How to access device apps from flutter

Question

Is there any way to access the details of apps installed in the device and access its privacy permission details (ex: how much access the GMAIL have in our device?) from the flutter app?

Answer 1

At this time there no official library available to retrieve the packages installed in the device. You can check the unofficial plugin, package manager plugin in pub.dev.

Some of the limitations are ..

• This is not the official plugin.
• Supports only Android platform
• Minimum supported Android version is 22.

But you can give it a try if those constraints are fine for you.

Sample usage

import 'package:flutter_package_manager/flutter_package_manager.dart';

Future<List> getInstalledPackages() async {
  List packages = await FlutterPackageManager.getInstalledPackages();
  return packages;
}

Answer 2

You can try a package named device_apps.

It is a plugin to list installed applications on an Android device (⚠️ iOS is not supported).

Check this

You can get

• App Version
• App name
• Apk File Path
• Data Directory
• Installation date and time

Note : Though it was better then other packages , I found that it takes a lot of time (10-15sec) to intract with the Android system.