Question

I use this URI to search the Play Store, but the Android docs don’t mention a way to search a specific category like, games, music, or books.

URI marketUri = Uri.parse("market://search?q= ");

The Play Books and Play Music apps both open the Play Store app to their correct categories, so if they can open to a specific catergory, then I think I can search one. Does anyone have some info on doing this?

Answer 1

I found the solution. Here’s the current method I’m using to shop the music category.

public static void shopFor(Context context, String artistName) {
    String str = "https://market.android.com/search?q=%s&c=music&featured=MUSIC_STORE_SEARCH";
    Intent shopIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(String.format(str, Uri.encode(artistName))));
    shopIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    shopIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK);
    context.startActivity(shopIntent);
}