On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 10:48 AM, b0b <pujos.mich...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks to the geniuses of this world, on some HTC phones (in the US only it > seems), HTC > has modified the default Intent Chooser to comply with some Apple absurd > patents: > > http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/16/3024889/htc-one-x-evo-4g-lte-custom-android-build-apple-patent-linkify > > The consequence is that the user is presented with a custom Intent Chooser > without the "Use by default for this action check box". > > It also has some side effect: > > I'm using this code to get the default video player app if any: > > Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); > intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("http://1.2.3.4/video.avi";), > "video/*"); > ResolveInfo resolveInfo = > context.getPackageManager().resolveActivity(intent, > PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY); > > It works fine on all device but when that HtcLinkifyDispatcher.apk is > installed, above resolveInfo will point to HtcLinkifyDispatcher itself which > when launched, display the custom HTC intent chooser. > This makes knowing the default app for video impossible to know as this damn > thing hooked the system.
IIRC, you can find out the default app via getPreferredActivities(), though that certainly is tedious. Also, you should not be getting a chooser at all -- HtcLinkifyDispatcher specifically does *not* show a chooser, but rather ensures that control proceeds to a preferred activity even if there are multiple choices. The whole point of HtcLinkifyDispatcher is to avoid showing a chooser, as suppressing the chooser may avoid the patent infringement. -- 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
