How to list all services in an android device

Question

I am looking for a reliable way to programmatically find and list all available services in an Android device (both running and not running).

Answer 1

You can enumerate all packages and retrieve their services:

List pkgs = getPackageManager().getInstalledPackages(PackageManager.GET_SERVICES);
for(PackageInfo pkg : pkgs) {
  // You can now use pkg.services
}

Compatible to API 1.