Method getApps

src/manager/appsManager.ts:5–24

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export class AppsManager {
    static getApps() {
        const usage = Shell.AppUsage.get_default();
        const appSystem = Shell.AppSystem.get_default();
        const appsInstalled = appSystem.get_installed().filter((appInfo) => {
            try {
                const _ = appInfo.get_id(); // catch invalid file encodings
            } catch (e) {
                return false;
            }
            return appInfo.should_show();
        });

        return appsInstalled
            .sort((a, b) => {
                return usage.compare(a.get_id(), b.get_id());
            })
            .map((appInfo) => {
                return appSystem.lookup_app(appInfo.get_id());
            });
    }
}