getInstalledApplications returning null

Question

I am trying to retrieve a list of apps that are installed on the phone/emulator. I am using the following snippet to return the list of apps, however, it is returning null. Do I have to add some permission in Android Manifest or am I missing something else?

pManager = getPackageManager();
List<ApplicationInfo> appList =pManager.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);

if(appList == null)
   System.out.println("null");

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 21 '13 at 10:44

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You need to add following permission

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_TASKS" />

answered Aug 21 '13 at 10:44

Jabir

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Can you post complete code that you are using for getting installed apps? – Jabir Aug 21 '13 at 10:52
This is the complete code. This one statement is what used for getting list of installed apps. – Umer Farooq Aug 21 '13 at 10:54
Can you please confirm if you are getting null and not any RuntimeException? – Jabir Aug 21 '13 at 11:06
Stacktrace is pointing that it is NullPointerException which is caused by passing null appList to someother method . So it is not runtime exception – Umer Farooq Aug 21 '13 at 11:12
Can you post stack trace? – Jabir Aug 21 '13 at 11:14

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