Package Manager

The package manager is used to retrieve detailed information of the installed packages on the device. This information includes the package name, label, path to the icon image, version, type, and installed storage.

The main features of the Package Manager API include:

  • Retrieving information for all installed packages

    Use the package_manager_foreach_package_info() function to retrieve the package information for all installed packages. As a result, the package_manager_package_info_cb() callback function is invoked and you can get the package information.

  • Retrieving individual package information

    To retrieve package information, get the package_info_h object using the package_info_create() or package_manager_get_package_info() function.

  • Retrieving package information from archives

    To retrieve package information from archives, get the package_archive_info_h object using the package_archive_info_create() function.

  • Monitoring changes

    You can monitor package events, such as installation, uninstallation, and updates.

Prerequisites

To enable your application to use the package manager functionality, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

  1. To use the Package Manager API (in mobile and wearable applications), the application must request permission by adding the following privilege to the tizen-manifest.xml file:

    <privileges>
   <privilege>http://tizen.org/privilege/packagemanager.info</privilege>
</privileges>

  2. To use the functions and data types of the Package Manager API, include the <package_manager.h> header file in your application:

    #include <package_manager.h>

Retrieve All Package Information

To retrieve all package information for installed packages:

  1. Define the package_info_cb() callback function, which is invoked for each retrieved package and is used to access the package information:
    void
package_info_cb(package_info_h package_info, void *user_data)
{
    int ret;

    char *pkg = NULL;
    char *label = NULL;
    char *icon = NULL;
    char *version = NULL;
    char *type = NULL;
    package_info_installed_storage_type_e storage;
    bool system;
    bool removable;
    bool preload;

    package_info_get_package(package_info, &pkg);
    package_info_get_label(package_info, &label);
    package_info_get_icon(package_info, &icon);
    package_info_get_version(package_info, &version);
    package_info_get_type(package_info, &type);
    package_info_get_installed_storage(package_info, &storage);
    package_info_is_system_package(package_info, &system);
    package_info_is_removable_package(package_info, &removable);
    package_info_is_preload_package(package_info, &preload);

    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "pkg \t= [%s]\n", pkg);
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "label \t= [%s]\n", label);
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "icon \t= [%s]\n", icon);
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "version \t= [%s]\n", version);
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "type \t= [%s]\n", type);
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "storage \t= [%d]\n", storage);
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "system \t= [%d]\n", system);
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "removable \t= [%d]\n", removable);
    dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "preload \t= [%d]\n", preload);

    free(pkg);
    free(label);
    free(icon);
    free(version);
    free(type);
}
  2. Use the package_manager_foreach_package_info() function to retrieve all package information by invoking a callback function for each retrieved package:
    ret = package_manager_foreach_package_info(package_info_cb, NULL);
if (ret != PACKAGE_MANAGER_ERROR_NONE)
    dlog_print(DLOG_ERROR, TAG, "foreach_package_info error: %d", ret);

Retrieve Specific Package Information

To retrieve specific package information:

  1. Use the package_manager_get_package_info() function.

    This function fills the second parameter with the package information handle, which is then used with the following package_info_get_*() functions to retrieve the specific information:

    • package_info_get_label()
    • package_info_get_icon()
    • package_info_get_version()
    • package_info_get_type()
    • package_info_get_installed_storage()
    • package_info_get_root_path()
    • package_info_is_system_package()
    • package_info_is_removable_package()
    • package_info_is_preload_package()
    • package_info_is_accessible()
    char *version = NULL;
char *label = NULL;
char *type = NULL;
package_info_h package_info = NULL;
package_manager_get_package_info("PACKAGE-ID", &package_info);

package_info_get_version(package_info, &version);
package_info_get_label(package_info, &label);
package_info_get_type(package_info, &type);

dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "label \t= [%s]\n", label);
dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "icon \t= [%s]\n", icon);
dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, TAG, "version \t= [%s]\n", version);

free(label);
free(icon);
free(version);

/* Use package information */

  2. Release the package information handle with the package_info_destroy() function when the package information is no longer needed:

    package_info_destroy(package_info);

Retrieve Package Information from Archives

To retrieve package information from archives:

  1. Use the package_archive_info_create() function. This function fills the second parameter with the package archive information handle, which is then used with the following package_archive_info_get_*() functions to retrieve the specific information:

    • package_archive_info_get_package()
    • package_archive_info_get_type()
    • package_archive_info_get_version()
    • package_archive_info_get_api_version()
    • package_archive_info_get_description()
    • package_archive_info_get_label()
    • package_archive_info_get_author()
    • package_archive_info_get_icon()
    int ret;
char *package = NULL;
char *version = NULL;
char *description = NULL;
unsigned char *icon = NULL;
size_t icon_size = 0;
package_archive_info_h archive_info = NULL;

ret = package_archive_info_create("/path/to/your/archive", &archive_info);
/* error handling */

ret = package_archive_info_get_package(archive_info, &package);
/* error handling */
ret = package_archive_info_get_version(archive_info, &version);
/* error handling */
ret = package_archive_info_get_description(archive_info, &description);
/* error handling */
ret = package_archive_info_get_icon(archive_info, &icon, &icon_size);
/* error handling */

/* do something */
/* note that icon is read as binary data */

free(package);
free(version);
free(description);
free(icon);

  2. Release the package archive information handle with the package_archive_info_destroy() function when the package information is no longer needed:

    package_archive_info_destroy(archive_info);

Monitor Package Events

To monitor package events, such as installation, uninstallation, and updates:

  1. Create the package manager handle (package_manager_h) using the package_manager_create() function:

    package_manager_create(package_manager_h *manager);

  2. Set the package event to monitor by calling the package_manager_set_event_status() function.

    The second parameter defines the package status that you want to monitor. The possible values are listed in the package_manager_status_type_e enumeration (in mobile and wearable applications):

    package_manager_set_event_status(manager, PACKAGE_MANAGER_STATUS_TYPE_ALL);

  3. Register a callback function to be invoked when the event (status change) you set in the previous step takes place, and implement the callback function:

    void
event_cb(const char *type, const char *package, package_manager_event_type_e event_type,
         package_manager_event_state_e event_state, int progress,
         package_manager_error_e error, void *user_data)
{
    if (event_state == PACKAGE_MANAGER_EVENT_STATE_STARTED)
        dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Started");
    else if (event_state == PACKAGE_MANAGER_EVENT_STATE_PROCESSING)
        dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Progress: %d", progress);
    else if (event_state == PACKAGE_MANAGER_EVENT_STATE_COMPLETED)
        dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Completed");
    else
        dlog_print(DLOG_INFO, LOG_TAG, "Failed");
}

package_manager_set_event_cb(manager, event_cb, NULL);

  4. Release the package manager with the package_manager_destroy(package_manager_h manager) function when the package manager is no longer needed:

    package_manager_destroy(package_manager_h manager);
  • Dependencies
    • Tizen 2.4 and Higher for Mobile
    • Tizen 2.3.1 and Higher for Wearable
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