Opening the app's page in Google Play

Asked Jul 12 '16 at 12:16

Active Jul 12 '16 at 12:58

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This question had been asked at least a couple times, and the answer is always the same, along the lines of

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

The problem is, it doesn't work for me. It opens the main Google Play page, not my app's page. My app is indeed on Google Play, had been for 4 years. Interestingly, this code did work a couple years ago when I first written it but now it doesn't.

edited Jul 12 '16 at 12:58

Hitesh Sahu

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can you show getPackageName() - the rest looks good – ligi Jul 12 '16 at 12:20
May be your getPakageName is returning null or you might have changed the package of your development app. – Mohammed Atif Jul 12 '16 at 12:21
@MohammedAtif: no. I have now hard-coded the package name as defined by the `package` directive at the top of the .java file. And I never changed the package name. I've successfully published an update just a few days ago, think it wouldn't let me if package name didn't match. – Violet Giraffe Jul 12 '16 at 12:25
yes the problem must be with your package name, this is working with my package name. – Ashish Ranjan Jul 12 '16 at 12:25
@VioletGiraffe, what exactly is the behaviour you are observing? – Tony Jul 12 '16 at 12:26
@Tony: Google Play opens at the initial screen. Same as if I launch it via the home screen shortcut. – Violet Giraffe Jul 12 '16 at 12:27
Try this once, `https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appPackageName` in your browser – Mohammed Atif Jul 12 '16 at 12:28
try this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11753000/how-to-open-the-google-play-store-directly-from-my-android-application?rq=1 – Hanuman Jul 12 '16 at 12:37
@MohammedAtif: same thing. – Violet Giraffe Jul 12 '16 at 12:41
@VioletGiraffe, if you dont mind, can you tell the package name – Mohammed Atif Jul 12 '16 at 12:42

Opening the app's page in Google Play

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