# Android ApplicationInfo `ApplicationInfo` is Android package-manager metadata describing an installed application's identity and properties. Inspection tools project these fields into colors, icons, and labels. ## Notebook evidence [[Scanned_20260730-1806#Page 22 — `Scanned_20260730-1806.pdf`, PDF page 22|PDF page 22]] records persistent, stopped, inactive, suspended, shared UID, overlay, multiarch, no-code, test-only, and cleartext-traffic states. PDF page 25 adds unresolved system/user REDACTED combinations. ## Boundary Metadata can describe capability, packaging, or current state. It does not by itself establish runtime use, authorization, or malicious behavior. ## Relationships [[Android Package State Legend]] · [[apps_Packages Info]] · [[AndroidManifest.xml]].