perumal316 wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have the code to get the list of packages installed in phone. I have
> represented the list in the form of Array List, below is the code
> snippet. But upon clicking in the package name I want to start that
> application, but how do I get the respective class name and package
> name to run?
>
> Is there any other method which I can try to start an application?
>
>
>
> ArrayList<String> PackageNames = null;
> List<PackageInfo> lis =
> pm.getInstalledPackages(GET_MINIMAL);
> Pkgs = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.package_list);
>
>
> for (PackageInfo pi : lis)
> packages.put(pi.packageName, pi);
>
> PackageNames = new ArrayList<String>(packages.keySet());
> Collections.sort(PackageNames);
> PackageNames.add(0, "All");
> Pkgs.setAdapter(new ArrayAdapter<String>(this,
> android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1,
> PackageNames));
>
> Pkgs.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
>
> public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View v,
> int pos,
> long rowId) {
> Intent i = new Intent();
> i.setComponent(new ComponentName(class
> name,packagename));
> startActivity(i);
>
> }
> });
>
> I have tried intent to start the activity, but don't know the class
> name and package name to pass in the ComponentName() to start
> activity.
Take a look at Launchalot, one of the samples from one of my books, and
see if it helps:
http://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/Introspection/Launchalot/
Here, I too use PackageManager to query for available packages, display
them in a list, and launch an activity for each package on a click of
that package's item in the list.
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