I've been trying some other stuff, too, now. And this doesn't even seem to work:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN); intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER); startActivity(intent); I would expect that to ask me which app I want to launch. Instead I get a Force Close error. On Apr 9, 11:59 am, droozen <[email protected]> wrote: > No, when I try to call the intent with startActivity I get a Force > Close error, whether I try: > > Intent intent = new Intent(); > intent.setAction("intent.action.VOLUME_CONTROL"); > startActivity(intent); > > or > > Intent intent = new Intent("intent.action.VOLUME_CONTROL"); > startActivity(intent); > > with this filter in my manifest for the other app it's trying to call: > > <intent-filter> > <action android:name="intent.action.VOLUME_CONTROL"/> > <category > android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> > </intent-filter> > > I don't have any special permissions I'm asking for, and I'm not using > any special permissions in the calling app. I have a feeling that I'm > missing something very simple, but I can't find any documentation that > says I'm doing anything wrong. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? > > (I know, to avoid the error at least, I could check to see if that > intent is available and whatnot, but I'm just trying to test to see if > it can work so i can make the intent available from my app) > > On Apr 8, 9:07 pm, Birjodh Tiwana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So did the second way work for you? > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:24 PM, droozen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sorry. The second way I tried to start the intent was: > > > > Intent intent = new Intent("intent.action.VOLUME_CONTROL"); > > > startActivity(intent); > > > > (without the com.roozen in front) > > > > On Apr 8, 11:12 am, droozen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Maybe this belongs in the beginners group, but I'm trying to make my > > > > application available through an intent. It's a volume controller app, > > > > so I figured it might be handy for another application to be able to > > > > call it to adjust volume without having to write their own. > > > > > In my volume controller app, I have this activity as my main screen: > > > > > <activity android:name=".MainSettings" android:label="@string/ > > > > app_name"> > > > > <intent-filter> > > > > <action > > > android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> > > > > <category > > > android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> > > > > </intent-filter> > > > > <intent-filter> > > > > <action android:name="intent.action.VOLUME_CONTROL"/> > > > > <category > > > android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> > > > > </intent-filter> > > > > </activity> > > > > > From another app, I call with: > > > > > Intent intent = new Intent(); > > > > intent.setAction("intent.action.VOLUME_CONTROL"); > > > > startActivity(intent); > > > > > Or I've tried: > > > > > Intent intent = new Intent("com.roozen.intent.action.VOLUME_CONTROL"); > > > > startActivity(intent); > > > > > Neither works. The process trying to call the other app fails. I've > > > > also tried removing the category.DEFAULT category from my intent > > > > filter, with no success. > > > > > What am I missing? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
