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coderslay
coderslay

Reputation: 14370

How to detect an application is already installed and hence open that application in Windows Phone 7

I am writing a windows Phone 7.1 Application and i want to detect whether an application is already installed or not. After determining that it is available then i need to open that application. I do have the Publisher ID for both the applications. Is it possible?

Please advice on this.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 132

Answers (2)

crea7or
crea7or

Reputation: 4490

There is mostly the same question. You can browse only your own apps, with your own Developer Id. And as Jon said, it's only Windows Phone 8 feature.

Upvotes: 0

Jon
Jon

Reputation: 2891

Each app is sandboxed. Therefore you cannot tell which apps are installed and you cannot launch apps.

For some file types such as pdf, doc etc., you can launch them from your app in the phone's browser using a remote URL (local files will not work), and the browser will open the correct app and view the file. But this is limited the Microsoft apps and a few partners.

Upvotes: 1

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