How to get a list of installed android applications and pick one to run

I asked a similar question to this earlier this week but I'm still not understanding how to get a list of all installed applications and then pick one to run.

I've tried:

Intent intent = new Intent(ACTION_MAIN);
intent.addCategory(CATEGORY_开发者_如何转开发LAUNCHER);

and this only shows application that are preinstalled or can run the ACTION_MAIN Intent type.

I also know I can use PackageManager to get all the installed applications, but how do I use this to run a specific application?

Here's a cleaner way using the PackageManager

final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
//get a list of installed apps.
List<ApplicationInfo> packages = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);

for (ApplicationInfo packageInfo : packages) {
    Log.d(TAG, "Installed package :" + packageInfo.packageName);
    Log.d(TAG, "Source dir : " + packageInfo.sourceDir);
    Log.d(TAG, "Launch Activity :" + pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageInfo.packageName)); 
}
// the getLaunchIntentForPackage returns an intent that you can use with startActivity() 

More info here http://qtcstation.com/2011/02/how-to-launch-another-app-from-your-app/

Following is the code to get the list of activities/applications installed on Android :

Intent mainIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
mainIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
List<ResolveInfo> pkgAppsList = context.getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities( mainIntent, 0);

You will get all the necessary data in the ResolveInfo to start a application. You can check ResolveInfo javadoc here.

Another way to filter on system apps (works with the example of king9981):

/**
 * Return whether the given PackageInfo represents a system package or not.
 * User-installed packages (Market or otherwise) should not be denoted as
 * system packages.
 * 
 * @param pkgInfo
 * @return
 */
private boolean isSystemPackage(PackageInfo pkgInfo) {
    return ((pkgInfo.applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0);
}

Here a good example:

class PInfo {
    private String appname = "";
    private String pname = "";
    private String versionName = "";
    private int versionCode = 0;
    private Drawable icon;
    private void prettyPrint() {
        Log.v(appname + "\t" + pname + "\t" + versionName + "\t" + versionCode);
    }
}

private ArrayList<PInfo> getPackages() {
    ArrayList<PInfo> apps = getInstalledApps(false); /* false = no system packages */
    final int max = apps.size();
    for (int i=0; i<max; i++) {
        apps.get(i).prettyPrint();
    }
    return apps;
}

private ArrayList<PInfo> getInstalledApps(boolean getSysPackages) {
    ArrayList<PInfo> res = new ArrayList<PInfo>();        
    List<PackageInfo> packs = getPackageManager().getInstalledPackages(0);
    for(int i=0;i<packs.size();i++) {
        PackageInfo p = packs.get(i);
        if ((!getSysPackages) && (p.versionName == null)) {
            continue ;
        }
        PInfo newInfo = new PInfo();
        newInfo.appname = p.applicationInfo.loadLabel(getPackageManager()).toString();
        newInfo.pname = p.packageName;
        newInfo.versionName = p.versionName;
        newInfo.versionCode = p.versionCode;
        newInfo.icon = p.applicationInfo.loadIcon(getPackageManager());
        res.add(newInfo);
    }
    return res; 
}

Getting list of installed non-system apps

public static void installedApps()
{
    List<PackageInfo> packList = getPackageManager().getInstalledPackages(0);
    for (int i=0; i < packList.size(); i++)
    {
        PackageInfo packInfo = packList.get(i);
        if (  (packInfo.applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) == 0)
        {
            String appName = packInfo.applicationInfo.loadLabel(getPackageManager()).toString();
            Log.e("App № " + Integer.toString(i), appName);
        }
    }
}

To filter on sytem based apps :

private boolean isSystemPackage(ResolveInfo ri) {
    return (ri.activityInfo.applicationInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0;
}

To get all installed apps you can use Package Manager

List<PackageInfo> apps = getPackageManager().getInstalledPackages(0);

To run an app, you can use its package name

Intent launchApp = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(“package name”)
startActivity(launchApp);

For more detail you can read this blog http://codebucket.co.in/android-get-list-of-all-installed-apps/

