amazonmp3

[melamoud]

anyone know how to run amazonMp3 with parameters using intent ?
also how do I check if it exists ?

thanks

 

[NJDude]

You will need to find out the package name and then ask if it's installed or not on the device, for the intents, you can get them by checking the unfiltered logs.

 

[melamoud]

thanks, I know the package name , how do I check the intent extras, the log show:
04-09 15:10:39.373 I/ActivityManager( 1324): Starting: Intent { act=com.amazon.mp3.action.EXTERNAL_EVENT cmp=com.amazon.mp3/.activity.IntentProxyActivity (has extras) } from pid 8285

and no more data , never the extra (unless the app log it itself) right ?

 

[melamoud]

Found it

How to launch Amazon MP3 app with intents. - xda-developers

 

[melamoud]

How to launch Amazon MP3 app with intents. - xda-developers

but I cant make it to work I can run amazonMp3 if I use the component
mp3Intent.SetComponent("com.amazon.mp3/.client.activity.LauncherActivity")

but then it does not use the search parameters

any idea ?

 

[NJDude]

Try this:

Dim i As Intent

i.Initialize("", "")
i.SetComponent("com.amazon.mp3.activity.IntentProxyActivity")
i.Action = "com.amazon.mp3.action.EXTERNAL_EVENT"
i.PutExtra("com.amazon.mp3.extra.EXTERNAL_EVENT_TYPE", "com.amazon.mp3.type.SEARCH")
i.putExtra("com.amazon.mp3.extra.SEARCH_TYPE", 1) '0 = Song, 1 = album
i.PutExtra("com.amazon.mp3.extra.SEARCH_STRING", "The Beatles")

StartActivity(i)

 

[melamoud]

I tried few similar options, and now your but it does not work , is it working for you ?

 

[NJDude]

Yes it does.

Sometimes the Amazon app is a little slow to pick up the results, but I see the query in the search box and also the results. I'm using the exact same code I posted.

 

[melamoud]

NJDude, thanks, it is working now, all I had to do is resent my phone, which is strange cause I have not seen any error in the logs (unfiltered) I would expect some kind of error if the activity manager failed to run the amazonmp3 app,

I need to play with it more to see if this is stable or not.

Nir

 

[melamoud]

is this a good fast way to check is app exist ?

Dim In As Intent
   Dim pm As PackageManager
   In = pm.GetApplicationIntent("com.amazon.mp3")
   If In.IsInitialized Then

or do I need to go through installed apps which take time / resources ?

 

[Erel]

This code will throw an exception if there is no such package installed. You can catch this exception with a Try / Catch block.

 

[melamoud]

are you sure ? I tried it with fake packages and it worked fine

 

[Erel]

According to Android documentation it should throw a NameNotFoundException. Seems like it behaves differently.

You can use this code:

Sub CheckPackage(p As String) As Boolean
   Try
      Dim pm As PackageManager
      Dim i As Intent = pm.GetApplicationIntent(p)
      Return i.IsInitialized
   Catch
      Return False
   End Try
End Sub

 

[melamoud]

Yep

thats why I did - thanks
I got concern a bit when you said I cant catch that exception