How can I get a list of the installed apps without launcher shortcut?

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Hi
I was looking for a way to get a list of all the installed apps on Android that are hidden from launcher.
If you are able, please create this as a list of packages (e.g. "com.app.package" "com.app2.package" etc.)

What I have tried:

Sadly I don't have an idea of what I can do, but I already created a list of the installed apps (so not system apps) in this way:

Java

final Intent mainIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
mainIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
final List apps = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(mainIntent, 0);

Thanks in advance!

Posted 5-Jul-19 6:09am

Just_F

Updated 5-Jul-19 12:38pm

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Ravi Bhavnani · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-05T12:39:00

Try this:

C#

final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
List<ApplicationInfo> packages =
    pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);

for (ApplicationInfo packageInfo : packages) {
    Log.d(TAG, "Installed package :" + packageInfo.packageName);
    Log.d(TAG, "Source dir : " + packageInfo.sourceDir);
    Log.d(TAG, "Launch Activity :" +
          pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageInfo.packageName)); 
}

/ravi