Get the launcher Activity name of an android application

Question

I need to get the name of launcher activity to launch the activity from my application. Any solution

Answer 1

late but the better way it will give the exact intent to launch an activity

PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); Intent intent=pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(pacakgeName); startActivity(intent); 

Answer 2

Use the following code to get the launcher activity of all packages:

        final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();          Intent mainIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null);         mainIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);          List<ResolveInfo> appList = pm.queryIntentActivities(mainIntent, 0);         Collections.sort(appList, new ResolveInfo.DisplayNameComparator(pm));          for (ResolveInfo temp : appList) {              Log.v("my logs", "package and activity name = "                     + temp.activityInfo.packageName + "    "                     + temp.activityInfo.name);           }