Android Question Opening Apps With a Launcher

[treehousefrog]

Hey guys,

So I've made a launcher which lists installed packages and then lets you launch them (as launchers tend to do...). The problem is that certain apps don't launch - such as the default dialer and a few others.

The problem I think is with pm.getapplicationintent(packagename). In other words, doing this doesn't let me start the dialer:

Dim il As Intent
il = pm.GetApplicationIntent (PHONE PACKAGE)
StartActivity (il)

But this does:

Dim inn As Intent
inn.Initialize(inn.ACTION_VIEW, "tel:")
StartActivity(inn)

The same problem exists with a number of other apps...

I'm not sure how other launchers get around this issue, but the best way I can think to figure it out is to list what intents a given package accepts and then shoot off one of those. Is there a way I can list the intents that a package will accept? And if not, what other method can you guys recommend? Thanks so much in advance!

 

[Erel]

What is the output of pm.GetApplicationIntent for the phone app?

You can see the "correct" intent in the unfiltered logs when you start the dialer:
START u0 {act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10200000 cmp=com.google.android.dialer/com.android.dialer.DialtactsActivity bnds=[56,1040][184,1168]} from pid 833