How to find out when an installation is completed

Question

I am creating an application that installs apps downloaded from a server. I would like to Install these application After the file is downloaded the code for the method I a

Answer 1

This might not be the best way but I solved the problem. Here is my new code for the method.

 public void Install(final String name,View view)
{
    //prompts user to accept any installation of the apk with provided name
    printstatus("Installing apk please accept permissions");
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(new File
    (Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/ContentManager/" + name)), "application/vnd.android.package-archive");
    startActivity(intent);
    try {
        Thread.sleep(1500);
    } catch (InterruptedException e1) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e1.printStackTrace();
    }
    for(int i=0;i<100;)
    {
        System.gc();
        if(view.getWindowVisibility()==0)
        {
            i=200;
            System.gc();
        }
        try {
            Thread.sleep(500);
            System.gc();
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/ContentManager/"+name);
    file.delete();
}

I created a loop that will wait until the window is in the front to let the method continue executing. The garbage collector and thread sleeping prevents it from slowing down the system or the Linux kernel killing the process. The sleep before the loop is needed so the package manager has time to start before the loop begins.

Answer 2

The Android package manager sends various broadcast intents while installing (or updating / removing) applications.

You can register broadcast receivers, so you will get notifications e.g. when a new application has been installed.

Intents that might be interesting for you are:

• ACTION_PACKAGE_INSTALL
• ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED
• ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED
• ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED

Using broadcast receivers is not a big deal:

BroadcastReceiver myReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        // do whatever you want to do
    }
};

registerReceiver(myReceiver, new IntentFilter("ACTION"));
unregisterReceiver(myReceiver);