I would suggest these two intents for starting artist and album activities on an Android device now. They also work for Android 2.3 and 3.0. They do not look as good as the other activities build by Google but they work :-).
For artists: String query = ""; Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setAction(MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MEDIA_SEARCH); intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); query = artistName; intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_MEDIA_ARTIST, artistName); intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_MEDIA_FOCUS, MediaStore.Audio.Albums.ENTRY_CONTENT_TYPE); intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, query); mContext.startActivity(intent); For albums: Intent intent; String query = ""; intent = new Intent(); intent.setAction(MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_MEDIA_SEARCH); intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); query = albumName; intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_MEDIA_ALBUM, albumName); query = query + " " + artistName; intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_MEDIA_ARTIST, artistName); intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_MEDIA_FOCUS, MediaStore.Audio.Albums.ENTRY_CONTENT_TYPE); intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, query); mContext.startActivity(intent); On 27 Feb., 08:26, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > It is a bug that the activity choose allows activities to be launched from > itself instead of the original caller. This will be fixed in a future > release. > > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 10:11 PM, gizmomogwai > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Ok ... I understand, that this Intent is not supposed to use that way. > > My actual question now is, why the behavior of the system changes depending > > of the installed or not installed MixZing-App. > > Case 1 (no MixZing): > > - startActivity leads to an securityexception > > Case 2 (with MixZing installed): > > - startActivity opens up the ActivitiyChooser as usual (with Music and > > MixZing, because they both filter this intent). > > - choosing the stock music player opens up the music.app with the album > > preselected (no securityexception). > > > thanks in advance > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
