PackageManager.GetPackagesForUid(Int32) Method

Definition

Retrieve the names of all packages that are associated with a particular user id.

[Android.Runtime.Register("getPackagesForUid", "(I)[Ljava/lang/String;", "GetGetPackagesForUid_IHandler")]
public abstract string[]? GetPackagesForUid (int uid);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("getPackagesForUid", "(I)[Ljava/lang/String;", "GetGetPackagesForUid_IHandler")>]
abstract member GetPackagesForUid : int -> string[]

Parameters

uid
Int32

The user id for which you would like to retrieve the associated packages.

Returns

String[]

Returns an array of one or more packages assigned to the user id, or null if there are no known packages with the given id.

Attributes

Remarks

Retrieve the names of all packages that are associated with a particular user id. In most cases, this will be a single package name, the package that has been assigned that user id. Where there are multiple packages sharing the same user id through the "sharedUserId" mechanism, all packages with that id will be returned.

Java documentation for android.content.pm.PackageManager.getPackagesForUid(int).

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Applies to