dan raaka wrote: > Is there a way to discover intents being handled by the apps hosted in > the market ...
Not that I am aware of. Ms. Hackborn suggested that such a feature was being considered, but I suspect the timeline is "not soon". > What i am looking for is, suppose an app starts an intent or a service > and if that is not available, is there a possibility of package manager > launching the android market in discover mode for that intent ? This > will be very helpful when there are dependencies No doubt. And, there's nothing to prevent somebody from creating such a discovery mechanism as an independent system. Bear in mind, though, that any such discovery will require Internet access, which is not always available. > use case would be .. > com.danraaka.myapp launches an intent implemented in > com.someother.utils, however the device doesn't have com.someother.utils > installed yet. Well, in the case where you *know* com.someother.utils is what is needed, you can use PackageManager to see if it is installed, then launch the Market to go get it. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _Beginning Android_ from Apress Now Available! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
