My application installs other applications, and it needs to keep track of what applications it has installed. Of course, this could be achieved by simply keeping a list of installed applications. But this should not be necessary! It should be the responsibility of the PackageManager to maintain the installedBy(a, b) relationship. In fact, according to the API it is: public abstract String getInstallerPackageName (String packageName) - Retrieve the package name of the application that installed a package. This identifies which market the package came from. The current approach Install APK using Intent Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); intent.setDataAndType(apkUri, "application/vnd.android.package-archive"); startActivity(intent); Uninstall APK using Intent: Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DELETE, Uri.fromParts("package", getPackageManager().getPackageArchiveInfo(apkUri.getPath(), 0).packageName,null)); startActivity(intent); This i