Android permission denial

Question

I try to launch third-party app from my main activity:

intent = new Intent();

final ComponentName cn = new ComponentName("com.mojang.minecraftpe", 
"com.mojang.minecraftpe.MainMenuOptionsActivity");
intent.setComponent(cn);
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
startActivity(intent);

But I get error:

E/AndroidRuntime(22330): java.lang.SecurityException: Permission     Denial: starting  
Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAINcmp=com.mojang.minecraftpe/.MainMenuOptionsActivity
} from ProcessRecord{407b6928 22330:com.metalex.musicplayer/10073} (pid=22330, uid=10073) 
requires null

Please, help me!

Intent i = new Intent(class name.this, Activity2.class); startActivity(i); — shassss, Aug 03 '12 at 09:44
@shanthi: he wrote "third-party app" so he doesn't have access to `ThirdPartyActivity.class`. — Marek R, Aug 03 '12 at 10:00
Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4162447/android-java-lang-securityexception-permission-denial-start-intent — kgautron, Aug 03 '12 at 09:44

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 03 '12 at 10:07

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The rootcause is that the target activity is not exported, so there is no way to launch it from other apps.

Regards

Ziteng Chen

answered Aug 03 '12 at 10:07

Ziteng Chen

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '12 at 11:38

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try this:

Intent intent= getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.mojang.minecraftpe");
startActivity(intent);

This way you don't have to figure out which activity you can launch.

answered Aug 03 '12 at 11:38

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