Question

I have a button that the user can click which sends them to the app page in the Google Play store. This is the code I use for the button:

        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        intent.setData(Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.problemio"));
        startActivity(intent);      

and the package is here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.problemio

and sometimes it works fine, but sometimes I get a crash report like this:

android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=market://details?id=com.problemio }
at android.app.Instrumentation.checkStartActivityResult(Instrumentation.java:1409)
at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1379)
at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:2833)
at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:2959)
at com.problemio.content.BusinessIdeasActivity$5.onClick(BusinessIdeasActivity.java:107)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2538)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:9152)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3691)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:907)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:665)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Any idea why it only sometimes works?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I would try a bit different URL for your software:

    Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://search?q=pname:com.problemio");
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
    try {
        this.startActivity(intent);
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException anfe) {
        // Hmm, market is not installed
        Log.w(TAG, "Android Market is not installed");
    }