Android Studio – Broadcast ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED or ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED not invoked when installing apk from AndroidStudio

I have an Android project with 2 apps.

AppA register a receiver for the actions ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED or ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED from code (not in it’s Manifest).

When I install AppB from command line with adb install AppB.apk I see that the BroadcastReceiver from AppA receive a broadcast intent as expected.

When I deploy AppB directly from AndroidStudio (with launch debug button) : the BroadcastReceiver from AppA don’t receive any broadcast intent.

Is it expected ? and is there anything to do/setup in AndroidStudio to force the broadcast also when apk is deployed with the launch debug button ?

What I tried ?

Attempt 1:

I made a test with option "Always install with PackageManager" checked (in AndroidStudio launch configuration window), but it don’t help.

Attempt 2:

AndroidStudio launch configuration offer the ability to execute an external tool before launch. So I tried to explicitly broadcast the PACKAGE_ADDED action by executing : adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED -d com.company.app.b -t package just before launch of AppB.

Unfortunately, this generate a java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: not allowed to send broadcast android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED which is not really surprising as PACKAGE_ADDED is of course a protected broadcast.