DevicePolicyManager.InstallExistingPackage(ComponentName, String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Android.App.Admin

Assembly:

Mono.Android.dll

Install an existing package that has been installed in another user, or has been kept after removal via #setKeepUninstalledPackages.

[Android.Runtime.Register("installExistingPackage", "(Landroid/content/ComponentName;Ljava/lang/String;)Z", "GetInstallExistingPackage_Landroid_content_ComponentName_Ljava_lang_String_Handler", ApiSince=28)]
public virtual bool InstallExistingPackage (Android.Content.ComponentName admin, string? packageName);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("installExistingPackage", "(Landroid/content/ComponentName;Ljava/lang/String;)Z", "GetInstallExistingPackage_Landroid_content_ComponentName_Ljava_lang_String_Handler", ApiSince=28)>]
abstract member InstallExistingPackage : Android.Content.ComponentName * string -> bool
override this.InstallExistingPackage : Android.Content.ComponentName * string -> bool

Parameters

admin

ComponentName

Which DeviceAdminReceiver this request is associated with.

packageName

String

The package to be installed in the calling profile.

Returns

Boolean

true if the app is installed; false otherwise.

Attributes

RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Install an existing package that has been installed in another user, or has been kept after removal via #setKeepUninstalledPackages. This function can be called by a device owner, profile owner or a delegate given the #DELEGATION_INSTALL_EXISTING_PACKAGE scope via #setDelegatedScopes. When called in a secondary user or managed profile, the user/profile must be affiliated with the device. See #isAffiliatedUser.

Java documentation for android.app.admin.DevicePolicyManager.installExistingPackage(android.content.ComponentName, java.lang.String).

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