Launching Android Netflix App And Passing Video Id

Question

In the app I am working on I want to support Netfilx streaming. I intend on doing this by simply starting Netflix and passing a specific URI so it plays a specific video when st

Answer 1

I've managed to do this. With the following code. First you need the movieId (or videoId) for netflix, then compose the URL to watch.

String netFlixId = "43598743"; // <== isn't a real movie id
String watchUrl = "http://www.netflix.com/watch/"+netFlixId;

Then with this intent

try {
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        intent.setClassName("com.netflix.mediaclient", "com.netflix.mediaclient.ui.launch.UIWebViewActivity");
        intent.setData(Uri.parse(watchUrl));
        startActivity(intent);            
}
catch(Exception e)
{
        // netflix app isn't installed, send to website.
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        intent.setData(Uri.parse(item.url));
        startActivity(intent);
}

I haven't tried with TV Shows yet. But this works beautifully. If you want to send to the profile page of the movie.. Send it to a url formatted this way

http://www.netflix.com/title/324982

I also found out how to search for a title.

try {
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEARCH);
        intent.setClassName("com.netflix.mediaclient", "com.netflix.mediaclient.ui.search.SearchActivity");
        intent.putExtra("query", item.label);
        startActivity(intent);

    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        Toast.makeText(this, "Please install the NetFlix App!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

    }