Add APIs for mapping between new and current package names.

This will allow Market and others to find out what the "real" name
of a package is, when it is currently running under the old name of
a previously installed version.

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl b/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
index 2c8c112..47789a5 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageManager.aidl
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ interface IPackageManager {
     PackageInfo getPackageInfo(String packageName, int flags);
     int getPackageUid(String packageName);
     int[] getPackageGids(String packageName);
+    
+    String[] currentToCanonicalPackageNames(in String[] names);
+    String[] canonicalToCurrentPackageNames(in String[] names);
 
     PermissionInfo getPermissionInfo(String name, int flags);
     
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
index a61eab9..17bee48 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
@@ -691,6 +691,23 @@ public abstract class PackageManager {
             throws NameNotFoundException;
 
     /**
+     * Map from the current package names in use on the device to whatever
+     * the current canonical name of that package is.
+     * @param names Array of current names to be mapped.
+     * @return Returns an array of the same size as the original, containing
+     * the canonical name for each package.
+     */
+    public abstract String[] currentToCanonicalPackageNames(String[] names);
+    
+    /**
+     * Map from a packages canonical name to the current name in use on the device.
+     * @param names Array of new names to be mapped.
+     * @return Returns an array of the same size as the original, containing
+     * the current name for each package.
+     */
+    public abstract String[] canonicalToCurrentPackageNames(String[] names);
+    
+    /**
      * Return a "good" intent to launch a front-door activity in a package,
      * for use for example to implement an "open" button when browsing through
      * packages.  The current implementation will look first for a main