Finding an app's package name and launch activity

In Chapter 5, we entered Package name and Launch Activity to launch Appium Inspector for an app already installed on the emulator. Let's learn how to find this information from an app.

We can follow two approaches to get the same result. The first approach requires you to have Play Store and the app under test (Quikr in our case) installed on your mobile.

Using the ManifestViewer app

Follow the given steps to find out the package information:

• Launch the Emulator/Device
• Launch Google Play Store
• Search for an app ManifestViewer in Play Store and install it:

• Once installed, launch the ManifestViewer app
• Under the Application sections and scroll down to the Quikr app:

• Once done, tap on the Quikr app, and it will show you these options:

• Click on the Look the AndroidManifest.xml option
• This will load the manifest properties, as illustrated:

• This file will have details like package and activity

Using the Appium GUI app

The second approach to know the package...