InstallSourceInfo.OriginatingPackageName Property
Definition
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The name of the package on behalf of which the initiating package requested the installation, or null if not available.
public string? OriginatingPackageName { [Android.Runtime.Register("getOriginatingPackageName", "()Ljava/lang/String;", "", ApiSince=30)] get; }[<get: Android.Runtime.Register("getOriginatingPackageName", "()Ljava/lang/String;", "", ApiSince=30)>]
member this.OriginatingPackageName : stringProperty Value
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Remarks
The name of the package on behalf of which the initiating package requested the installation, or null if not available.
For example if a downloaded APK is installed via the Package Installer this could be the app that performed the download. This value is provided by the initiating package and not verified by the framework.
Note that the InstallSourceInfo returned by PackageManager#getInstallSourceInfo(String) will not have this information available unless the calling application holds the INSTALL_PACKAGES permission.
Java documentation for android.content.pm.InstallSourceInfo.getOriginatingPackageName().
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