Ionic Get Installed Apps On Android Device

I'm new at ionic framework and mobile apps, Is there any plugin or method to get list of installed apps on android devices?

Solution 1:

There is indeed a ready-made Cordova plugin available that gives the list of installed apps in the device. This AppList Plugin should help you out.

Infact it gives the app icon as well.

UPDATE: There are no such ready-made plugin available yet for iOS as far as I know.

Solution 2:

Add

import * asApplistfrom'cordova-plugin-applist2/www/Applist.js';
import { Platform } from'@ionic/angular';

to your component .ts file

Then to use it in probably constructor

constructor(public platform: Platform) {
  platform.ready().then(
    function(){
      if(platform.is('android') && !platform.is('mobileweb')){
          var success = function(app_list) { 
            //success functionconsole.log(app_list);
           };
          var error = function(app_list) {  
            //error          console.log("An Error occured while fetching App Lists");
            console.error(app_list);
          };
          //for the date parameters, any date is okay, //the first date should be in the pastApplist.createEvent('', '', '', newDate(1999, 10, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12), newDate(), success, error);
      }
    }
  );
}