Get App version before hooking.

slvrbllt · Jun 27, 2014

Hi all,

My Xposed module deals with different versions of an app. Different versions means different hooks, so my question is: how can I get the application version during the handleLoadPackage execution? I mean... getPackageManager requires a context which I do not have *or* I don't know how to find out...

Any clues, guys?
Thanks.

GermainZ · Jun 27, 2014

From memory, I believe you can use the appInfo field in LoadPackageParam: lpparam.appInfo.
Otherwise you can get a context with AndroidAppHelper.currentApplication()

slvrbllt · Jun 27, 2014

GermainZ said:
From memory, I believe you can use the appInfo field in LoadPackageParam: lpparam.appInfo.
Otherwise you can get a context with AndroidAppHelper.currentApplication()

No luck!
AndroidAppHelper.currentApplication() returns null and lpparam.appInfo does not appear to be a Context object...
Any other idea?

GermainZ · Jun 27, 2014

slvrbllt said:
No luck!
AndroidAppHelper.currentApplication() returns null and lpparam.appInfo does not appear to be a Context object...
Any other idea?

lpparam.appInfo = ApplicationInfo, not Context. It might have the version, but I can't recall if it does or check it right now.

slvrbllt · Jun 27, 2014

GermainZ said:
lpparam.appInfo = ApplicationInfo, not Context. It might have the version...

I couldn't see anything in the ApplicationInfo object that could be related to the version number of the package...

rovo89 · Jun 27, 2014

I assume you're placing your hooks in handleLoadPackage(). The Context/Application isn't created yet at that time. I think some modules managed to get a system context via reflection, but I don't know which ones. Maybe you can find something via the search function.

Just another idea: Instead of comparing versions, you might be able to achieve the same by checking whether certain classes/methods exist.

slvrbllt · Jun 28, 2014

rovo89 said:
I assume you're placing your hooks in handleLoadPackage(). The Context/Application isn't created yet at that time. I think some modules managed to get a system context via reflection, but I don't know which ones. Maybe you can find something via the search function.

Just another idea: Instead of comparing versions, you might be able to achieve the same by checking whether certain classes/methods exist.

Thanks for your reply, mate.
You are correct! handleLoadPackage is where I placed my hooks.

As per your suggestion, I will try to find any other existing module that does what I'm looking for.

Unfortunately I need to identify the package version in any reliable way but classes/methods existence check.
The app is obfuscated... method a.a.b could be a.b.c in another version while method a.a.b could still exist but with different implementation.

Is there any other way to retrieve the installed version of a package, given it's package name?
Thanks.

rovo89 · Jun 28, 2014

slvrbllt said:
Is there any other way to retrieve the installed version of a package, given it's package name?

Apart from using the system context to access the package manager, you could try to parse the package yourself. There is a PackageParser class which is hidden from the SDK, but if you manage to call parsePackage() via reflection (or by referencing a JAR which includes the hidden APIs as well, like XposedBridge does), then you can use it with ApplicationInfo.sourceDir and get the version numbers from the result. Not sure how expensive that operation is, but if you execute it just once, it should be ok.

slvrbllt · Jun 30, 2014

rovo89 said:
[...] if you manage to call parsePackage() via reflection (or by referencing a JAR which includes the hidden APIs as well, like XposedBridge does), then you can use it with ApplicationInfo.sourceDir and get the version numbers from the result.[...]

I will definitely give it a try.
Thanks!

Massi-X · Sep 26, 2021

For anyone wondering the snippet we used up until now is "deprecated" in Android 11 and totally gone in 12 (S). You can use the code below to get the version code for your app:

Java:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
    Class<?> pkgParserClass = XposedHelpers.findClass("android.content.pm.PackageParser", lpparam.classLoader);
    Object packageLite = XposedHelpers.callStaticMethod(pkgParserClass, "parsePackageLite", apkPath, 0);
    versionCode = XposedHelpers.getIntField(packageLite, "versionCode");
} else {
    Class<?> parserCls = XposedHelpers.findClass("android.content.pm.PackageParser", lpparam.classLoader);
    Object pkg = XposedHelpers.callMethod(parserCls.newInstance(), "parsePackage", apkPath, 0);
    versionCode = XposedHelpers.getIntField(pkg, "mVersionCode");
}

erkie · Oct 14, 2022

Massi-X said:

For anyone wondering the snippet we used up until now is "deprecated" in Android 11 and totally gone in 12 (S). You can use the code below to get the version code for your app:

Java:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.R) {
    Class<?> pkgParserClass = XposedHelpers.findClass("android.content.pm.PackageParser", lpparam.classLoader);
    Object packageLite = XposedHelpers.callStaticMethod(pkgParserClass, "parsePackageLite", apkPath, 0);
    versionCode = XposedHelpers.getIntField(packageLite, "versionCode");
} else {
    Class<?> parserCls = XposedHelpers.findClass("android.content.pm.PackageParser", lpparam.classLoader);
    Object pkg = XposedHelpers.callMethod(parserCls.newInstance(), "parsePackage", apkPath, 0);
    versionCode = XposedHelpers.getIntField(pkg, "mVersionCode");
}

Thank you so much broo

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