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I have developed an app that is running with system permissions (it is built into the image of AOSP) and has the INSTALL_PACKAGES permission.
My goal is to install a APK silently in the background without user interaction. I read different approaches on stackoverflow, but most of them were either outdated or simply didn't work.
For example if I try to use the PackageManager (either via reflection or via running as a shell command from within my app) I get the following error and that's where I got stuck currently.
11-20 19:06:10.999 4965 4965 D AndroidRuntime: >>>>>> START
com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit uid 10039 <<<<<<
11-20 19:06:11.199 4965 4965 D AndroidRuntime: Calling main entry com.android.commands.pm.Pm
11-20 19:06:11.268 4965 4965 E Pm : Error
11-20 19:06:11.268 4965 4965 E Pm : java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.app.AppOpsManager.checkPackage(int, java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
11-20 19:06:11.268 4965 4965 E Pm : at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2010)
11-20 19:06:11.268 4965 4965 E Pm : at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1950)
11-20 19:06:11.268 4965 4965 E Pm : at android.content.pm.IPackageInstaller$Stub$Proxy.createSession(IPackageInstaller.java:254)
11-20 19:06:11.268 4965 4965 E Pm : at com.android.commands.pm.Pm.doCreateSession(Pm.java:607)
11-20 19:06:11.268 4965 4965 E Pm : at com.android.commands.pm.Pm.runInstall(Pm.java:431)
11-20 19:06:11.268 4965 4965 E Pm : at com.android.commands.pm.Pm.run(Pm.java:150)
11-20 19:06:11.268 4965 4965 E Pm : at com.android.commands.pm.Pm.main(Pm.java:107)
11-20 19:06:11.268 4965 4965 E Pm : at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.nativeFinishInit(Native Method)
11-20 19:06:11.268 4965 4965 E Pm : at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.main(RuntimeInit.java:285)
11-20 19:06:11.270 4965 4965 I app_process: System.exit called, status: 1
11-20 19:06:11.270 4965 4965 I AndroidRuntime: VM exiting with result code 1.
Can anybody tell me why this error is occurring or alternatively other solutions or the "modern" way to install APKS silently with INSTALL_PACKAGES?
Any help appreciated.
EDIT:
To the guy who marked this as a duplicate of nullpointer exception - how do you make the connection that would be a duplicate? I am specifically asking for the reasons behind it and not about the nullpointer exception itself. Your duplicate suggestion makes no sense at all.
EDIT 2:
My code that tries to install the APK (copied from the package installer app of AOSP sources):
public boolean install(Context context) {
Log.d(TAG, "Start Installation");
String packageName = "com.spotify.music";
String apkPath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/APKs/spotify.apk";
PackageInstaller.Session session;
int sessionId;
PackageInstaller.SessionParams params = new PackageInstaller.SessionParams(PackageInstaller.SessionParams.MODE_FULL_INSTALL);
params.setAppPackageName(packageName);
try {
sessionId = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInstaller().createSession(params);
session = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInstaller().openSession(sessionId);
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.w(TAG, "Error creating/opening the installing session", e);
return false;
}
try {
File file = new File(apkPath);
try (InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file)) {
long sizeBytes = file.length();
try (OutputStream out = session.openWrite("PackageInstaller", 0, sizeBytes)) {
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024 * 1024];
while (true) {
int numRead = in.read(buffer);
if (numRead == -1) {
session.fsync(out);
break;
}
out.write(buffer, 0, numRead);
if (sizeBytes > 0) {
float fraction = ((float) numRead / (float) sizeBytes);
Log.d(TAG, "Install progress: " + fraction);
}
}
}
}
Log.d(TAG, "Install finished");
session.commit(PendingIntent.getBroadcast(context, sessionId, new Intent("android.intent.action.MAIN"), 0).getIntentSender());
return true;
} catch (IOException | SecurityException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Could not write package", e);
session.close();
return false;
}
}