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Pass installerPackageName on Android

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Feature Request

Pass through installerPackageName on Android so the market the package came from can be identified.

Why it is needed

We have an app which can be installed via the playstore, via an apk , and also via various stores in China. For analytics, and for our forced updates screen, we need to be able to determine which market place the app was installed from

Possible implementation

Add a method getInstallerPackageName() which would be implemented on Android only, and would pass the result of https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html#getInstallerPackageName(java.lang.String) through.

Code sample

console.log("Device Model", DeviceInfo.getInstallerPackageName()); // e.g. com.android.vending

Issue Analytics

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Created 4 years ago
Comments:8 (5 by maintainers)

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nonewcodecommented, Jan 21, 2020

Have started on implementing this.

https://github.com/codecog/react-native-device-info/commit/379135111f4a93bb9c4912e56021bde97c7c1b0d

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mikehardycommented, Feb 1, 2020

I think you’re right - closing preliminarily but obviously we can chat more, cheers

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