Call some PackageManager APIs from React Native
npm install react-native-android-packagemanagerGives you some access to Android's PackageManager APIs, for instance to read the metadata inside an APK file.
$ npm install react-native-android-packagemanager --save
$ react-native link react-native-android-packagemanager
#### Android
1. Open up android/app/src/main/java/[...]/MainActivity.java
- Add import com.reactlibrary.RNAndroidPackagemanagerPackage; to the imports at the top of the file
- Add new RNAndroidPackagemanagerPackage() to the list returned by the getPackages() method
2. Append the following lines to android/settings.gradle:
```
include ':react-native-android-packagemanager'
project(':react-native-android-packagemanager').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-android-packagemanager/android')
android/app/build.gradle
3. Insert the following lines inside the dependencies block in :`
`
compile project(':react-native-android-packagemanager')
javascript
import RNAndroidPM from 'react-native-android-packagemanager';RNAndroidPM.getPackageInfo('/storage/emulated/0/myapp.apk')
.then(info => {
console.log(info);
/*
{
package: "com.example.myapp",
label: "My App",
versionName: "1.2.3",
versionCode: 3,
firstInstallTime: 1185920,
lastUpdateTime: 1283058,
}
*/
})
``