I think that's a very good reason not to send it to a newly installed app. Though you could give the user the option to start the app immediately after install, with a button for example.
On Jun 17, 8:55 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > We deliberately don't send this broadcast to an app when it is first > installed (as of cupcake you -will- get the broadcast when being updated > from a previous install). It is generally up to the user to launch your app > when they want to. > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:11 PM, [email protected] <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > I'm not sure, but I believe the following code may help. > > > put the folling in your AndroidManifest.xml as a child of your > > Application tag > > > <receiver android:name="com.ericcrook.InstallReceiver" > > android:enabled="true"> > > <intent-filter> > > <action > > android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED" / > > > <data android:scheme="package" /> > > </intent-filter> > > </receiver> > > > Then create a class that extends BroadcastReceiver, and use it's > > onReceive method to start your activity > > > public class InstallReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver { > > > public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) { > > > String data = intent.getDataString(); > > > if (data.equals("package:com.ericcrook.InstallReceiver")) { > > //Start your application using startActivity or whatever is > > appropriate for > > //your project > > } > > } > > } > > > I'm not very good with the Intent system, so some of this may be > > correct, but hopefully this is better than nothing. > > > On Jun 16, 6:21 am, Raj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I want to start my application just after it gets installed on the > > > device. Is there any way out in Android to do so. > > > I was wondering if there is any receiver to get informed on package > > > installed. > > > Regards > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
