android - get application name from package name

Question

I want to get the application name from application package name. Somebody please show me how I can get this.

public class AppInstalledListener extends BroadcastReceiver{

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        String action = intent.getAction();
        if(action.equals("android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED")){
            Logger.debug("DATA:"+intent.getData().toString());
        }
        if(action.equals("android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED")){
            Logger.debug("DATA:"+intent.getData().toString());
        }
        if(action.equals("android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED")){
            Logger.debug("DATA:"+intent.getData().toString());
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

You can use PackageManager class to obtain ApplicationInfo:

final PackageManager pm = getApplicationContext().getPackageManager();
ApplicationInfo ai;
try {
    ai = pm.getApplicationInfo( this.getPackageName(), 0);
} catch (final NameNotFoundException e) {
    ai = null;
}
final String applicationName = (String) (ai != null ? pm.getApplicationLabel(ai) : "(unknown)");

This would return the application name as defined in <application> tag of its manifest.