"Rate This App"-link in Google Play store app on the phone

Question

I open the Play Store from my App with the following code:

            val uri: Uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=$packageName")
            val goToMarket = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri)
            // To count with Play market backstack, After pressing back button, 
            // to taken back to our application, we need to add following flags to intent. 
            goToMarket.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY or
                    Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT or
                    Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK)
            try {
                startActivity(goToMarket)
            } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
                startActivity(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                        Uri.parse("http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=$packageName")))
            }

Option 2: is to use resolveActivity instead of try..catch

if (sendIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
     startActivity(chooser);
} else {
    openUrl();
}

Here is a working and up to date code :)

/*
* Start with rating the app
* Determine if the Play Store is installed on the device
*
* */
public void rateApp()
{
    try
    {
        Intent rateIntent = rateIntentForUrl("market://details");
        startActivity(rateIntent);
    }
    catch (ActivityNotFoundException e)
    {
        Intent rateIntent = rateIntentForUrl("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details");
        startActivity(rateIntent);
    }
}

private Intent rateIntentForUrl(String url)
{
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(String.format("%s?id=%s", url, getPackageName())));
    int flags = Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK;
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21)
    {
        flags |= Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT;
    }
    else
    {
        //noinspection deprecation
        flags |= Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET;
    }
    intent.addFlags(flags);
    return intent;
}

Put the code in the Activity you would like to call it from.
When the user clicks a button to rate the app, just call the rateApp() function.

I always use this code:

startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=PackageName")));

Kotlin solution (In-app review API by Google in 2020):

You can now use In app review API provided by Google out of the box.

First, in your build.gradle(app) file, add following dependencies (full setup can be found here)

dependencies {
    // This dependency is downloaded from the Google’s Maven repository.
    // So, make sure you also include that repository in your project's build.gradle file.
    implementation 'com.google.android.play:core:1.8.0'
    implementation 'com.google.android.play:core-ktx:1.8.1'
}

Create a method and put this code inside:

val manager = ReviewManagerFactory.create(context)
val request = manager.requestReviewFlow()
request.addOnCompleteListener { request ->
    if (request.isSuccessful) {
        // We got the ReviewInfo object
        val reviewInfo = request.result
        val flow = manager.launchReviewFlow(activity, reviewInfo)
        flow.addOnCompleteListener { _ ->
          // The flow has finished. The API does not indicate whether the user
          // reviewed or not, or even whether the review dialog was shown. Thus, no
         // matter the result, we continue our app flow.
        }
    } else {
        // There was some problem, continue regardless of the result.
    }
}

Source

This is if you publish your app in both Google Play Store and Amazon Appstore. I also handle the case that users (especially in China) don't have both app store and browser.

public void goToMyApp(boolean googlePlay) {//true if Google Play, false if Amazone Store
    try {
       startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse((googlePlay ? "market://details?id=" : "amzn://apps/android?p=") +getPackageName())));
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e1) {
        try {
            startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse((googlePlay ? "http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" : "http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=") +getPackageName())));
        } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e2) {
            Toast.makeText(this, "You don't have any app that can open this link", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }
}

You can always call getInstalledPackages() from the PackageManager class and check to make sure the market class is installed. You could also use queryIntentActivities() to make sure that the Intent you construct will be able to be handled by something, even if it's not the market application. This is probably the best thing to do actually because its the most flexible and robust.

You can check if the market app is there by

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("market://search?q=foo"));
PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
List<ResolveInfo> list = pm.queryIntentActivities(intent, 0);

If the list has at least one entry, the Market's there.

You can use the following to launch Android Market on your application's page, it's a bit more automated:

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setData(Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + getPackageName()));
startActivity(i);

If you want to test this on your emulator you probably you don't have the market installed on it : see these links for more details:

How To Enable the Android Market in the Google Android Emulator

Installing Google Play on Android Emulator

I use this approach to make user rate my apps:

public static void showRateDialog(final Context context) {
    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
            .setTitle("Rate application")
            .setMessage("Please, rate the app at PlayMarket")
            .setPositiveButton("RATE", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    if (context != null) {
                        String link = "market://details?id=";
                        try {
                            // play market available
                            context.getPackageManager()
                                    .getPackageInfo("com.android.vending", 0);
                        // not available
                        } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
                            e.printStackTrace();
                            // should use browser
                            link = "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=";
                        }
                        // starts external action
                        context.startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, 
                                Uri.parse(link + context.getPackageName())));
                    }
                }
            })
            .setNegativeButton("CANCEL", null);
    builder.show();
}