Uninstall all apps on an Android Device that have the intent-filter category IOT_LAUNCHER

clear-android-things-apps.sh

#!/bin/bash
sp="/-\|"
sc=0
spin() {
   printf "\b${sp:sc++:1}"
   ((sc==${#sp})) && sc=0
}
endspin() {
   printf "\r"
}

echo "Uninstalling Android Things category apps"
# This script is for > DP8 
# for < DP8 you need to replace android.intent.category.HOME with android.intent.category.IOT_LAUNCHER on line 25

spin

userInstalledPackages=( $(adb shell pm list packages -3 | sed -e "s/^"package:"//" ) )

iotPackages=()
for userPackage in "${userInstalledPackages[@]}"
do
	:
	spin
	categoryLauncherText=$( adb shell pm dump $userPackage | grep "android.intent.category.HOME")
	if [ -n "${categoryLauncherText}" ]; then
		iotPackages+=(${userPackage})
	fi	
done
endspin

for iotPackage in "${iotPackages[@]}"
do
	:
	echo "Uninstalling $iotPackage"
	adb uninstall $iotPackage
done

echo "Complete"

When you have ran multiple apps on an Android Things device and then boot the device it won't start any app but instead go to the intent chooser, for the user to select one of these apps to start. Therefore if you have no screen attached - nothing happens.

This script uninstalls all apps that you have installed (searching for intent category IOT_LAUNCHER) so that you can start again afresh.

This is awesome!

Perfect! Works great. Thank you... :)

Lifesaver!

May I know where you are running this script. Is it from the terminal of Android Studio? Or do you use serial console access to run it on the device? BTW, where's the best place to put default startup scripts? Thx

Terrific..thanks!!

@arvindpdmn sorry I missed the notification. Yes, run this from a terminal if you only have one device connected it will use adb to talk to it (also there is a terminal window inside Android Studio you could use).

Default startup scripts (I assume you mean on a device) - Android Things runs at a higher level of abstraction than having to run startup scripts. Your best bet is to put some code into your Application class onCreate method (googling this term will help you)

Great idea, thank you!