Checking through intent if user has certain messaging app installed android - android

I am working with this code which Ragu Swaminathan helped me with on my original post found at: How to show both texting and dialer apps with a single Intent on Android?.
final List<Intent> finalIntents = new ArrayList<Intent>();
final Intent textIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
textIntent.setType("text/plain");
textIntent.setData(Uri.parse("sms:"));
final PackageManager packageManager = getActivity().getPackageManager();
final List<ResolveInfo> listCam = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(textIntent, 0);
for (ResolveInfo res : listCam) {
final String packageName = res.activityInfo.packageName;
final Intent intent = new Intent(textIntent);
intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(res.activityInfo.packageName, res.activityInfo.name));
intent.setPackage(packageName);
finalIntents.add(intent);
}
Intent callIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL);
callIntent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:121"));
Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(
callIntent, "Select app to share");
chooserIntent.putExtra(
Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, finalIntents.toArray(new Parcelable[]{}));
startActivity(chooserIntent);
I have this code that brings up snackup separating sms and dialer apps installed on users phone and allows them to pick one to either send a message / call a person.
What I want to know is, is it possbile to add another section on this snackbar that checks if the user has whatsapp installed or another specfic app installed.
Also, being new to android, I have tried playing around with the code but ended up messing it up. another thing that I would like to do is create sections like theses;
Sms apps:
.....
.....
.....
Dialer apps:
.....
.....
.....
Whatsapp:
.....
Any help is welcomed, please let me know if my question is not clear.
Edited;

You can use getPackageInfo method
PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
PackageInfo pi = pm.getPackageInfo(certainAppPackageName, 0);
if (pi != null) {
//app is installed, do smth
}
Google play links exist package names.
For example:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger
where org.telegram.messenger is a package name

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Android M sharing chooser filter

I have a problem with sharing on Android M and exactly with creating intent chooser with filter. I've create a standard text share intent:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.setType("text/plain");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, getSharingText());
return intent;
Then I've applied the filter for chooser:
List<Intent> targetedShareIntents = new ArrayList<>();
List<ResolveInfo> resolves = getActivity().getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(intent, 0);
for (ResolveInfo resolveInfo : resolves) {
String packageName = resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName;
Intent targetedShareIntent = new Intent(mPromoIntent);
if (!packageName.equals("com.facebook.katana")
&& !packageName.equals("com.vkontakte.android")) {
ComponentName componentName = new ComponentName(packageName, resolveInfo.activityInfo.name);
targetedShareIntents.add(targetedShareIntent.setComponent(componentName));
}
}
if (targetedShareIntents.isEmpty()) {
return null;
}
Intent chooser = targetedShareIntents.remove(0);
return Intent.createChooser(chooser, chooserText)
.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS,
targetedShareIntents.toArray(new Parcelable[targetedShareIntents.size()]));
And the I've started the standard chooser ChooserActivity using chooser intent
startActivity(mAppsChooserIntent);
But on Android M it doesn't show chooser, it takes the first intent (in my case bluetooth) and shares with it.
I've looked through the ChooserActivity class, which in Android MNC is much bigger than in Android L and didn't find a solution where.
Does somebody know the answer or it's Android M preview bug?

Android custom Intent chooser to list Activities

I'm trying to make a custom Intent chooser for the ACTION_SEND
PackageManager pm = getApplicationContext().getPackageManager();
Intent shareIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND)
.setType("application/octet-stream");
List<Intent> targetedShareIntents = new ArrayList<Intent>();
List<ResolveInfo> resInfo = pm.queryIntentActivities(shareIntent, 0);
Collections.sort(resInfo, new ResolveInfo.DisplayNameComparator(pm));
for (ResolveInfo resolveInfo : resInfo) {
String packageName = resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName;
Intent targetedShareIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND)
.setType("application/octet-stream")
.setPackage(packageName);
targetedShareIntents.add(targetedShareIntent);
}
Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(targetedShareIntents.remove(0), "Title");
chooserIntent.putExtra( Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, targetedShareIntents.toArray(new Parcelable[]{}));
startActivity(chooserIntent);
the problem is that for applications that have multiple activities with the same action (Like ES File Explorer), it is listed multiple times as "Android System" Like in Figure 1. http://imgur.com/a/3TYMA
and then if selected it gives you the standard Intent chooser associated with that application Like in Figure 2.
The Question: how can I implement a custom Intent chooser like the build-in one, where each Activity is listed together.
like in Figure 3.
Found something to get rid of the "Android-system" text and now its displaying "ES File Explorer" instead. And an es file explorer icon. I had added these log statements:
Log.d(TAG, packageName );
Log.d(TAG, resolveInfo.activityInfo.name );
and the result for ES File Explores was:
com.estrongs.android.pop
com.estrongs.android.pop.app.ESFileSharingActivity
com.estrongs.android.pop
com.estrongs.android.pop.app.SaveToESActivity
then i added following statement in the loop:
targetedShareIntent.setClassName(packageName, resolveInfo.activityInfo.name);
So now you will see twice ES File Explorer. But unlucky twice the same info. And the same icon.
Think you should mail the guys of es file explorer a link to this post. They are helpfull. They will be interested.

