| AppList | |
| Cydia Package | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Ryan Petrich |
| Package ID | applist |
| Latest Version | 1.5.7 |
AppList is a library for fetching app information. As described on its package page in Cydia: "Allows developers to query the list of installed apps and provide a preferences pane based on that information. Exports displayIdentifier, displayName, icon and smallIcon via a remote messaging center so that it's easy to write a prefs pane that presents a list of apps."
Usage
With PreferenceLoader
The common way to use AppList is via its PreferenceLoader (preferences) integration, by putting entries in a PreferenceLoader plist: AppListSample.plist.
To access the list of applications use the following:
NSMutableDictionary *plistDict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithContentsOfFile: plistpath];
Then to filter by enabled apps:
[[plistDict objectForKey:@"enable"] isEqualToString: @"YES"]
As seen in https://github.com/iceNuts/DisableNC-Switch
Without PreferenceLoader
To get an array of applications and their display identifiers, do the following:
ALApplicationList *apps = [ALApplicationList sharedApplicationList]; //list all the apps
NSArray *displayIdentifiers = [[apps.applications allKeys] sortedArrayUsingComparator:^NSComparisonResult(id obj1, id obj2) {
return [[apps.applications objectForKey:obj1] caseInsensitiveCompare:[apps.applications objectForKey:obj2]];}]; //sort the apps by display name
[displayIdentifiers retain]; //make sure it doesn't disappear when you actually need to use it, if you only use it once, release it
This gives you a list of all the apps in alphabetical order by their display name.
To get the display identifier and icon for a specific app at index {X} do the following:
NSString *displayIdentifier = [displayIdentifiers objectAtIndex:{X}];
UIImage *icon = [apps iconOfSize:{size here - see enums} forDisplayIdentifier:displayIdentifier];
enum {
ALApplicationIconSizeSmall = 29,
ALApplicationIconSizeLarge = 59
};