Listing installed Cardboard apps

If you haven't forgotten, the purpose of this LauncherLobby app is to show a list of Cardboard apps on the device and let the user pick one to launch it.

If you like what we've built so far, you may want to save a copy for future reference. The changes we're going to make next will significantly modify the code to support a list of views as shortcuts to your apps.

We're going to replace the addContent method with addShortcut and the imageView and textView variables with a list of shortcuts. Each shortcut consists of an ImageView and a TextView to display the shortcut, as well as an ActivityInfo object for the purpose of launching the app. The shortcut images and text will appear on top of each other, as shown earlier, and will be arranged horizontally in a line, a fixed distance apart.

Queries for Cardboard apps

First, let's get the list of Cardboard apps installed on the device. At the end of the onCreate method of MainActivity, add a call to a new method, getAppList...