Android PluginManager

dynamic load uninstalled apk

Introduction

PluginManager is used to manage android applications like eclipse plugins. you can start an activity from an uninstalled apk placed in sdcard,just like it has installed or registed in the application's AndroidManifest.xml.

Support Features

• a normal apk is regard as plug-in
• start activity from plug-in
• start other activiy from plug activity
• plug activity with theme
• plug with custom Application
• plug with .so
• support android2.x

it's easy to use:

Steps:

• declare permission in your AndroidManifest.xml:

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS" />

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

• regist an activity

  <activity android:name="androidx.pluginmgr.PluginActivity" />

• load plugin from plug apk:

  PluginManager pluginMgr = PluginManager.getInstance(MyActivity);
  File myPlug = new File("/mnt/sdcard/Download/myplug.apk");
  PlugInfo plug = pluginMgr.loadPlugin(myPlug).iterator().next();

• start activity: pluginMgr.startMainActivity(context, plug.getPackageName());

License

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