Code to launch external app explicitly

Question

From one of my apps, I\'m trying to launch another. I want to use an explicit intent.

ComponentName cn = new ComponentName(\"com.myOtherApp\", \"OtherAppActi         


        

Answer 1

I had this problem and searched for hours looking for a solution. Finally found it: http://www.krvarma.com/2010/08/launching-external-applications-in-android. That link shows how to use the package manager to launch any application for which you have simply the package name:

PackageManager pm = this.getPackageManager();

try
{
  Intent it = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(sName);

  if (null != it)
    this.startActivity(it);
}

catch (ActivityNotFoundException e)
{
}