoFlags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular package/application.

GetApplicationInfo(String, PackageManager+ApplicationInfoFlags) 

[Android.Runtime.Register("getApplicationInfo", "(Ljava/lang/String;Landroid/content/pm/PackageManager$ApplicationInfoFlags;)Landroid/content/pm/ApplicationInfo;", "GetGetApplicationInfo_Ljava_lang_String_Landroid_content_pm_PackageManager_ApplicationInfoFlags_Handler", ApiSince=33)]
public virtual Android.Content.PM.ApplicationInfo GetApplicationInfo (string packageName, Android.Content.PM.PackageManager.ApplicationInfoFlags flags);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("getApplicationInfo", "(Ljava/lang/String;Landroid/content/pm/PackageManager$ApplicationInfoFlags;)Landroid/content/pm/ApplicationInfo;", "GetGetApplicationInfo_Ljava_lang_String_Landroid_content_pm_PackageManager_ApplicationInfoFlags_Handler", ApiSince=33)>]
abstract member GetApplicationInfo : string * Android.Content.PM.PackageManager.ApplicationInfoFlags -> Android.Content.PM.ApplicationInfo
override this.GetApplicationInfo : string * Android.Content.PM.PackageManager.ApplicationInfoFlags -> Android.Content.PM.ApplicationInfo

Parameters

packageName
String
flags
PackageManager.ApplicationInfoFlags

Returns

ApplicationInfo
Attributes
RegisterAttribute

Applies to

GetApplicationInfo(String, PackageInfoFlags)

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular package/application.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getApplicationInfo", "(Ljava/lang/String;I)Landroid/content/pm/ApplicationInfo;", "GetGetApplicationInfo_Ljava_lang_String_IHandler")]
public abstract Android.Content.PM.ApplicationInfo GetApplicationInfo (string packageName, Android.Content.PM.PackageInfoFlags flags);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("getApplicationInfo", "(Ljava/lang/String;I)Landroid/content/pm/ApplicationInfo;", "GetGetApplicationInfo_Ljava_lang_String_IHandler")>]
abstract member GetApplicationInfo : string * Android.Content.PM.PackageInfoFlags -> Android.Content.PM.ApplicationInfo

Parameters

packageName
String

The full name (i.e. com.google.apps.contacts) of an application.

flags
PackageInfoFlags

Additional option flags to modify the data returned.

Returns

ApplicationInfo

An ApplicationInfo containing information about the package. If flag MATCH_UNINSTALLED_PACKAGES is set and if the package is not found in the list of installed applications, the application information is retrieved from the list of uninstalled applications (which includes installed applications as well as applications with data directory i.e. applications which had been deleted with DELETE_KEEP_DATA flag set).

Attributes
RegisterAttribute

Exceptions

PackageManager.NameNotFoundException

Remarks

Retrieve all of the information we know about a particular package/application.

Use #getApplicationInfo(String, ApplicationInfoFlags) when long flags are needed.

Java documentation for android.content.pm.PackageManager.getApplicationInfo(java.lang.String, int).

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