You can Find the List of installed apps in Android Device by using below code, "packageInfo" Contains Installed Application Information in Device. we can retrive Intent for the application installed from the packageinfo object and by using startactivity(intent), can start application. it is up to you how you organize the UI either Listview or Gridview. so on click event based on position, you can retrive intent object and start activity intent.

final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();

List<ApplicationInfo> packages = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);


for (ApplicationInfo packageInfo : packages) 

{
 if(pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageInfo.packageName)!= null &&   

                   !pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageInfo.packageName).equals(""))


{

    System.out.println("Package Name :" + packageInfo.packageName);

    System.out.println("Launch Intent For Package :"   +  
                  pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageInfo.packageName));

    System.out.println("Application Label :"   + pm.getApplicationLabel(packageInfo));

    System.out.println("Application Label :"   + 
                           pm.getApplicationIcon(packageInfo.packageName).toString());

    System.out.println("i : "+i);

    /*if(i==2)

    {
         startActivity(pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageInfo.packageName));

     break;

    }*/

    i++;

}
}

context.getPackageManager().getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA); Should return the list of all the installed apps but in android 11 it'll only return the list of system apps. To get the list of all the applications(system+user) we need to provide an additional permission to the application i.e

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES"/>

I had a requirement to filter out the system apps which user do not really use(eg. "com.qualcomm.service", "update services", etc). Ultimately I added another condition to filter down the app list. I just checked whether the app has 'launcher intent'.

So, the resultant code looks like...

PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
        List<ApplicationInfo> apps = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_GIDS);

        for (ApplicationInfo app : apps) {
            if(pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(app.packageName) != null) {
                // apps with launcher intent
                if((app.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_UPDATED_SYSTEM_APP) != 0) {
                    // updated system apps

                } else if ((app.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0) {
                    // system apps

                } else {
                    // user installed apps

                }
                appsList.add(app);
            }

        }

If there are multiple launchers in a one package above code has a problem. Eg: on LG Optimus Facebook for LG, MySpace for LG, Twitter for LG contains in a one package name SNS and if you use above SNS will repeat. After hours of research I came with below code. Seems to work well.

private List<String> getInstalledComponentList()
            throws NameNotFoundException {
        final Intent mainIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
        mainIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
        List<ResolveInfo> ril = getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(mainIntent, 0);
        List<String> componentList = new ArrayList<String>();
        String name = null;

        for (ResolveInfo ri : ril) {
            if (ri.activityInfo != null) {
                Resources res = getPackageManager().getResourcesForApplication(ri.activityInfo.applicationInfo);
                if (ri.activityInfo.labelRes != 0) {
                    name = res.getString(ri.activityInfo.labelRes);
                } else {
                    name = ri.activityInfo.applicationInfo.loadLabel(
                            getPackageManager()).toString();
                }
                componentList.add(name);
            }
        }
        return componentList;
    }

@Jas: I don't have that code anymore, but I've found something close. I've made this to search for "components" of my application, they are just activities with a given category.

private List<String> getInstalledComponentList() {
    Intent componentSearchIntent = new Intent();
    componentSearchIntent.addCategory(Constants.COMPONENTS_INTENT_CATEGORY);
    componentSearchIntent.setAction(Constants.COMPONENTS_INTENT_ACTION_DEFAULT);
    List<ResolveInfo> ril = getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(componentSearchIntent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
    List<String> componentList = new ArrayList<String>();
    Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Search for installed components found " + ril.size() + " matches.");
    for (ResolveInfo ri : ril) {
        if (ri.activityInfo != null) {
            componentList.add(ri.activityInfo.packageName);// + ri.activityInfo.name);
            Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Found installed: " + componentList.get(componentList.size()-1));
        }
    }
    return componentList;
}

I've commented the part where it gets the activity name, but it's pretty straightforward.

