Get app name from package name in android

Question

I'm trying to develop an android app that could list all app's which has cache, I successfully got the information about cache, but now I want to display those app which has some cache in the screen, I have the package name, but problem is how to get the application name from package name,

Let's say package name is com.android.browser then app name will be Browser

How to achieve this task ?

Please don't mind if this question is silly to you, please help me in solving this riddle, Thanks in advance.

Possible duplicate of get application name from package name — mixel
– mixel, Commented Jan 19, 2017 at 12:00

JRomero · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-19 20:04:21Z

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You need to use PackageManager to get detailed information about installed packages.

PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
ApplicationInfo applicationInfo = null;
try {
    applicationInfo = packageManager.getApplicationInfo(packageName, 0);
} catch (final NameNotFoundException e) {}
final String title = (String)((applicationInfo != null) ? packageManager.getApplicationLabel(applicationInfo) : "???");

edited Jul 19, 2016 at 20:04

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answered Jul 5, 2013 at 13:23

Marcin Orlowski

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Chethan Shetty Over a year ago

In the first approach getApplicationName you passed Context as parameter, but actually I want to get name of other app from my app, that means Context will be different right, then if we execute int stringId = context.getApplicationInfo().labelRes; we will get our present app id

Chethan Shetty Over a year ago

Oh you removed first approach ?

Marcin Orlowski Over a year ago

I did as it was not answering your question

Chethan Shetty Over a year ago

Ok Thanks @Marcin Orlowski for your time. But unfortunately this approach is not working.

Marcin Orlowski Over a year ago

what is not working? This will return application name (label) as set in app manifest

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Siddharth · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-05 15:29:26Z

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Try to use PackageManager#getActivityInfo(); There is field which contain app name.

edited Jul 5, 2013 at 15:29

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answered Jul 5, 2013 at 13:32

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Chethan Shetty Over a year ago

How do you initialse PackageManager to your defined package name, let's say com.android.browser how will you initialse PackageManager to our own package @adek

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