Hi Mark, I think you should reread the question. He wanted to use an app to launch another app. Another consideration is the launched app might not have "<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />" in its manifest.
Best Tom B On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 7:30:22 AM UTC-4, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote: > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Thomas <tbirchm...@usa.net> wrote: > > Although the documentation has lots about using an app to launch an app > via > > an intent, what seems to be left out is that the launched app must have > a > > type of permission to be > > launched " <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" > />" > > That is not a permission. That is a category. An Intent used with > startActivity() automatically gets the DEFAULT category added to it > (unlike startService(), sendBroadcast(), etc.). Hence, your > <intent-filter> in your <activity> will need to have the DEFAULT > category, along with any other categories you wish to support (e.g., > BROWSABLE). > > > As usual the use of capitals and not using capitals is > completely arbitrary > > For your own action, perhaps. That is not true for any system-defined > items, like your DEFAULT category. > > And, none of this has anything to do with the original question, which > is how to *launch* an app, not how to create something that itself can > be launched. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training in NYC: http://marakana.com/training/android/ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
