flutter_package_manager 0.0.3

An android plugin supporting `PakcageManager`.

Package Manager for Android

This plugin offers the ability of android's PackageManager. You can retrieve the app name, app launcher icon through this package with its package name. The package should be installed on a device.

This plugin supports android only.

How to use

import 'package:flutter_package_manager/flutter_package_manager.dart';

/// ... other codes 

Future<PackageInfo> getPackageInfo() async {
  final PackageInfo info = 
    await FlutterPackageManager.getPackageInfo('com.facebook.katana');
  return info;
}

PackageInfo class contains packageName, appName and appIconByteArray. appIconByteArray is an array of base64 byte image of app icon. You can get flutter's Image widget icon by appIcon getter. If the app is not installed, than null is returned.

See the ./example and ./lib folders for the details.