com.datalogic.device.app

Class AppManager

java.lang.Object

com.datalogic.device.app.AppManager

public class AppManager
extends java.lang.Object

AppManager gives developers the ability to manage installed apllications.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AppManager(android.content.Context context) This is the constructor of AppManager.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	forceStopPackage(java.lang.String packageName) Call this method to stop an application.
int	grantAllPermissions(java.lang.String packageName) Call this method to grant an application all the permissions declared in its manifest.
int	grantPermissions(java.lang.String packageName, java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> permissions) Call this method to grant an application the specified permissions.
int	setApplicationEnabledSetting(java.lang.String packageName, int newState, int flags) Call this method to set the enable setting for an application.
int	setApplicationHidden(java.lang.String packageName, boolean hidden) Call this method to hide or unhide packages.
int	setUninstallBlocked(java.lang.String packageName, boolean uninstallBlocked) Change whether a user can uninstalling a package.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AppManager

public AppManager(android.content.Context context)

This is the constructor of AppManager.

Parameters:

context - Context The context of the calling app.

Throws:

AppManagerException - in case of error, when exceptions are enabled through the ErrorManager singleton.

Method Detail

grantAllPermissions

public int grantAllPermissions(java.lang.String packageName)

Call this method to grant an application all the permissions declared in its manifest.

Parameters:

packageName - StringThe application to grant permissions to.

Returns:

int AppManagerException.SUCCESS in case of success, otherwise a possible error code, matching one of the AppManagerException error constants.

Throws:

AppManagerException - in case of error, when exceptions are enabled through the ErrorManager singleton.

grantPermissions

public int grantPermissions(java.lang.String packageName,
                            java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> permissions)

Call this method to grant an application the specified permissions.

Parameters:

packageName - Stringhe application to grant permissions to.

permissions - ArrayList list of permissions to be granted.

Returns:

int AppManagerException.SUCCESS in case of success, otherwise a possible error code, matching one of the AppManagerException error constants.

Throws:

AppManagerException - in case of error, when exceptions are enabled through the ErrorManager singleton.

forceStopPackage

public int forceStopPackage(java.lang.String packageName)

Call this method to stop an application.

Parameters:

packageName - StringThe package name of the application to be force stopped.

Returns:

int AppManagerException.SUCCESS in case of success, otherwise a possible error code, matching one of the AppManagerException error constants.

Throws:

AppManagerException - in case of error, when exceptions are enabled through the ErrorManager singleton.

setApplicationEnabledSetting

public int setApplicationEnabledSetting(java.lang.String packageName,
                                        int newState,
                                        int flags)

Call this method to set the enable setting for an application.

Parameters:

packageName - StringThe package name of the application to enable.

newState - intThe new enabled state for the application.

flags - intOptional behaviour flags. Value is either 0 or a combination of android.content.pm.PackageManager#DONT_KILL_APP and android.content.pm.PackageManager#SYNCHRONOUS.

Returns:

int AppManagerException.SUCCESS in case of success, otherwise a possible error code, matching one of the AppManagerException error constants.

Throws:

AppManagerException - in case of error, when exceptions are enabled through the ErrorManager singleton.

setUninstallBlocked

public int setUninstallBlocked(java.lang.String packageName,
                               boolean uninstallBlocked)

Change whether a user can uninstalling a package.

Parameters:

packageName - StringThe name of the package to change.

uninstallBlocked - booleanTrue if the user shouldn't be able to uninstall the package.

Returns:

int AppManagerException.SUCCESS in case of success, otherwise a possible error code, matching one of the AppManagerException error constants.

Throws:

AppManagerException - in case of error, when exceptions are enabled through the ErrorManager singleton.

setApplicationHidden

public int setApplicationHidden(java.lang.String packageName,
                                boolean hidden)

Call this method to hide or unhide packages.

Parameters:

packageName - StringThe name of the package to hide or unhide.

hidden - booleanTrue if the package should be hidden, false if it should be unhidden.

Returns:

int AppManagerException.SUCCESS in case of success, otherwise a possible error code, matching one of the AppManagerException error constants.

Throws:

AppManagerException - in case of error, when exceptions are enabled through the ErrorManager singleton.