Hello, I was referring https://developer.android.com/training/package-visibility/declaring#intent-filter-signature android official documentation for package visibility behavioural changes for app targets Android 11 and Higher.
If we need to query or interact with all installed apps on a device, independent of the components they contain. App needs to use QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission to to see all other installed apps. Also, it is mentioned https://developer.android.com/training/package-visibility/declaring#intent-filter-signature intent filter based approach that your app might need to query or interact with a set of apps that serve a particular purpose, but you might not know the specific package names to include. In regards to intent filter based approach, may be there is one loophole that I noticed while exploring the <queries> element if you add android.intent.action.MAIN as the action element in the intent filter to get almost all the installed apps without adding the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission since almost all apps would have this element in the AndroidManifest. <queries> <intent> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> </intent> </queries> *Question* do we know if we follow this loophole approach, will Google reject our app? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/9cdfa467-4455-4a06-b103-01018fc0e28cn%40googlegroups.com.
