react-native-install-unknown-apps

📱 react-native-install-unknown-apps

A lightweight React Native library to manage and enable the 'Install Unknown Apps' permission on Android devices. Ideal for apps that need to install APK files from external sources.

🚀 Installation

Using npm:

npm install react-native-install-unknown-apps

Using yarn:

yarn add react-native-install-unknown-apps

📖 Usage

import {
  checkAppInstallPermission,
  requestAppInstallPermission,
} from 'react-native-install-unknown-apps';

// Check if the app can request install packages permission
const checkPermission = async () => {
  const hasPermission = await checkAppInstallPermission();
  if (!hasPermission) {
    await requestAppInstallPermission();
  }
};

checkPermission();

🛠️ API

checkAppInstallPermission()

• Returns: Promise<boolean>
• Checks if the app has permission to install unknown apps.

requestAppInstallPermission()

• Opens a permission dialog to request install unknown apps permission.

✅ Supported Platforms

• Android (API level 26+)
• Not supported on iOS

🎥 Demo Video

Watch the demo video to see the library in action:

📄 License

MIT

Made with ❤️ by [Aravind] 🚀