PackageInstallerUninstall Method

public virtual int Uninstall(
	string packageName,
	IPackageInstallerListener listener
)

Public Overridable Function Uninstall ( 
	packageName As String,
	listener As IPackageInstallerListener
) As Integer

Parameters

packageName

Type: SystemString
- String package name of the application to be uninstalled.

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 unistall an application installed on the device.

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:

PackageInstaller packageInstaller = new PackageInstaller(context);

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

packageInstaller.uninstall("com.example.helloandroid", listener);

[Android Documentation]

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