How do I programmatically launch a specific application?

Question

I want to launch a specif application.

I know how to do Intents but I want to avoid the selection menu if there are multiple apps that can handle the intent, I want to go directly to a particular app. Hope this makes sense.

Answer 1

You should use the function of the package manager.

Context ctx=this; // or you can replace **'this'** with your **ActivityName.this**
try {
Intent i = ctx.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.twidroid.SendTweet");
ctx.startActivity(i);
} catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
}

Answer 2

You use the package name / class directly, for example to create a new intent to call the twidroid program you'd use the followinglink text:

 Intent intent = new Intent("com.twidroid.SendTweet");

You'd probably want to put a try/catch around for a ActivityNotFoundException for when the application is not installed.