I try to add "rank this app" button in my app
Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + context.getPackageName());
Intent goToMarket = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
goToMarket.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
context.startActivity(goToMarket);
then I get Error "Android : No Activity found to handle Intent"
BTW : I use SurfaceView I don't know if it is important
This might happen because:
You're on a device where Google Play is not installed (for example, a device that's not an official Android device).
Google Play is installed, but disabled (make sure it's not disabled in the settings menu).
It's a rooted device and there is something nonstandard interfering with the intent launch/match mechanism.
Add try catch to prevent from crash, if there is no market app is installed in your device
try
{
context.startActivity(goToMarket);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
//Show Toast
}
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I am working on my app which will show my website and i am getting intent error in my Android Webview app whenever I try to open Instagram profile. I want it to be open in my Instagram app can someone help me out by code please
Please help me out Click here to see the error I got
Seems that url you created could be invalid, try to create your intent with urls like these:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/_u/xxx");
Intent likeIng = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
likeIng.setPackage("com.instagram.android");
try {
//instagram app exists on device
startActivity(likeIng);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
//instagram app does not exist on device, using browser
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/xxx")));
}
I'm trying to find if there is any app schema,
to open the Snapchat app (via Intent) with a specific userID that I want to chat with?
BTW, to find the userID:
This the only thing that works for me. Unfortunately, it adds the extra step of making the user choose the browser or Snapchat app.
Intent nativeAppIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://snapchat.com/add/" + snapchatId));
startActivity(nativeAppIntent);
Oddly enough, the URL scheme snapchat://add/" + snapchatId works on iOS but not on Android (it opens the Android app, but does not pop up the user).
EDIT: Add intent.setPackage("com.snapchat.android"); and it will open the app without the chooser. But adding this means you will need to surround everything with a try/catch to prevent a crash.
try {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://snapchat.com/add/" + snapchatId));
intent.setPackage("com.snapchat.android");
startActivity(intent);
} catch (Exception e) {
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://snapchat.com/add/" + snapchatId)));
}
How to open specific page of another app on clicking add in app in android ? I am creating an android app in which add are showing .when clicking on that add it opens the play store. But i want to open specific page of that app using deeplinking. e.g am getting snapdeal offers add in my application when i click on that add it open the specific page of snapdeal.How to do that ?
Add the package name of the app you want to open in playstore:
String appPackageName = "package_xy"; // eg. com.twitter.android
try {
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + appPackageName)));
}catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException e) {
//if playstore app not installed
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + appPackageName)));
}
So you probably would need your advertisement to send the package name of their app with it. Or just an url to open (maybe send the playstore browser link in the catch above if its an app, so you could detect the play.google.com part and replace accordingly or just open the plain website if its not a playstore url).
You asked what happens if the app is already installed: Still the same. You should check for it first:
Intent i;
PackageManager manager = getPackageManager();
String appPackageName = "package_xy";
try {
i = manager.getLaunchIntentForPackage(appPackageName);
if (i == null)
throw new PackageManager.NameNotFoundException();
i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
startActivity(i);
} catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e)
{
//open playstore instead
}
So this is only one of many ways. If the app is not found on the device, the try will fail and catch is executed. If it is found it will be opened.
In the case of twitter I even could open it with a deeplink like this:
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("twitter://status?status_id="+id));
For some things like PDF there are ways to open the applicationpicker, but I don't think thats what you need in this case.
You should be fine if you use the above code. Just put the first snippet in the catch of the second one and you should be fine.
I am using this method on a button click.
My app is not yet launched in google play so I tried using some other app's package name in the URI. I tried many different packages but always I am getting "Activity not found exception"
public void rateApp(View v) {
try {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("market://details?id=mobi.infolife.installer"));
startActivity(intent);
}catch (Exception e) {
Log.i("Exception", "Exception is "+e);
}
}
can anyone say what wrong is happening.
Thanks in advance
I'm guessing this is on the emulator. "market://" links only works when Google Play app is installed on the device.
If it's not installed (you have exception) then you can launch the web browser.
I've written a small app to parse some RSS feeds from YouTube and launch videos selected by the user. To play the video, I'm using an intent:
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(videoAddress);
In order to call the YouTube app, if installed on the device.
The problem I'm having is that, of the population of videos I am using in my app, about 90% of them display a 'Cannot play video' error message: "Sorry, this video cannot be played.". A few of them work just fine from my app. The videos that do not work will play fine in the YouTube app if searched for and launched entirely from within the YouTube app.
Has anybody seen this behavior, or does anybody have any ideas for things to try? Obviously the YouTube app launches videos in a slightly different way internally than it does from an Intent request, but I haven't a clue how to get to the bottom of it.
I have the same issue. Are you sure that all of the video play correctly from the youtube app? In my case, on an old G1, the videos I can't play from my app won't play even if searched from within the youtube app.
I think the video encoding is not supported in some case and/or the combination of a slow cpu and slow network make the video not playable.
I've read about people just refreshing many times untill the video starts playing... I guess in thier care it was a network/buffering issue.
More discussion here:
http://www.google.com.tw/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=3a62cdf7188384af&hl=en
For this reason my App (similar to yours) got a lot of bed comments. I republished it only for Android >=2.1 and I now I have fewer bad feedback.
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(YOUTUBE_URL)));
The above line of code works for my App.
What it basically does is lets Android handle the startActivity with available installed software on the device. Android in turn opens the IntentChooser and lets the user decide which appropriate software to use in this case a Browser and Youtube App to open the video.
Try it out and let me knwo if it works for you or f you have any other issues.
The most reliable method I have found for accessing youtube from an application is using the mobile site, try this instead (eg for searching):
String videoUrl = "http://m.youtube.com/#/results?q=ciaconna+bach";
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(videoUrl)));
This solved the "Cannot play video' error message" that I was receiving.
I use this code:
String vid= Uri.parse(urlVideo).getQueryParameter("v");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("vnd.youtube:" + vid));
try{
startActivity(intent);
}
catch (ActivityNotFoundException ex){
Log.e(TAG, "Couldn't find activity to view this video");
}
May be works for you.
I have got the same problem only with HTC Hero 2.1. You can force the intent to launch the htc flash player instead of the Youtube app. With the flash player app I have not had any problem:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("vnd.youtube:" + videoUrl);
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
String availableFlashPlayer = availableFlashPlayer();
if (availableFlashPlayer != null) {
// launch the intent with the available flash player
intent.setPackage(availableFlashPlayer);
}
startActivity(intent);
The availableFlashPlayer method:
public String availableFlashPlayer() {
String availableFlashPlayer = null;
String FLASH_PLAYER = "com.htc.flash";
PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
try {
ApplicationInfo ai = pm
.getApplicationInfo(FLASH_PLAYER, 0);
if (ai != null) {
availableFlashPlayer = FLASH_PLAYER;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage(), e);
}
return availableFlashPlayer;
}
You can also check the Adobe Flash Player:
String FLASH_PLAYER = "com.adobe.flashplayer";
Alternatively, you can force the intent to launch the Android Browser as follows:
Uri uri = Uri.parse(videoUrl);
String packageName = "com.android.browser";
String className = "com.android.browser.BrowserActivity";
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
intent.setClassName(packageName, className);
startActivity(intent);