Thanks a lot Dianne for the reply.
So I will take that - there is no way out in Android for the
application to "run-on-install" as of now.
Regards,
Raj
On Jun 18, 1:34 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> This is working as intended, and there is no plan at this point to change
> it.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Raj <lal.ra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks erictcrook for the idea, but it wont work unless and untill you
> > start the application manually once.
>
> > Hi Dianne, so there is no way out in Android for the application to
> > run on install, correct?
> > But I feel that this feature should have been there, as it is
> > available in all other mobile platform like Symbian, WinCE,RIM etc. As
> > there is NO silent installation API available in Android hence, it is
> > the user only which is going to install the application, then what is
> > the harm on making the application up on install complete?
> > Or Andoird is having the future plan on this?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Raj
>
> > On Jun 18, 1:55 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> > > There is a button in market to launch the app. So you see in the status
> > bar
> > > that the download is down, select the notification, now you are in market
> > > about the app saying it is installed, and you can press the button there
> > to
> > > launch the app for the first time.
>
> > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:05 PM, MrSnowflake <mrsnowfl...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > > I think that's a very good reason not to send it to a newly installed
> > > > app. Though you could give the user the option to start the app
> > > > immediately after install, with a button for example.
>
> > > > On Jun 17, 8:55 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> > > > > We deliberately don't send this broadcast to an app when it is first
> > > > > installed (as of cupcake you -will- get the broadcast when being
> > updated
> > > > > from a previous install). It is generally up to the user to launch
> > your
> > > > app
> > > > > when they want to.
>
> > > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:11 PM, erictcr...@gmail.com <
> > > > erictcr...@gmail.com
>
> > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > I'm not sure, but I believe the following code may help.
>
> > > > > > put the folling in your AndroidManifest.xml as a child of your
> > > > > > Application tag
>
> > > > > > <receiver android:name="com.ericcrook.InstallReceiver"
> > > > > > android:enabled="true">
> > > > > > <intent-filter>
> > > > > > <action
> > > > > > android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED" /
>
> > > > > > <data android:scheme="package" />
> > > > > > </intent-filter>
> > > > > > </receiver>
>
> > > > > > Then create a class that extends BroadcastReceiver, and use it's
> > > > > > onReceive method to start your activity
>
> > > > > > public class InstallReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
>
> > > > > > public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
>
> > > > > > String data = intent.getDataString();
>
> > > > > > if (data.equals("package:com.ericcrook.InstallReceiver")) {
> > > > > > //Start your application using startActivity or whatever is
> > > > > > appropriate for
> > > > > > //your project
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > }
>
> > > > > > I'm not very good with the Intent system, so some of this may be
> > > > > > correct, but hopefully this is better than nothing.
>
> > > > > > On Jun 16, 6:21 am, Raj <lal.ra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > I want to start my application just after it gets installed on
> > the
> > > > > > > device. Is there any way out in Android to do so.
> > > > > > > I was wondering if there is any receiver to get informed on
> > package
> > > > > > > installed.
> > > > > > > Regards
>
> > > > > --
> > > > > Dianne Hackborn
> > > > > Android framework engineer
> > > > > hack...@android.com
>
> > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time
> > to
> > > > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All
> > such
> > > > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can
> > see
> > > > and
> > > > > answer them.
>
> > > --
> > > Dianne Hackborn
> > > Android framework engineer
> > > hack...@android.com
>
> > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
> > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such
> > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see
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> Dianne Hackborn
> Android framework engineer
> hack...@android.com
>
> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
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