How can I start a new android activity using class name in a string?

Question

I\'m having a problem with an android application that I\'m working on.

My application has several sections and the next screen that loads is based on a string. So,

Answer 1

An even better way (and one that is used in the system to launch Browser.apk along with other apps that aren't bundled with AOSP):

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setClassName("com.android.browser","com.android.BrowserActivity");

context.startActivity(intent);

Alternatively, if you want to check that you can start the Activity from the command line, you can do something like this from your shell:

adb shell
am start com.android.browser/.BrowserActivity