PackageInstallerInstall Method (IListString, Boolean, IPackageInstallerListener)

public virtual int Install(
	IList<string> apks,
	bool atomic,
	IPackageInstallerListener listener
)

Public Overridable Function Install ( 
	apks As IList(Of String),
	atomic As Boolean,
	listener As IPackageInstallerListener
) As Integer

Parameters

apks

Type: System.Collections.GenericIListString
To be added.

atomic

Type: SystemBoolean
- boolean true if "apks" lists the multiple split APKs of the application to be installed

listener

Type: Com.Datalogic.Device.AppIPackageInstallerListener
- IPackageInstallerListener instance that implements the method [M:Com.Datalogic.Device.App.IPackageInstallerListener.OnResult(System.Collections.Generic.IList`1)] to handle the result of the method.

Return Value

Call this method to install the applications contained within the .apk files specified by apks.

It allows also the installation of an app distributed as multiple split APKs. Only in this case set atomic = true.

The method is executed alone, not grouped together with other methods as can be done using a PackageInstallerSession

. The result of the command is received through the listener method [M:Com.Datalogic.Device.App.IPackageInstallerListener.OnResult(System.Collections.Generic.IList`1)]

. Do not suspend the UIThread while waiting for the result of the method otherwise an application’s deadlock can occur.

Example:

public int install(ArrayList pkgs, boolean atomic)

PackageInstaller packageInstaller = new PackageInstaller(context);

PackageInstallerListener listener = new PackageInstallerListener{public void onResult(List results) {...}};

ArrayList apks = new ArrayList();

apks.add("/dir1/dir11/dir116/pkg1.apk");

apks.add("/dir1/dir11/dir116/pkg2.apk");

packageInstaller.install(apks, false);

[Android Documentation]

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