open link of google play store in mobile version android

Question

I have link of my other apps in my latest app, and I open them in that way.

Uri uri = Uri.parse("url");
Intent intent = new Intent (Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri); 
startActivity(intent);

this code opens the browser version of google play store.

When trying to open from my phone, the phone prompts if I want to use a browser or google play and if I choose the second one it opens the mobile version of google play store.

Can you tell me how can this happen at once? I mean not ask me but directly open the mobile version of google play, the one that I see while open it directly from phone.

Robbegrillet

I wish that the second to last paragraph was true for me. Using the http link found here: developer.android.com/distribute/googleplay/promote/… does not prompt for the user to choose the app or the browser. It always assumes the browser. Unfortunately, I can't use the market:// protocol either. Anybody else seeing this behavior? – Guttle

Answer 1

You'll want to use the specified market protocol:

final String appPackageName = "com.example"; // Can also use getPackageName(), as below
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + appPackageName)));

Keep in mind, this will crash on any device that does not have the Market installed (the emulator, for example). Hence, I would suggest something like:

final String appPackageName = getPackageName(); // getPackageName() from Context or Activity object
try {
    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + appPackageName)));
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException anfe) {
    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + appPackageName)));
}

While using getPackageName() from Context or subclass thereof for consistency (thanks @cprcrack!). You can find more on Market Intents here: link.

Dahomey

Opening the following in the browser does not open Google Play: market://details?id=pandora – Riches

The ID is the package name, not the app name. Try market://details?id=com.PandoraTV (assuming this is the app you want). – Dahomey

Try opening any link that starts with market:// in Chrome for Android. You will see that it only performs a search result, it doesn't open the Google Play store. It is irrelevant if the Pandora package name is correct here, I can give you a hundred correct package names and it won't change the issue. – Riches

This answer is about using the market:// prefix from your own app, not from a website via the browser. I can attest to its functionality (on versions 2.3, 3.x, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2) and it works with the stock browser, Chrome Beta 25, and Chrome 18. – Dahomey

I got it, thanks. I would also think that Chrome is considered an app, and it treats market:// specially just like my app would. – Riches

Yes, Chrome is an app, but that would require its makers [Google] to use this code, not the people [you] making the websites. As it stands, this code is to help people who are structuring links specifically from their apps. – Dahomey

You can use getPackageName() to automatically retrieve the app id. – Enschede

How to use this link in share message? – Thesis

@ツPratikButaniツ I don't think you can. You could try pasting it as a URL with the market:// prefix, but many parsers would not recognize it. Best to go with the play.google.com URL. – Dahomey

But play.google.com Opens in browser and may user dont like to go in browser and open. so any way? – Thesis

@ツPratikButaniツ Shares are not always designed to be opened on a mobile device. The link to the Play Store App has to be done in the code of the app where the link is used. – Dahomey

can we get the response from play store app after redirection ? That the user has clicked installed or app gets downloaded through my redirection ? – Luthuli

@Luthuli No, I'm afraid not. – Dahomey

but i got to know that the advertisement sdk's are tracking this too. – Luthuli

Answer 2

Below code may helps you for display application link of google play sore in mobile version.

For Application link :

Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + mContext.getPackageName());
Intent myAppLinkToMarket = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);

  try {
        startActivity(myAppLinkToMarket);

      } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {

        //the device hasn't installed Google Play
        Toast.makeText(Setting.this, "You don't have Google Play installed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
              }

For Developer link :

Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://search?q=pub:" + YourDeveloperName);
Intent myAppLinkToMarket = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);

            try {

                startActivity(myAppLinkToMarket);

            } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {

                //the device hasn't installed Google Play
                Toast.makeText(Settings.this, "You don't have Google Play installed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

            } 

Escalator

Answer 3

You can use Android Intents library for opening your application page at Google Play like that:

Intent intent = IntentUtils.openPlayStore(getApplicationContext());
startActivity(intent);

Orion

Note that link-only answers are discouraged, SO answers should be the end-point of a search for a solution (vs. yet another stopover of references, which tend to get stale over time). Please consider adding a stand-alone synopsis here, keeping the link as a reference. – Pack

It would be helpful to include a disclaimer that this is your library and the function is implemented pretty much the same way as the accepted answer. – Stowers

Answer 4

You can check if the Google Play Store app is installed and, if this is the case, you can use the "market://" protocol.

final String my_package_name = "........."  // <- HERE YOUR PACKAGE NAME!!
String url = "";

try {
    //Check whether Google Play store is installed or not:
    this.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.android.vending", 0);

    url = "market://details?id=" + my_package_name;
} catch ( final Exception e ) {
    url = "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + my_package_name;
}


//Open the app page in Google Play store:
final Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET);
startActivity(intent);

Sibie

Answer 5

Open app page on Google Play:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + context.getPackageName()));
startActivity(intent);

Kantar

Answer 6

In case, we want purpose to update by linking to the native google play store application :

val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).apply {
    data = Uri.parse(
            "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.example.android")
    setPackage("com.android.vending")
}
startActivity(intent)

and if we want to open the instant app link here is the purpose kotlin code:

val uriBuilder = Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details")
        .buildUpon()
        .appendQueryParameter("id", "com.example.android")
        .appendQueryParameter("launch", "true")

// Optional parameters, such as referrer, are passed onto the launched
// instant app. You can retrieve these parameters using Activity.intent.data.
uriBuilder.appendQueryParameter("referrer", "exampleCampaignId")

val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).apply {
    data = uriBuilder.build()
    setPackage("com.android.vending")
}
startActivity(intent)

Please refer to Android Developer Link : https://developer.android.com/distribute/marketing-tools/linking-to-google-play#android-app

Opisthognathous