To find what is currently installed have a read about PackageManager

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html

The market side will be a problem as it does not have a public
interface (as far as I know).

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RichardC

On Oct 11, 7:33 pm, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to make an application portal 'P' in which users can choose to
> start one of the activities in {'A', 'B', 'C' ...}. The first time
> users choose to start an activity 'P' will search locally for it. If
> the activity is there, 'P' starts it. If not, 'P' goes to Market and
> tells users to download it.
>
> Question:
>
> 1. How do I make 'P' to search locally for a certain activity? How to
> identify the activity (by package name or?) and where to find it?
> 2. How do I make 'P' open Market and navigate users to the correct
> Activity to download? And how to make 'P' start the activity after
> download?
>
> Thank you.
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