How to detect if Google Play is installed? (Not Market)

Question

Whether the app installed is called Google Play or Market, the package name is the same com.android.vending.

I need to be able to detect whether the app

Answer 1

You can use this simple piece of code, its easy and to the point with a consideration for not re-inventing the wheel using GooglePlayServicesUtil:

public static boolean isPlayStoreInstalled(Context context){
try {
    context.getPackageManager()
            .getPackageInfo(GooglePlayServicesUtil.GOOGLE_PLAY_STORE_PACKAGE, 0);
    return true;
} catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
    return false;
}
}

This will require you to add this to your dependencies:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:[PLAY_SERVICES_VERSION]'

Latest play-services version is now: 10.0.1

Answer 2

You can also try this much simplified solution:

public boolean isGooglePlayAvailable() {
        boolean googlePlayStoreInstalled;
        int val= GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(LocationActivity.this);
        googlePlayStoreInstalled = val == ConnectionResult.SUCCESS;
        return googlePlayStoreInstalled;
    }

Answer 3

This is probably a better example as it allows for status' where the user can do something about it i.e re-auth or update. Based on the code in the GCM client example project:

 public static boolean checkPlayServices(Activity activity) {
        int resultCode = GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(activity);
        if (resultCode != ConnectionResult.SUCCESS) {
            if (GooglePlayServicesUtil.isUserRecoverableError(resultCode)) {
                GooglePlayServicesUtil.getErrorDialog(resultCode, activity,
                        PLAY_SERVICES_RESOLUTION_REQUEST).show();
            } else {
                Toast.makeText(activity.getApplicationContext(), "This device is not supported.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                activity.finish();
            }
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

Answer 4

In my App I check possibility to open play store before fire it like:

    public static boolean isResolveActivity(Intent intent) {
            return App.getInstance().getPackageManager().resolveActivity(intent, PackageManager.GET_RESOLVED_FILTER) != null;
        }

   public void isResolveActivity(String appPackage) {
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + appPackage));

      if(isResolveActivity(intent)){
      ...open intent
      }
  }

Answer 5

I figured out how to check the application label. I was using the debugger to see what all was being returned in packageInfo that's why I didn't see it initially.

public static boolean isGooglePlayInstalled(Context context) {
    PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
    boolean app_installed = false;
    try
    {
           PackageInfo info = pm.getPackageInfo("com.android.vending", PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES);
           String label = (String) info.applicationInfo.loadLabel(pm);
           app_installed = (label != null && !label.equals("Market"));
    }
    catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e)
    {
           app_installed = false;
    }
    return app_installed;
}