I'm trying to list all the installed apps on a device using getInstalledPackages, and this gives returns me a List of all packages, including system apps and non-launchable apps.
I have 3 questions: 1. getInstalledPackages seem to take quite a bit of time to detect and display all apps(varies from 10s to more than half a minute for 200+ apps). Is it possible to make this faster? Titanium Backup seems to list all apps instantaneously when I tap the "Backup/Restore" tab. Android system's own "Manage Applications" also seems to be much quicker at displaying the apps. 2. I would like to have a way to filter the list so that I can in various tabs I can display apps based on their properties, e.g. system vs user app, launchable vs non-launchable, etc. I know how to do this via the applicationInfo.flags, but how do I do this without running getInstalledPackages in the tab activity and incurring the detection phase all over again? How can I pass the List from 1 tab to another once it's been initially generated? Bundles seem to work only for primitives. Should I use Parcelables? 3. Is there any way of saving the result so that when I come back to the app after a while, and Android has removed my app from memory, I don't need to regenerated? Perhaps using savedInstanceState or something? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
