Use the PackageManager class: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------- There are only 10 types of people in the world... Those who know binary and those who don't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Jake Colman <col...@ppllc.com> wrote: > > When my user clicks on my AppWidget, I want to launch either my own > provided activity or an activity from a different app if that app is > installed. My own activity is a stripped down version of the > information that can be displayed by that other application. If that > other application is available, I'd prefer to launch it in instead of my > own. I may include this as a preference option and allow the user to > decide which activity to launch. > > How can I check whether a specific app is installed before attempting to > launch it (or before including it in my preferences) and only launch my > own activity if that app is not available? > > Thanks. > > ...Jake > > -- > Jake Colman -- Android Tinkerer > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 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
