How do I bypass the "Complete Action Using ..."

Question

Hey guys,

I have a question related to choosing an application programmatically when shown the dialog "Complete Action Using" in Android.

An example would be as follow: In my code, I have this statement

startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
        Uri.parse("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98yl260nMEA")));

I will then shown a dialog box with two options: to complete the action using the Browser or YouTube

Any idea how can I choose YouTube without being shown the dialog box?

Thanks!

Nicholas

Answer 1

I think you will need more information about the intent-filter of the app you want to launch by default (in this case youtube app). That target app might have multiple intent-filters and one of them might be more specific. You can call startActivity with that specific intent, and then the intended app will be launched directly. However, this requires you to have more knowledge of the target app (which is difficult in most cases like Youtube app).

Other than that, I don't think you can do much from within your app. Intent resolution is done by the Android framework, so if a user app could override it somehow, that would be a flaw in terms of security.

Answer 2

This thread seems relevant to your question: android-youtube-app-play-video-intent

Answer 3

PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); 
List<ResolveInfo> activities = pm.queryIntentActivities(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y)), 0); 
Iterator<ResolveInfo> actList = activities.iterator(); 
while(actList.hasNext()) { 
   ResolveInfo curr = actList.next(); 
   Log.d("Intents =====> ", curr.toString() + " " + curr.match + " " + curr.isDefault); 
}