Since Android 11 (API level 30), most user-installed apps are not visible by default. You must either statically declare which apps and/or intent filters you are going to get info about in your manifest like this:

<manifest>
    <queries>
        <!-- Explicit apps you know in advance about: -->
        <package android:name="com.example.this.app"/>
        <package android:name="com.example.this.other.app"/>

        <!-- Intent filter signatures that you are going to query: -->
        <intent>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
            <data android:mimeType="image/jpeg" />
        </intent>
    </queries>
    
    ...
</manifest>

Or require the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission.

After doing the above, the other answers here still apply.

Learn more here:

• The migration documentation
• The dedicated documentation page (has more information)
• The official blog post

Clean solution that filter successfuly out system apps

The idea behind this solution is that the main activity of every system app does not have a custom activity icon. This method gives me an excellent result:

 public static Set<PackageInfo> getInstalledApps(Context ctx) {
    final PackageManager packageManager = ctx.getPackageManager();

    final List<PackageInfo> allInstalledPackages = packageManager.getInstalledPackages(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
    final Set<PackageInfo> filteredPackages = new HashSet();

    Drawable defaultActivityIcon = packageManager.getDefaultActivityIcon();

    for(PackageInfo each : allInstalledPackages) {
        if(ctx.getPackageName().equals(each.packageName)) {
            continue;  // skip own app
        }

        try {
            // add only apps with application icon
            Intent intentOfStartActivity = packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage(each.packageName);
            if(intentOfStartActivity == null)
                continue;

            Drawable applicationIcon = packageManager.getActivityIcon(intentOfStartActivity);
            if(applicationIcon != null && !defaultActivityIcon.equals(applicationIcon)) {
                filteredPackages.add(each);
            }
        } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
            Log.i("MyTag", "Unknown package name " + each.packageName);
        }
    }

    return filteredPackages;
}

private static boolean isThisASystemPackage(Context context, PackageInfo  packageInfo ) {
        try {
            PackageInfo sys = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("android", PackageManager.GET_SIGNATURES);
            return (packageInfo != null && packageInfo.signatures != null &&
                    sys.signatures[0].equals(packageInfo.signatures[0]));
        } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
            return false;
        }
    }

I have another solution:

ArrayList<AppInfo> myAppsToUpdate;

    // How to get the system and the user apps.
    public ArrayList<AppInfo> getAppsToUpdate() {

        PackageManager pm = App.getContext().getPackageManager();
        List<ApplicationInfo> installedApps = pm.getInstalledApplications(0);
        myAppsToUpdate = new ArrayList<AppInfo>();
        for (ApplicationInfo aInfo : installedApps) {

            if ((aInfo.flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM) != 0) {
                // System apps 
            } else {
                // Users apps
                AppInfo appInfo = new AppInfo();
                appInfo.setAppName(aInfo.loadLabel(pm).toString());
                appInfo.setPackageName(aInfo.packageName);
                appInfo.setLaunchActivity(pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(aInfo.packageName).toString());
                try {
                    PackageInfo info = pm.getPackageInfo(aInfo.packageName, 0);
                    appInfo.setVersionName(info.versionName.toString());
                    appInfo.setVersionCode("" + info.versionCode);
                    myAppsToUpdate.add(appInfo);
                } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
                    Log.e("ERROR", "we could not get the user's apps");
                }

            }
        }
        return myAppsToUpdate;
    }

Get All the apps:

    PackageManager pm = getContext().getPackageManager();
    List<ApplicationInfo> apps = pm.getInstalledApplications(0);

Check if installed app then open:

if((app.flags & (ApplicationInfo.FLAG_UPDATED_SYSTEM_APP | ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM)) > 0) {
                String app_package = app.packageName;
Intent launchIntent = context.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(app_package);
context.startActivity(launchIntent);

This answer is correct an list of installed app show and search feature add.

