puravidaapps package manager extension

bodymindpower · August 27, 2020, 11:26am

Maybe WRITE permission is needed for the Pro version (to build the icon).
Taifun can clarify.

fccb0d7d7b48679a6631b5ba9 · August 27, 2020, 3:30pm

how to deal with permission with blocks . ?

Boban · August 27, 2020, 5:38pm

@bodymindpower @dora_paz are you sure it’s not needed, how else should it be able to create folder and add images to it…

/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/.Packages/

  "icon":"\/storage\/emulated\/0\/Pictures\/.Packages\/com.google.android.youtube.png"},

 {"package name":"com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox",                             

  "app name":"Google","version name":"7.8.22.21.arm64",                                  

  "version code":300745809,                                                              

  "icon":"\/storage\/emulated\/0\/Pictures\/.Packages\/com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.png"},

 {"package name":"org.telegram.messenger",

bodymindpower · August 27, 2020, 10:39pm

Try this: packagemanager2.apk (3.2 MB)

Manifest

Taifun · August 27, 2020, 11:16pm

see the documentation for property DefaultDirectory here App Inventor Extensions: Package Manager | Pura Vida Apps

Set the default directory. Default value is /Pictures/.Packages .
In the GotPackages event the icons of all the installed apps will be stored in that directory.
Note: starting the directory with a dot hides the directory from the Gallery app.

Taifun

bodymindpower · August 28, 2020, 12:06am

Does my APK work (without permissions)?

themaayur · August 28, 2020, 3:12am

Yes it works, It shows all apps list and all the info and also launches app.

Is something missing ?

bodymindpower · August 28, 2020, 5:45am

Yes, I also checked that:

Galaxy Note8 (Android 9) and
Pixel 2XL (Android 11 - Beta)

Boban · August 28, 2020, 5:54am

Yeah but without icons…

themaayur · August 28, 2020, 5:55am

So for icons it need Permission ?

bodymindpower · August 28, 2020, 6:02am

As I said / assumed:

bodymindpower · August 28, 2020, 6:19am

As I’ve said often enough, I hate permissions (just like my users) and try to avoid them whenever possible.

Therefore, the non-pro version should not request permissions. I had removed both permissions (READ / WRITE) from the Manifest and used an empty .PermissionDenied block.

Boban · August 28, 2020, 7:15am

No, for both…

themaayur · August 28, 2020, 7:17am

Then how this worked

bodymindpower · August 28, 2020, 7:19am

But it shouldn’t …

Boban · August 28, 2020, 7:23am

In this image, you were supposed to see the icon.

themaayur · August 28, 2020, 7:26am

So it needs permission for showing the apps icon.

Boban · August 28, 2020, 7:28am

bodymindpower · August 28, 2020, 9:47am

No.

No, only with the Pro version.

To finally clarify that:

I used the original aia from Taifun and used it to create the APK.
If you install this APK on a device with API > 22, the folder /Pictures/Packages is NOT created, regardless of whether you grant or deny permission.
When you install the APK on a device with API < 23, the folder is created (because permissions are granted at install-time) and even the icons are displayed.

Conclusion:

The app does NOT automatically request WRITE permission, only READ.
The APK (non-pro version) will work regardless of this. if you deny permission or, as I have shown with my packagemanager2.apk, if the permissions have been removed from the manifest.
The default folder /Pictures/Packages is only created if WRITE permission is requested manually and then granted.
And again: This folder is not required for the non-pro version to work.

Boban · August 28, 2020, 10:47am

Yees