App intents in Android

Question

I need to launch an app from the command line with

am start com.project.app

but it says unable to resolve intent.

I understand that I need to supply the intent, but I don't know what the intent is. I just want to start the app. Is there any way I can list the intents that the app has, find out what the intent was for an app already started, or find out the intent from a shortcut on the home screen?

Thanks.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5494764/how-to-run-a-specific-android-app-using-terminal. This might help you. — JiTHiN, Mar 14 '13 at 05:12
look at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6613889/how-to-start-an-android-application-from-the-command-line — Sadeshkumar Periyasamy, Mar 14 '13 at 05:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 14 '13 at 05:13

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To start an activity of any package, you need to provide the component name of that package. It is something like /. or defined in the AndroidManifest.xml

for example, Package name: com.me.test and Activity name is com.me.test.app.TestActivity. Then you need to write

am start -n com.me.test/.app.TestActivity

answered Mar 14 '13 at 05:13

Neeraj Nama

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I know, but I don't know what the activity name is. – user2168320 Mar 14 '13 at 05:29

App intents in Android

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