Kotlin

activity_all_installed_app.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".AllInstalledAppActivity">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/totalInstalledApp"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="@string/total_Installed_Apps"
        android:textStyle="bold"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

    <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
        android:id="@+id/recycler_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dp"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        app:layoutManager="androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/totalInstalledApp"
        tools:listitem="@layout/installed_app_layout" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

installed_app_layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_margin="4dp"
    android:elevation="6dp"
    android:background="?attr/selectableItemBackground">
    <androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
        android:id="@+id/cardview"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        app:cardCornerRadius="5dp"
        app:cardUseCompatPadding="true"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent">

        <androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/app_icon"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
                android:contentDescription="@string/todo"
                app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/list_app_name"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
                android:text="@string/app_name"
                android:textSize="16sp"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/app_icon"
                app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

            <TextView
                android:id="@+id/app_package"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
                android:text="@string/app_package_name"
                android:textStyle="bold"
                app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@+id/app_icon"
                app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/list_app_name" />
        </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
    </androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

AppModel.kt

import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable

class AppModel(private var name:String, private var icon: Drawable, private var packages:String) {
    fun getName(): String {
        return name
    }

    fun getIcon(): Drawable {
        return icon
    }

    fun getPackages(): String {
        return packages
    }
}

AppAdapter.kt

import android.app.AlertDialog
import android.content.Context
import android.view.LayoutInflater
import android.view.View
import android.view.ViewGroup
import android.widget.ImageView
import android.widget.TextView
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
import com.materialsouk.allcodeapp.R
import com.materialsouk.allcodeapp.models.AppModel
import java.util.ArrayList

import android.content.Intent
import android.net.Uri
import android.provider.Settings
import android.widget.Toast


class AppAdapter(private val context: Context, private var appModelList: ArrayList<AppModel>) :
    RecyclerView.Adapter<AppAdapter.ViewHolder>() {


    class ViewHolder(ItemView: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(ItemView) {
        val appNameTxt: TextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.list_app_name)
        val appPackageNameTxt: TextView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.app_package)
        val appIcon: ImageView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.app_icon)
    }

    override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): ViewHolder {
        val view: View =
            LayoutInflater.from(parent.context)
                .inflate(R.layout.installed_app_layout, parent, false)
        return ViewHolder(view)
    }

    override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: ViewHolder, position: Int) {
        holder.appNameTxt.text = appModelList[position].getName()
        holder.appIcon.setImageDrawable(appModelList[position].getIcon())
        holder.appPackageNameTxt.text = appModelList[position].getPackages()

        holder.itemView.setOnClickListener {
            val dialogListTitle = arrayOf("Open App", "App Info")
            val builder: AlertDialog.Builder = AlertDialog.Builder(context)
            builder.setTitle("Choose Action")
                .setItems(
                    dialogListTitle
                ) { _, which ->
                    when (which) {
                        0 -> {
                            val intent =
                                context.packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage(appModelList[position].getPackages())
                            if (intent != null) {
                                context.startActivity(intent)
                            }else{
                                Toast.makeText(context,"System app is not open for any reason.",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
                            }
                        }
                        1 -> {
                            val intent = Intent()
                            intent.action = Settings.ACTION_APPLICATION_DETAILS_SETTINGS
                            intent.data =
                                Uri.parse("package:${appModelList[position].getPackages()}")
                            context.startActivity(intent)
                        }
                    }
                }
            builder.show()
        }

    }

    override fun getItemCount(): Int {
        return appModelList.size
    }
}

This is menu search_menu.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/app_bar_search"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_search_black_24dp"
        android:title="@string/search"
        app:showAsAction="ifRoom|withText"
        app:actionViewClass="androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView"/>
</menu>

AllInstalledAppActivity.kt

import android.annotation.SuppressLint
import android.app.Dialog
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import android.os.Bundle
import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
import com.materialsouk.allcodeapp.models.AppModel

import android.content.pm.PackageInfo

import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo
import android.os.Handler
import android.os.Looper
import android.view.Menu
import android.widget.LinearLayout
import android.widget.TextView
import androidx.appcompat.widget.SearchView
import com.materialsouk.allcodeapp.adapters.AppAdapter
import java.util.*
import kotlin.collections.ArrayList


class AllInstalledAppActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    private lateinit var recyclerView: RecyclerView
    private lateinit var installedAppsList: ArrayList<AppModel>
    private lateinit var installedAppAdapter: AppAdapter

