well there a ton of battery life widgets out there but I just want a
battery % widget that launches toggle settings for my convenience.  I
just want to basically save a slot on my home screen. thanks for the
link I'll take a look into it hopefully it will get me where I need to
be.


On Jul 2, 10:42 am, Peli <[email protected]> wrote:
> First of all - what is the point of that widget? A user could simply
> drag and drop the icon of the application they want to launch to the
> home screen.
>
> If you are still convinced you need it, you probably also want to
> include an activity picker:http://www.openintents.org/en/node/263
>
> On that page you find a small sample code how to start a
> PICK_ACTIVITY.
>
> The result is obtained in onActivityResult(). Using getComponentName()
> you can retrieve the components that are required to launch the
> desired application.
>
> I hope this help.
>
> Peliwww.openintents.org
>
> On Jul 2, 4:32 pm, schwiz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Actually I can't even seem to find out how to do this with one of my
> > own apps can anyone give me a code sample or point to some good
> > documentation.  Ive read the actual android reference on intents and
> > startActivity but I still can't figure it out.
>
> > On Jul 1, 11:08 pm, schwiz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I'm wanting to make a widget that launches an app another developer
> > > made when you touch it.  I know you use the startActivity(intent)
> > > meathod.  But I am wondering how I know what the intent is short of
> > > emailing the developer and asking?
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