How to Retrieve a List of Installed Applications

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Using the tizen.application.getAppsInfo() method, you can get the list of installed applications on the device. The method takes two arguments, the success callback (called when the operation is successful) and the error callback (called otherwise), and an array of the installed applications will be returned as an argument of the success callback.

The success callback receives an array of ApplicationInformation objects, and each object contains the following attributes:

 
Attribute Description
id Identifier of the application
name Name of the application
iconPath Path of the application's icon
version Version of the application
show Informs if the application should be shown or not 
function onError(err) {
    console.log('Error occurred : ' + err.message);
}

function onsuccess(applications) {
    var appInfo;
    for (var i = 0; i < applications.length; i++) {
	appInfo = applications[i];
	console.log('Application ID: ' + appInfo.id);
	console.log('Icon Path: ' + appInfo.iconPath);
	console.log('Name: ' + appInfo.name);
	console.log('Version: ' + appInfo.version);
	console.log('Show: ' + appInfo.show);
    }
}

tizen.application.getAppsInfo(onsuccess, onError);