Question

I would like when a user taps a button to launch an application which understands the yahoo messenger link ymsgr:sendim?testlink

In this case if the Yahoo messenger application is installed on the device ,this app would be launched as opposed to the browser app

I have tried this with the following code but it does not work

        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("ymsgr:sendim?[e-mail]"));
         startActivity(i);

If the link is an http link to a website this would launch the browser. I would like to launch the Yahoo messenger app on the device if installed.

Thanks

Answer 1

You can launch an application with the package name:

public void openApplication(String packageName) {
  Intent iLaunch = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(packageName);
  startActivity(iLaunch);
 }