    @SuppressLint("SetTextI18n")
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_all_installed_app)
        recyclerView = findViewById(R.id.recycler_view)
        val loadingDialog = Dialog(this)
        loadingDialog.setContentView(R.layout.loading)
        loadingDialog.window!!.setLayout(
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT,
            LinearLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT
        )
        loadingDialog.setCancelable(false)
        installedAppsList = ArrayList()
        loadingDialog.show()
        Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).postDelayed({
            getInstalledApps()
            loadingDialog.dismiss()
            findViewById<TextView>(R.id.totalInstalledApp).text =
                "${getString(R.string.total_Installed_Apps)} ${installedAppsList.size}"
            installedAppAdapter = AppAdapter(this, installedAppsList)
            recyclerView.adapter = installedAppAdapter
        }, 500)

    }

    @SuppressLint("QueryPermissionsNeeded")
    private fun getInstalledApps(): ArrayList<AppModel> {
        installedAppsList.clear()
        val packs = packageManager.getInstalledPackages(0)
        for (i in packs.indices) {
            val p = packs[i]
            if (!isSystemPackage(p)) {
                val appName = p.applicationInfo.loadLabel(packageManager).toString()
                val icon = p.applicationInfo.loadIcon(packageManager)
                val packages = p.applicationInfo.packageName
                installedAppsList.add(AppModel(appName, icon, packages))
            }
        }
        installedAppsList.sortBy { it.getName().capitalized() }
        return installedAppsList
    }
    private fun String.capitalized(): String {
        return this.replaceFirstChar {
            if (it.isLowerCase())
                it.titlecase(Locale.getDefault())
            else it.toString()
        }
    }
    private fun isSystemPackage(pkgInfo: PackageInfo): Boolean {
        return pkgInfo.applicationInfo.flags and ApplicationInfo.FLAG_SYSTEM != 0
    }

    override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu): Boolean {
        menuInflater.inflate(R.menu.search_menu, menu)
        val search = menu.findItem(R.id.app_bar_search)

        val searchView = search.actionView as SearchView
        searchView.maxWidth = android.R.attr.width
        searchView.queryHint = "Search app name or package"
        searchView.setOnQueryTextListener(object : SearchView.OnQueryTextListener {
            override fun onQueryTextSubmit(query: String?): Boolean {
                return false
            }

            @SuppressLint("NotifyDataSetChanged")
            override fun onQueryTextChange(newText: String?): Boolean {
                val appModelArrayList: ArrayList<AppModel> = ArrayList()

                for (i in installedAppsList) {
                    if (i.getName().lowercase(Locale.getDefault()).contains(
                            newText!!.lowercase(
                                Locale.getDefault()
                            )
                        )
                        ||
                        i.getPackages().lowercase(Locale.getDefault()).contains(
                            newText.lowercase(
                                Locale.getDefault()
                            )
                        )
                    ) {
                        appModelArrayList.add(i)
                    }
                }
                installedAppAdapter =
                    AppAdapter(this@AllInstalledAppActivity, appModelArrayList)

                recyclerView.adapter = installedAppAdapter
                installedAppAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged()
                return true
            }
        })

        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu)
    }
}

you can use this :

PackageManager pm = getApplicationContext().getPackageManager();
                List<ResolveInfo> activityList = pm.queryIntentActivities(shareIntent, 0);
                for (final ResolveInfo app : activityList) 
                {
                   if ((app.activityInfo.name).contains("facebook")) 
                   {
                     // facebook  
                   }

                   if ((app.activityInfo.name).contains("android.gm")) 
                   {
                     // gmail  
                   }

                   if ((app.activityInfo.name).contains("mms")) 
                   {
                     // android messaging app
                   }

                   if ((app.activityInfo.name).contains("com.android.bluetooth")) 
                   {
                     // android bluetooth  
                   }
                }

public static List<ApplicationInfo> getApplications(Context context) {
    return context.getPackageManager().getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
}