To know the intent for an activity in order to launch it, do I need to have access to the app source code?
On Jul 10, 1:23 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > Yasser wrote: > > I want to launch/start an already installed application like > > Calculator on Android and then send some keystrokes to it. > > You cannot send keystrokes to other applications. > > > Is there a way to programatically launch an app without having access > > to its code? > > If you can find out an Intent that launches it, you use startActivity() > like you would any other activity. Finding the proper Intent can be a > bit tricky, though there are methods on the PackageManager class that > may help you identify what is launchable. > > Bear in mind, though, that unless those Intents are publicly documented, > they are likely to break in future releases of Android (or of whatever > 3rd party app you attempt to launch). > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Need help for your Android OSS project?http://wiki.andmob.org/hado --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
