How to check programmatically if an application is installed or not in Android?

Question

We have installed applications programmatically.

1. If the application is already installed in the device the application is open automatically.
2. Otherwis

Answer 1

A simpler implementation using Kotlin

fun PackageManager.isAppInstalled(packageName: String): Boolean =
        getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA)
                .firstOrNull { it.packageName == packageName } != null

And call it like this (seeking for Spotify app):

packageManager.isAppInstalled("com.spotify.music")