The file name is arbitrary.  You can get the path to the .apk of a
particular package in ApplicationInfo, which will be returned from various
things in the package manager like PackageManager.getApplicationInfo().

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Edmund <chang.edm...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We are working on our own type of Package Management. I was trying to
> find out if say the actual file name of the package was
> "angrybirds.apk" and the name its listed in when you do a "pm list" is
> something like "com.rovio.games.angrybirds". How can I convert between
> the two in Android 2.1?
>
> Thanks,
> --Edmund
>
> On May 27, 5:44 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> > SDK developers shouldn't care about these.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Edmund <chang.edm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > I am working on an Android 2.1 (API Level 7) device. The
> > > canonicalToCurrentPackageNames() and currentToCanonicalPackageNames()
> > > functions are API Level 8 (2.2) and above. Is there any way I can
> > > accomplish that functionality in Android 2.1?
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -- Edmund Chang
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