how to hide apps from other user in android

Question

i am trying to make launcher in android.i want admin to hide few apps from user. i have done for admin-user log in. now i want admin to select some apps which should not be seen by user. so that,when user log in he/she should see only those apps which are allowed by admin.

 List<ResolveInfo> availableActivities = manager.queryIntentActivities(i, 0);
    for(ResolveInfo ri:availableActivities){
        AppDetail app = new AppDetail();
        app.label = ri.loadLabel(manager);
        app.name = ri.activityInfo.packageName;
        app.icon = ri.activityInfo.loadIcon(manager);
        apps.add(app);
    }

i have got the list of apps..

kindly help.

Answer 1

Use PackageManager to get all the installed apps and then write the following code:

PackageManager p = getPackageManager();
ComponentName componentName = new ComponentName(this, package_name);  //package_name is the name of the application's package you want to hide
p.setComponentEnabledSetting(componentName,PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED, PackageManager.DONT_KILL_APP);

That should do it.

Answer 2

You can maintain application information i.e name,package name and icon in SQLite databse.

On the basis of selection , you can show applications to user.