Start Android Market from App

Question

I'm developing a lite version for an app on the Android. How can I start an Intent to open the Android Market, preferably with the full version of my app displayed? This is difficult to test on an emulator (which is the closest thing to a device I have), as there seems to be no legal way of installing the Market on it.

Answer 1

That query above works, but when I tried it, it looked like it was bringing up search results based on the name.

If you use something like

intent.setData(Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.wolinlabs.SuperScorepad")); 

instead, it will go right to the Android Market page for your app.

I think that's more what you wanted (?)

Answer 2

Found answer in the end:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); 
intent.setData(Uri.parse("market://search?q=pname:MyApp")); 
startActivity(intent);

No way of testing on emulator, though.