Re: [android-developers] Intent choosing
In fact, the only reason not to let the user choose would be if you
could make absolutely sure that app was on their device, which you
really can't unless you distribute the firmware. If you try to
execute the intent and the app isn't available your users will be
frustrated with your app's crashing! So at least make sure you catch
the exception in the case that the app fails.
kris
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:11 PM, YuviDroid wrote:
> As Mark suggests it's always good to leave the user a choice.
>
> However if you really want to start that player you can add to the intent
> its package name, so that the filtering is limited to that package.
>
> intent.setPackage("com.mobo...");
>
>
> Hope it helps,
> Yuvi
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> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Mark Murphy
> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:15 PM, bob wrote:
>> > I have this code for playing back a movie:
>> >
>> > Movie_Player.play_movie("/mnt/sdcard/movie1.mpg", this);
>>
>> Never hardwire paths. Use Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().
>>
>> > public class Movie_Player {
>> >
>> > public static void play_movie(String file_path, Activity a)
>> > {
>> > Intent intent = new Intent();
>> > intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
>> > File file = new File(file_path);
>> > intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file), "video/*");
>> > a.startActivity(intent);
>> > }
>> >
>> > }
>> >
>> > The problem is it pops up a list and makes the user choose the movie-
>> > player app. Is there an easy
>> > way I can tell it to use Mobo Video Player
>> > (com.mobo.video.player.arm5)?
>>
>> Please allow the user to choose whatever video player they want.
>>
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Re: [android-developers] Intent choosing
As Mark suggests it's always good to leave the user a choice.
However if you really want to start that player you can add to the intent
its package name, so that the filtering is limited to that package.
intent.setPackage("com.mobo...");
Hope it helps,
Yuvi
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Mark Murphy wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:15 PM, bob wrote:
> > I have this code for playing back a movie:
> >
> > Movie_Player.play_movie("/mnt/sdcard/movie1.mpg", this);
>
> Never hardwire paths. Use Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().
>
> > public class Movie_Player {
> >
> >public static void play_movie(String file_path, Activity a)
> >{
> >Intent intent = new Intent();
> >intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
> >File file = new File(file_path);
> >intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file), "video/*");
> >a.startActivity(intent);
> >}
> >
> > }
> >
> > The problem is it pops up a list and makes the user choose the movie-
> > player app. Is there an easy
> > way I can tell it to use Mobo Video Player
> > (com.mobo.video.player.arm5)?
>
> Please allow the user to choose whatever video player they want.
>
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Re: [android-developers] Intent choosing
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:15 PM, bob wrote:
> I have this code for playing back a movie:
>
> Movie_Player.play_movie("/mnt/sdcard/movie1.mpg", this);
Never hardwire paths. Use Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().
> public class Movie_Player {
>
> public static void play_movie(String file_path, Activity a)
> {
> Intent intent = new Intent();
> intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
> File file = new File(file_path);
> intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file), "video/*");
> a.startActivity(intent);
> }
>
> }
>
> The problem is it pops up a list and makes the user choose the movie-
> player app. Is there an easy
> way I can tell it to use Mobo Video Player
> (com.mobo.video.player.arm5)?
Please allow the user to choose whatever video player they want.
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[android-developers] Intent choosing
I have this code for playing back a movie:
Movie_Player.play_movie("/mnt/sdcard/movie1.mpg", this);
public class Movie_Player {
public static void play_movie(String file_path, Activity a)
{
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
File file = new File(file_path);
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(file), "video/*");
a.startActivity(intent);
}
}
The problem is it pops up a list and makes the user choose the movie-
player app. Is there an easy
way I can tell it to use Mobo Video Player
(com.mobo.video.player.arm5)?
Thanks.
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