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Reputation: 114

Can't start a different app from my app using package name

I am trying to open Chrome app from my application. Code is simple.

I got the package name of Chrome app by using this code:

    PackageManager manager = Values.activity.getPackageManager();

        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);
        i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
        List<ResolveInfo> availableActivities = manager.queryIntentActivities(i, 0);
        for(ResolveInfo ri:availableActivities){
            apps.add(ri.activityInfo.packageName);
        }

        //the package name of Chrome from packagemanager is "com.android.chrome"

And I tried to open Chrome like this:

Intent LaunchIntent = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.android.chrome");
startActivity( LaunchIntent );

But nothing happens without an error and my logcat says this:

12-28 20:28:52.298: I/ActivityManager(482): START u0 {act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10000000 pkg=com.android.chrome cmp=com.android.chrome/com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main} from pid 20474

What am I missing? Is the package name retrieved from packagemanager wrong?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 681

Answers (1)

Vikasdeep Singh
Vikasdeep Singh

Reputation: 21766

Here is generic code to launch browser from your application:

                String uriString = "http://stackoverflow.com/";
                Intent intent = new Intent();
                intent.setData(Uri.parse(uriString));
                intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

                if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager())!= null) {
                    startActivity(intent);
                }   else {
                    // Any browser is not available
                }

May I know why you want to launch Chrome only?

Upvotes: 2

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