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InstallSourceInfo

public final class InstallSourceInfo
extends Object implements Parcelable

java.lang.Object
   ↳ android.content.pm.InstallSourceInfo


Information about how an app was installed.

See also:

Summary

Inherited constants

Fields

public static final Creator<InstallSourceInfo> CREATOR

Public methods

int describeContents()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation.

String getInitiatingPackageName()

The name of the package that requested the installation, or null if not available.

SigningInfo getInitiatingPackageSigningInfo()

Information about the signing certificates used to sign the initiating package, if available.

String getInstallingPackageName()

The name of the package responsible for the installation (the installer of record), or null if not available.

String getOriginatingPackageName()

The name of the package on behalf of which the initiating package requested the installation, or null if not available.

void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Inherited methods

Fields

CREATOR

public static final Creator<InstallSourceInfo> CREATOR

Public methods

describeContents

public int describeContents ()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. For example, if the object will include a file descriptor in the output of writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int), the return value of this method must include the CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR bit.

Returns
int a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled by this Parcelable object instance. Value is either 0 or CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR

getInitiatingPackageName

public String getInitiatingPackageName ()

The name of the package that requested the installation, or null if not available. This is normally the same as the installing package name. If the installing package name is changed, for example by calling PackageManager#setInstallerPackageName(String, String), the initiating package name remains unchanged. It continues to identify the actual package that performed the install or update.

Null may be returned if the app was not installed by a package (e.g. a system app or an app installed via adb) or if the initiating package has itself been uninstalled.

Returns
String

getInitiatingPackageSigningInfo

public SigningInfo getInitiatingPackageSigningInfo ()

Information about the signing certificates used to sign the initiating package, if available.

Returns
SigningInfo This value may be null.

getInstallingPackageName

public String getInstallingPackageName ()

The name of the package responsible for the installation (the installer of record), or null if not available. Note that this may differ from the initiating package name and can be modified via PackageManager#setInstallerPackageName(String, String).

Null may be returned if the app was not installed by a package (e.g. a system app or an app installed via adb) or if the installing package has itself been uninstalled.

Returns
String

getOriginatingPackageName

public String getOriginatingPackageName ()

The name of the package on behalf of which the initiating package requested the installation, or null if not available.

For example if a downloaded APK is installed via the Package Installer this could be the app that performed the download. This value is provided by the initiating package and not verified by the framework.

Note that the InstallSourceInfo returned by PackageManager#getInstallSourceInfo(String) will not have this information available unless the calling application holds the INSTALL_PACKAGES permission.

Returns
String

writeToParcel

public void writeToParcel (Parcel dest, 
                int flags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Parameters
dest Parcel: This value cannot be null.

flags int: Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE. Value is either 0 or a combination of Parcelable.PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE, and android.os.Parcelable.PARCELABLE_ELIDE_DUPLICATES