Hi,
After searching through some online and the package manager methods, I
came across ApplicationInfo and a way to open an app activity using
this as below:
ApplicationInfo ai
PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
try {
Intent i = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(ai.packageName);
startActivity(i);
}
catch (Exception e) {
Toast t = Toast.makeText(this, "Couldn't launch the application.",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT);
t.show();
}
However, I need to have the application info in 'ai' to make the above
code work... I don't seem to understand how ApplicationInfo works on a
particular app. Help please!!!
Abhi
On Sep 18, 8:25 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Abhi wrote:
> > Thanks Mark.
>
> > Can you give an example for launching the Youtube app from within my
> > app? I have tried startActivity() to open up Gallery this way:
>
> > Intent intent2 = new Intent();
> > intent2.setClassName("com.android.camera",
> > "com.android.camera.GalleryPicker");
> > intent2.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
> > startActivity(intent2)
>
> > Couldn't understand how to do it with other apps.
>
> You will need to use methods on PackageManager to determine an
> appropriate activity to use for that package.
> getLaunchIntentForPackage() is probably worth trying.
>
> --
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>
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