Thanks TreKing, this is exactly what I meant. And thank you for your tip. I already have a description of how to do this manually, but never thought about opening the manage application activity. If there is no other way I will head for your proposed work around.
On May 28, 8:37 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:17 PM, skink <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/reference/android/preference/Pre..., > >int, > > boolean) > > This is not what the OP is asking - when you execute an action, if there are > multiple activities that support that action you can choose which to use and > optionally set it as the default handler of that action. > > For example, if you have two browsers and click a link, you can choose which > to use and set one as the default so it's always called instead of giving > you the choice. However, if you later decide you no longer want that > activity to handle that action by default, you have to go through the > preferences, select the app that is the default for that action, and hit a > button to clear it as the default handler for that action. > > The OP wants to know if there is a way to programmatically do the equivalent > of going through those steps. > > This has nothing to do with an app's own preferences. > > OP - I don't know if this is possible, but as a next best thing you could > possibly tell the user what they have to do and then open the manage > application's settings page for them and let them finish the process. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------- > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered > deviceshttp://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking -- 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
