Android - How to get application name Not package name

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In my manifest I have      lt application     android name   MyApp      android icon   drawable ic launcher icon      android label   string app name      android debuggable  true  gt    How do I get the label element    Note  My code is running inside of someone else s  so I don t have access to  string app name

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Have you tried using the PackageManager getActivityInfo   method  There will be a field that should contain the name of the application   See the answer to a very similar question here

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Get Appliction Name Using RunningAppProcessInfo  as   ActivityManager am    ActivityManager this getSystemService ACTIVITY SERVICE   List l   am getRunningAppProcesses    Iterator i   l iterator    PackageManager pm   this getPackageManager    while i hasNext        ActivityManager RunningAppProcessInfo info    ActivityManager RunningAppProcessInfo  i next       try       CharSequence c   pm getApplicationLabel pm getApplicationInfo info processName  PackageManager GET META DATA        Log w  LABEL   c toString        catch Exception e          Name Not FOund Exception

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Java public static String getApplicationName Context context        return context getApplicationInfo   loadLabel context getPackageManager    toString       Kotlin  as extension  fun Context getAppName    String   applicationInfo loadLabel packageManager  toString

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If you need only the application name  not the package name  then just write this code    String app name   packageInfo applicationInfo loadLabel getPackageManager    toString

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If you know Package name then Use following snippet  ApplicationInfo ai  try       ai   pm getApplicationInfo packageName  0     catch  final NameNotFoundException e        ai   null    final String applicationName    String   ai    null   pm getApplicationLabel ai      unknown

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The source comment added to NonLocalizedLabel directs us now to   return context getPackageManager   getApplicationLabelFormatted context getApplicationInfo

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In Kotlin  use the following codes to get Application Name              Get App Name         var appName  String              val applicationInfo   this getApplicationInfo           val stringId   applicationInfo labelRes         if  stringId    0                appName   applicationInfo nonLocalizedLabel toString                     else               appName   this getString stringId

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Okay guys another sleek option is  Application Context ApplicationInfo NonLocalizedLabel  verified for hard coded android label on application element    lt application android label  Big App  gt  lt  application gt   Reference  http   developer android com reference android content pm PackageItemInfo html nonLocalizedLabel

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In Kotlin its simple   val appLabel   context applicationInfo nonLocalizedLabel

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There s an easier way than the other answers that doesn t require you to name the resource explicitly or worry about exceptions with package names  It also works if you have used a string directly instead of a resource   Just do   public static String getApplicationName Context context        ApplicationInfo applicationInfo   context getApplicationInfo        int stringId   applicationInfo labelRes      return stringId    0   applicationInfo nonLocalizedLabel toString     context getString stringId       Hope this helps   Edit  In light of the comment from Snicolas  I ve modified the above so that it doesn t try to resolve the id if it is 0  Instead it uses  nonLocalizedLabel as a backoff  No need for wrapping in try catch

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If not mentioned in the strings xml hardcoded in AndroidManifest xml for whatever reason like  android label  MyApp    public String getAppLable Context context        PackageManager packageManager   context getPackageManager        ApplicationInfo applicationInfo   null      try           applicationInfo   packageManager getApplicationInfo context getApplicationInfo   packageName  0         catch  final NameNotFoundException e              return  String   applicationInfo    null   packageManager getApplicationLabel applicationInfo     Unknown        Or if you know the String resource ID then you can directly get it via  getString R string appNameID

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From any Context use   getApplicationInfo   loadLabel getPackageManager    toString

[android] Android - How to get application name? (Not package name)

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