Oops Saurav you start answering and come up with the same question
that I had on top of this thread.

Anybody (from google?) with a concrete answer to my first questions?

On Jun 4, 3:05 pm, Saurav Mukherjee <to.saurav.mukher...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> there are several Services and Settings that u can start by using the Intent
> class instances...
> like the home screen does... it uses the same concept (i m guessin that, but
> anyways, it is a valid way to do).
> as in:
> new Intent(String action);
> or
> new Intent().setAction(String xxx);
> then u start the intent...
>
> visit:http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/Settings.html&&http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.htmlfor
>  more
> info.
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 7:21 PM, RS <rajeshs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > yes ACTION_MAIN .. but is it expected to work when the apps are from
> > different developers etc for the specific cases I had asked. If it
> > works on the emulator should it be able to launch other apps on the
> > phone too?
>
> > On Jun 4, 2:32 pm, Saurav Mukherjee <to.saurav.mukher...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > intents....
>
> > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 6:55 PM, RS <rajeshs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Is it possible to launch other apps from my app like the application
> > > > launcher or home screen do?
>
> > > > I don't want to try a home replacement app.
>
> > > > At least would a widget on home screen be able to launch other
> > > > applications?
>
> > > > Also can a widget on the (default) home screen receive swipe events
> > > > (before a touch event) ?
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