Categorize Applications

Question

I would like to classify applications. When an application comes to the fore, I must be able to detect that this application has video, audio, text only, or 3D graphics.

I tried using 2 options to categorize them:

• to get permissions used in applications, but could not get permissions for third-party applications (only for native applications), is it true that you can not get permissions for third-party applications? or am I missing something?
• to select all installed applications based on mimeType, but I only get my own applications, or maybe some applications (application intentions) do not have the specified mimeType (I'm not sure).

Is there any other way to classify installed applications? I would really appreciate if anyone could help me with this?

thanks alot

Answer 1

Use the WhereDat API:

Create a raw JSON POST request with an array of packages that you want to classify:

{
  "packages": [
    "com.pixmix.mobileapp",
    "com.nextstagesearch"
  ]
}

Send it to:

http://api.wheredatapp.com/data

And here is the answer:

{
"apps": [
    {
        "category": "Productivity",
        "rating": 4.5,
        "updated": 1436741473,
        "created": 1431028391,
        "icon_url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/q5pFGfXKZejowwcmlJl7M1IXGHVM4Zq_IjPpYb7zgkUFXO3QnZ2LyeOUUhMPaKPkJ3gR=w300",
        "title": "WhereDat Beta",
        "package": "com.nextstagesearch",
        "ratings_count": 4,
        "short_description": "WhereDat lets you easily search your device for contacts, apps, and recently accessed webpages without leaving your home screen. With deep linking you can search the c..."
    },
    {
        "category": "Photography",
        "rating": 4.0519609451293945,
        "updated": 1435970764,
        "created": 1430868349,
        "icon_url": "https://lh3.ggpht.com/NgbwQzyo2mDR8su1Embio5jtHuPyScaMr0j4iub58YR5m19Ns0gVdeb9pYgNvMuFCcg=w300",
        "title": "PixMix - Photo sharing",
        "package": "com.pixmix.mobileapp",
        "ratings_count": 2040,
        "short_description": "Simple collage or photo sharing in just two clicks!★ See your photos in BEAUTIFUL albums★ Create beautiful album COLLAGE★ EASILY send albums to friends and family★ You..."
    }
]
}