Invoking activity from APK in another android application

Question

I have an android application that starts an activity and is running well. I need other developers to be able to integrate my APK into their applications in such a way that

Answer 1

The best thing to do, IMHO, is declare a custom action in an in your activity's manifest. Something like:

Then, your compatriots can launch it via that custom action:

startActivity(new Intent("com.commonsware.android.THIS_IS_MY_ACTION"));

By namespacing your action, you should not run into accidental conflicts with anyone else's app.