Get package name of APK

[wolfgentleman]

I am making a "force installer" that copies the selected APK to /data/app or /system/app, depending on the user's choice, and fix the permissions and ownership.
However, this leaves one thing - it should be renamed like this: {PACKAGE_NAME}-{1|2}.apk
So I have been searching on how I can extract the package name from the APK. All I have been able to find is how to do it with the SDK (aapt) and how to get the package name(s) of already installed apps. So how can I get the package name from the APK on Android?

Sincerely,
Patrick Thomas (Timberwolf)
Timberwolf Programmers Owner & Founder
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[TypeOverride]

You want to extract the package name from the APK in code ? If yes it should work with the package manager of the android API

PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();

Maybe the AndroidManifest.xml is helpful too ?

or do i not understand correctly ?

 

[wolfgentleman]

You want to extract the package name from the APK in code ? If yes it should work with the package manager of the android API

PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();

Maybe the AndroidManifest.xml is helpful too ?

or do i not understand correctly ?

Well, yes... but how would I select an arbitrary APK for the package manager? I would think extracting the manifest would be messy...

Say the APK is /sdcard/download/somefancyapp.apk, I want to retrieve the package name from it.

 

[funboy9]

aapt dump badging <path-to-apk> | grep package:\ name

 

[wolfgentleman]

aapt dump badging <path-to-apk> | grep package:\ name

Again it has to work on Android, not the PC. So this will NOT work.

Sincerely,
Patrick Thomas (Timberwolf)
Timberwolf Programmers Owner & Founder
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[Oleg.Derevenetz]

PackageManager class have the following method:

public PackageInfo getPackageArchiveInfo (String archiveFilePath, int flags)

Retrieve overall information about an application package defined in a package archive file.

Did you tried it?

 

[wolfgentleman]

PackageManager class have the following method:

public PackageInfo getPackageArchiveInfo (String archiveFilePath, int flags)

Retrieve overall information about an application package defined in a package archive file.

Did you tried it?

No, I didn't. Let me try that now.

Sincerely,
Patrick Thomas (Timberwolf)
Timberwolf Programmers Owner & Founder
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[Oleg.Derevenetz]

No, I didn't. Let me try that now.

According to description, it's exactly what you need.