both labels shows "WeChat" when share to wechat friend and timeline

i've a android app to share message to WeChat(without sdk).
When i directly use the StartChooser method, the display-name 'Send to Moment' and 'Send to Chat' display well.
But when i want to remove the apps i donot need using a intent filter as follows, there's problem that both display-name show 'WeChat' rather than 'Send to Moment' and 'Send to Chat'.But at the same time,their icon are right!
Who can tell me how to get the right display label?? Thank you!
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
it.setType("image/*");
List<ResolveInfo> resInfo = getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(it, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DEFAULT);
if (!resInfo.isEmpty()) {
List<Intent> targetedShareIntents = new ArrayList<Intent>();
for (ResolveInfo info : resInfo)
{
Intent targeted = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
targeted.setType("image/*");
ActivityInfo activityInfo = info.activityInfo;
if (activityInfo.packageName.contains("tencent.mm") || etc..)
{
targeted.setClassName(activityInfo.packageName, activityInfo.name);
targeted.setPackage(activityInfo.packageName);
targeted.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "share text");
targeted.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
targetedShareIntents.add(targeted);
}
}
Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(targetedShareIntents.remove(0), "Share");
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, targetedShareIntents.toArray(new Parcelable[] {}));
startActivity(chooserIntent);
}
!!! update !!! :
if the wechat intent being placed in "Intent.createChooser", the label shown is right, but shown wrong label when placed in "EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS".
UPDATE2:
I find the answer at How to make an intent with multiple actions. Using LabeledIntent will solve the problem.Over.
Here is how I get it to work.
CharSequence label = info.loadLabel(getPackageManager());
Intent extraIntents = new LabeledIntent(targeted, activityInfo.packageName, label, info.icon);
targetedShareIntents.add(extraIntents);

Android image share intent - how can I exclude a particular handler from the list?

In my Android App I have an image loaded from Instragram API and I share it via the generic Share Intent like this:
Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
share.setType("image/jpeg");
Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(file);
share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,uri);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share Image"));
By default it gives a list of all installed apps that handle this intent, including Instagram which is the original source from where the image is coming from. How can I filter this list to exclude only the Instagram App from handling the intent while leaving all the rest?
How can I filter this list to exclude only the Instagram App from handling the intent while leaving all the rest?
You can't, except by creating your own chooser activity, using queryIntentActivities() on PackageManager and somehow filtering out Instagram. Doing that will be unreliable, simply because there are multiple possible Instagram clients, whose package names are not conclusively knowable in advance.
I'd just leave Instagram there as an option.
I used this code to filter the shareintent for instagram.
List<Intent> targets = new ArrayList<Intent>();
Intent template = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
template.setType("text/plain");
List<ResolveInfo> candidates = this.getPackageManager().
queryIntentActivities(template, 0);
// remove all intent except instagram in share intent
for (ResolveInfo candidate : candidates) {
String packageName = candidate.activityInfo.packageName;
if (packageName.contains("instagram")) {
Intent target = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
target.setType("text/plain");
target.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Text to share"));
target.setPackage(packageName);
targets.add(target);
}
}
Intent chooser = Intent.createChooser(targets.remove(0), translate("Share Via"));
chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, targets.toArray(new Parcelable[]{}));
startActivity(chooser);

How do I launch the email client directly to inbox view?

Is this even possible without calling a specific package? I have found countless examples of sending email via intent, but I can find nothing about simply opening the default email client on the device via button press (preferably with a chooser dialog in case the user has multiple clients).
There is no default/easy way to do this. This code worked for me. It opens a picker with all email apps registered to device and straight to Inbox:
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("mailto:"));
PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
List<ResolveInfo> resInfo = pm.queryIntentActivities(emailIntent, 0);
if (resInfo.size() > 0) {
ResolveInfo ri = resInfo.get(0);
// First create an intent with only the package name of the first registered email app
// and build a picked based on it
Intent intentChooser = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(ri.activityInfo.packageName);
Intent openInChooser =
Intent.createChooser(intentChooser,
getString(R.string.user_reg_email_client_chooser_title));
// Then create a list of LabeledIntent for the rest of the registered email apps
List<LabeledIntent> intentList = new ArrayList<LabeledIntent>();
for (int i = 1; i < resInfo.size(); i++) {
// Extract the label and repackage it in a LabeledIntent
ri = resInfo.get(i);
String packageName = ri.activityInfo.packageName;
Intent intent = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName);
intentList.add(new LabeledIntent(intent, packageName, ri.loadLabel(pm), ri.icon));
}
LabeledIntent[] extraIntents = intentList.toArray(new LabeledIntent[intentList.size()]);
// Add the rest of the email apps to the picker selection
openInChooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, extraIntents);
startActivity(openInChooser);
}
There is no standard Intent action to open the "inbox view" of "the default email client on the device".
This one works nowadays
Intent intent = new Intent("android.intent.action.MAIN");
intent.addCategory("android.intent.category.APP_EMAIL");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, ""));
you can try this from your activity object:
it will not necessarily take you to the Inbox directly but it will open the email application:
Intent intent = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.android.email");
startActivity(intent);

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