How to initialize or access packageManager out from coroutineContext?

Question

I have a Jetpack Compose project were I can access a coroutineContext object only. No context available here.

How can I access or initialize android.content.pm.PackageManager ?

Bolivia

Answer 1

You can get the context object from ContextAmbient.current, using that you can get the PackageManager

Example:

val context = ContextAmbient.current
val packageManager = context.packageManager

Mneme

Getting context now is val context = LocalContext.current – Sulfide

Answer 2

To get context in Jetpack Compose:

val context = LocalContext.current

And to get packageManager from the context:

val packageManager = context.packageManager

So, if you just want packageManager you can use this:

val packageManager = LocalContext.current.packageManager

And for your information, LocalContext.current is a composable and need to be called in a composable context.

Sandisandidge