Get list of all installed apps
You can use this code snippet:
#import "InstalledAppReader.h"
static NSString* const installedAppListPath = @"/private/var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist";
@interface InstalledAppReader()
-(NSArray *)installedApp;
-(NSMutableDictionary *)appDescriptionFromDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionary;
@end
@implementation InstalledAppReader
#pragma mark - Init
-(NSMutableArray *)desktopAppsFromDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionary
{
NSMutableArray *desktopApps = [NSMutableArray array];
for (NSString *appKey in dictionary)
{
[desktopApps addObject:appKey];
}
return desktopApps;
}
-(NSArray *)installedApp
{
BOOL isDir = NO;
if([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath: installedAppListPath isDirectory: &isDir] && !isDir)
{
NSMutableDictionary *cacheDict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile: installedAppListPath];
NSDictionary *system = [cacheDict objectForKey: @"System"];
NSMutableArray *installedApp = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:[self desktopAppsFromDictionary:system]];
NSDictionary *user = [cacheDict objectForKey: @"User"];
[installedApp addObjectsFromArray:[self desktopAppsFromDictionary:user]];
return installedApp;
}
DLOG(@"can not find installed app plist");
return nil;
}
@end
On jailbroken iPhones, you can just read the /Applications
folder. All installed applications go there. Just list the directories in /Applications
using NSFileManager
:
NSArray *appFolderContents = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] directoryContentsAtPath:@"/Applications"];
After some research I have found a framework called iHasApp. Here is a good solution to return a dictionary with app name, identifier and icon: Finding out what Apps are installed