Sideloaded apps misinterpreted as system apps

[Madis0]

I have several apps which I have either sideloaded or restored by root (app and app data) with oandbackup which are misrepresented as system apps by SDKMonitor.

Not sure what additional data I can provide to help you, app/package names likely wouldn't help.

Related: #5

[bernaferrari]

So.. This is complicated. I considered system app anything that wasn't installed from play store and anything that wasn't installed manually (by package installer). If I consider anything that has a known origin, there system apps that will be shown, because in my scenario a lot of Samsung apps have a known origin, Samsung installed them.

If you really want, I can change the algorithm to anything that has known origin, but be aware bloat or system apps will appear too.

[Madis0]

Are you sure you are not mixing system apps with pre-installed apps in your thought? Even if there are apps that can not be uninstalled or disabled, they aren't system unless defined as so (different partition, I guess?).

In other words, yes, go for it.

[bernaferrari]

Fixed on last version (was already fixed a few weeks ago, but since I never generated an apk for that version..)!

[Madis0]

The latest update seemed to slightly increase the number of apps shown, but it still isn't correct, even after clearing SDKMonitor's app data.

SDKMonitor claims I have 117 user apps, AppChecker claims I have 153.
(For reference, the OS claims I have 177 but it seems it actually includes some system-y apps that may not be "systemly" critical, but still pre-installed.)

[bernaferrari]

This is weird. I’m literally checking if app has a known origin: https://github.com/bernaferrari/SDKMonitor/blob/4ee05b0a21c7ef38bcc8f0ffceb2eeb3ead9ab9c/app/src/main/java/com/bernaferrari/sdkmonitor/core/AppManager.kt#L41 Any idea on how to find the other apps?

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On 6 Apr 2019 02:21 -0300, Madis ***@***.***>, wrote: The latest update seemed to slightly increase the number of apps shown, but it still isn't correct, even after clearing SDKMonitor's app data. SDKMonitor claims I have 117 user apps, AppChecker claims I have 153. — You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[Madis0]

SDMaid - 153
OpenAPK (source) - 154 (+1 because I installed it lol)

The latter is open source, so it might help.

[bernaferrari]

Technically I should never look at gpl code because I'm using Apache 2, unless @dkanada allows.. But I found he is using PackageManager.GET_META_DATA instead of 0 I was using and that returns a few more results - probably what you want.

[Madis0]

One line of code, a different language, a system API call... I don't think they'd mind if you implemented that 😄

[bernaferrari]

Is it OK now?

[Madis0]

Not as of the #9 latest APK. Unless you made a new one?

[bernaferrari]

No.. So, could you please clean up data, open it, wait for sync to finish, and send me the logs?

[Madis0]

Sent. Seems like all oandbackup and ADB-installed packages have the source null, so it's not the best value to check for.

[bernaferrari]

Sent. Seems like all oandbackup and ADB-installed packages have the source null, so it's not the best value to check for.

Uh oh! I just changed completely from that! Reinstall is not necessary, but clean data is:
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=48822454369088013120
If the counter is still wrong, by like a few values, feel free to send another email, I made some tests on log reporting that might help in the direction.

[Madis0]

It is now correct! 🎉

[bernaferrari]

Thanks!