Thanks Dainne.
Is there a way to uniquely identify the intent resolver activity? UID?
name + packageName?
-George
On Aug 11, 11:34 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> Sorry yes I am wrong again... it's been a while since I've looked at the
> code. :}
>
> Okay so hopefully this will be right -- the method in the package manager
> for determining the default activity is not public (it is
> PackageManagerService.findPreferredActivity() fwiw). The only suggestion I
> can make is to just call resolveIntentActivity(), which will always only
> return a single activity, either the one matching activity, the current
> default if the user has picked a default, or the intent resolver if there is
> no default.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:13 AM, George <bipi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Inspite of choosing a Default app for my intent, isDefault is set to
> > false to for both the ResolveInfos in my list. The order of the
> > ResolveInfo seems to be based on install time - I verified this by
> > choosing the second app in my Intent Resolver dialog and called
> > queryIntentActivities again; my default app still showed up second in
> > the list and isDefault was set to false.
>
> > Also, the documentation of isDefault says nothing about it being the
> > default app, rather just that if the category of the intent was
> > DEFAULT - "This filter has specified the Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT,
> > meaning it would like to be considered a default action that the user
> > can perform on this data." (Related question: When does this become
> > true?)
>
> > Any other pointers? Will PackageManager.getPreferredActivities help me
> > in anyway?
>
> > -George
>
> > On Aug 10, 8:41 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> > > Oh sorry, you are right, this function always return the full list. They
> > > are ordered by how good they match the intent; if there is a default it
> > will
> > > be the first in the list with isDefault set to true.
>
> > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:24 PM, George <bipi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > That is not what I am seeing.
>
> > > > I have two email applications which handle
> > > > the same intent ie in their manifest files I have
> > > > <intent-filter>
> > > > <action android:name="com.xxxx.compose'/>
> > > > <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT/>
> > > > </intent-filter>
> > > > in my calling app,
> > > > Intent intent = new Intent();
> > > > intent.setAction("com.xxxx.compose");
> > > > when I call List<ResolveInfo> l =queryIntentActivities(intent,
> > > > PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
> > > > l.size() always returns two -irrespective of chosing a default when
> > > > the intent resolver dialog is shown.
> > > > And the values in the resolveinfo list points to my email
> > > > applications.
>
> > > > I want to know programatically, if a default has been chosen by the
> > > > user.
> > > > On Aug 10, 6:40 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> > > > > If the user has selected a default activity, that is the only one
> > that is
> > > > > returned. If they haven't, and there are multiple matching
> > activities,
> > > > than
> > > > > the system's intent resolver activity will be returned.
>
> > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:18 PM, George <bipi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > PacakgeManager.queryIntentActivities(Intent intent, int flags)
> > with
> > > > > > flags = MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY returns a list of applications that
> > handle
> > > > > > a particular intent. How do I find the default activity that is
> > chosen
> > > > > > by the user?
>
> > > > > > Note: The default activity is chosen by the user the first time he
> > is
> > > > > > prompted with a list of applications that handle a particular
> > intent.
>
> > > > > --
> > > > > 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
> > 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 and
> answer them.
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