Launching a Streetview intent for a location doesn't guarantee that a Streetview exists for that location. If the Streetview doesn't exist, the user just sees a black screen that spins. Is there a way to programmatically check if it exists before launching the Streetview intent?
A:
Use PackageManager and queryIntentActivities() with your Intent. If you get back a list of 0 matching activities, you know nothing on the device will handle your request.
CommonsWare
2010-10-05 16:39:42
This won't let me know if there is an actual panorama available at a given location will it? As far as I see it will only tell me whether the StreetView activity exists. On devices with StreetView activity, I wind up with a black screen and a spinner that doesn't give any indication that a panorama exist for that geopoint. The Streetvew activity is still launched correctly though. I can query the above URL above to discover that data actually exists before launching the Activity via intent. There is no streetViewExists(Geopoint p) or some such function is there?
Osmund
2010-10-05 17:58:28
@Osmund: Whoops, sorry, I thought your concern was whether Streetview itself was available. There is no means to determine if a street view exists.
CommonsWare
2010-10-05 18:05:57