check to see if an application is a service or contentprovider

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I am writing an application to add all our apps to the homescreen of our devices. I need it to skip the apps that are services or contentproviders that just run in the background and are never "launched" by the user.

Any ideas? Right now i am specifying the apps, but would like to have it more automated.

Thanks!

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2695746/how-to-get-a-list-of-installed-android-applications-and-pick-one-to-run — Brian Dupuis, Feb 09 '12 at 15:14
Already have looked over that, the answers given still grab all the services and contentproviders. The main answer that i tested was given by Nelson Ramirez. — prolink007, Feb 09 '12 at 15:23
Weird, it shouldn't since it's using the `CATEGORY_LAUNCHER`. Lemme think some more. — Brian Dupuis, Feb 09 '12 at 15:25
I am about to try what Karan said. I actually have not tried it yet. — prolink007, Feb 09 '12 at 15:26
Can you look at the returned `ResolveInfo` and see if `activityInfo` is non-null? Should be non-null for Activity classes and null for others. — Brian Dupuis, Feb 09 '12 at 15:27
The post from Karan on the other post worked. Could you post your suggestions and link as an answer so that i can accept it please. Thanks for your assistance. — prolink007, Feb 09 '12 at 15:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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See this thread for information on finding launchable Intent instances from the package manager.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Feb 09 '12 at 15:45

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