Is any right approch to open direct google play store after click button in android

Question

I used below code to open directly google play store whenever click on share button.

Used Kotlin Extension

//Share apk
fun shareApp(message : String, activity: Activity){
    val sendIntent = Intent()
    sendIntent.action = Intent.ACTION_SEND
    sendIntent.putExtra(
        Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,
        message
    )
    sendIntent.type = "text/plain"
    activity.startActivity(sendIntent)
}

in fragment ->

shareApp("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID, requireActivity())

But it not redirected to play store directly , it redirected to browser and then open play store .

I want to open direct play store not from browser.

What does it mean by But it not redirected to play store directly? "directly"? Then how does it go if not directly? — Sambhav Khandelwal
– Sambhav Khandelwal, Commented May 23, 2022 at 15:07
@Sambhav.K I want to redirect to my app in play store. means after click on button then firstly not open any browser and any third party app. i want to open play store directly and inside play store my app page open. So are you understand the actual problem. — Surajkaran Meghwanshi
– Surajkaran Meghwanshi, Commented May 24, 2022 at 4:35
Ok. I get it now. You also can edit your post saying that the browser opens first and then it happens. BTW I also added the answer for it — Sambhav Khandelwal
– Sambhav Khandelwal, Commented May 24, 2022 at 5:59

Sambhav Khandelwal · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-28 05:52:47Z

This solution is worked fine for me .

fun shareApp(appPackageName: String, activity: Activity){
try {
        startActivity(Intent(
            Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
            Uri.parse("market://details?id=$appPackageName")
        ))
    } catch (e : ActivityNotFoundException) {
        startActivity(
            Intent(
                Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=$appPackageName")
            )
        )
    }
}

So here we use two things if any devices specific app store available then it open it and otherwise it open play store directly . and showing your app.

Whenever i click on button then it showing me choice for select market app or play store , when i click on play store then it open and show related app.

I hope this help you..

JaviMar · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-15 12:36:48Z

1

This worked for me...

private fun goToAppStore() {
    val sendIntent = Intent()
    sendIntent.action = Intent.ACTION_VIEW
    sendIntent.data = Uri.parse("market://details?id=$YOUR_PACKAGE_NAME")
    if(sendIntent.resolveActivity(packageManager) != null) {
        startActivity(sendIntent)
    }
}

answered Sep 15, 2022 at 12:36

JaviMar

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Patrick · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-12 12:57:33Z

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The currently correct approach for creating a link to Google Play out of an Android app is described in the Google Play developer documentation (including a piece of code): https://developer.android.com/distribute/marketing-tools/linking-to-google-play#android-app

In order to handle the case that Google Play is not installed on the respective device, you can add a try/catch statement that opens the Google Play URL in the browser.

answered Feb 12, 2023 at 12:57

Patrick

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Sambhav Khandelwal · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-24 06:03:38Z

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You have done it right but, you missed out a thing. You haven't set the package for it to open in. So, instead try this code:

fun shareApp(message : String, activity: Activity){
    val sendIntent = Intent()
    sendIntent.action = Intent.ACTION_SEND
    sendIntent.package = "com.android.vending" // this is the line you missed
    sendIntent.putExtra(
        Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,
        message
    )
    sendIntent.type = "text/plain"
    activity.startActivity(sendIntent)
}

answered May 24, 2022 at 6:03

Sambhav Khandelwal

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Surajkaran Meghwanshi Over a year ago

Got error and app crashed ,showing error log :- android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.intent.action.SEND typ=text/plain flg=0x1 pkg=com.android.vending clip={text/plain T:play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.suraj.myApp} (has extras) }

android_dev71 · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-30 16:24:16Z

In case useful to someone, I use this in composable function screen to open the app page on Google Play Store from inside the app itself :

    private fun goToGooglePLayStore(context: Context) {
    try {
        startActivity(context,
            Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(
                "market://details?id=$GOOGLE_PLAY_STORE_PACKAGE_NAME")),
        null)
    } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
        startActivity(context,
            Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(
                "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" +
                        "$GOOGLE_PLAY_STORE_PACKAGE_NAME")),
            null
        )
    }
}

where GOOGLE_PLAY_STORE_PACKAGE_NAME = {you app package name}

context: activity context passed from composable function with :

val context = LocalContext.current

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