Cannot use Image.memory(app.icon); in the project

[Sankalpjadhav]

Is it possible to get the applications icon by any other method?

[g123k]

Why can't you use this method?

[Sankalpjadhav]

Can you please tell me how to get app icon based on the app name?

[g123k]

You just have to cast the Object from Application to ApplicationWithIcon

[jspw]

Check this out https://github.com/g123k/flutter_plugin_device_apps/issues/20#issuecomment-661076132

[jspw]

@g123k i want to save the app.icon loaclly and use it later but not able to use it as it's saying type 'List<dynamic>' is not a subtype of type 'Uint8List How can i solve this?

[jspw]

Just Find a solution and don't know why it works ! But there is a problm! Sometimes it works and sometimes doesn't! take app.icon in a variable before using it in Image.memory()

ApplicationWithIcon iconx = app  as ApplicationWithIcon;
var icon = iconx.icon;

Image.memory(icon);

[thiagoloureiro]

My quick workaround as @jspw mentioned, so was something like that

icon: snapshot.data[index] is ApplicationWithIcon
                                ? CircleAvatar(
                                    backgroundImage: MemoryImage((snapshot
                                            .data[index] as ApplicationWithIcon)
                                        .icon),
                                    backgroundColor: Colors.white,
                                  )
                                : null,

result:"

[musiolmarco]

I don't know if there is still a problem, because the issue is still open, but you can simply get all apps by creating a simple Future: Future<List<Application>> _getApps() async { return await DeviceApps.getInstalledApplications( includeSystemApps: true, onlyAppsWithLaunchIntent: true, includeAppIcons: true); }

(Don't forget to include the includeAppIcons: true property.)

Now you've got a List of "Application's".

Now you can simply cast an 'Application' to an 'ApplicationWithIcon' like this: ApplicationWithIcon applicationWithIcon = apps[index] as ApplicationWithIcon;

The only thing you have to do now is to use the "icon" value in the "Image.memory()" widget to display it on the screen. Image.memory(applicationWithIcon.icon)