On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
> Because the Android way is to not force one app to handle any action, but > to give the user a choice for registered receivers. Caveat: the action being handled should be something fairly generic. "View a text file", "view a web page". "Open the detailed page for this app on the market you got it from" is not exactly generic. > The reason you can link to market:// from your app and have it open there > is because of this mechanism. If the appropriate app is installed to handle your intent, yes. Your proposition for Amazon to "handle the market intent" would require that not only they provide an app that handles the intent but more importantly that the user download and install this app. Therefore, there is no guarantee that opening your generic market intent would lead to the Amazon store. If fact, you're pretty much guaranteeing that they will always lead back to the Market app. If you're Amazon, this does not make sense. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
