Specify which app respond to intent startActivity call

Question

I am developing a simple android application for my job

There is a button that when clicked fires an ACTION_CALL intent to a series of phone numbers. the problem is, my phone is opening skype to try and make the call and I want it to use the built in native phone app. this is the code that runs the intent call:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL);

                intent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:989653523"));
                startActivity(intent);

I realize that "tel:" protocol can work for both Skype and the native Phone app but how can I make it so the app can always open it using the native phone app?

Refer to [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8308666/how-to-force-share-intent-to-open-a-specific-app) post, look through the answers, the answer by Derzu looks interesting. — Suleyman, Jun 04 '18 at 19:36
It could mean that Skype is set as your default calling app, have you tried to set back the native phone app to be the default — Flash, Jun 21 '18 at 19:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '18 at 19:29

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Well, you need to make an explicit intent call.

Intent i=new Intent (this,theActivityYouWantToStart.class);

answered Jun 04 '18 at 19:29

Dr4ke the b4dass

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The question is talking about implicit intents and not explicit. – Suleyman Jun 04 '18 at 22:14
@LieForBananas. Read carefully his post. If he uses implicit intent any app that can make call will show up as an option. He needs to make an explicit intent to call a specific app. – Dr4ke the b4dass Jun 04 '18 at 22:48
Nowhere in his question he mentioned implicit. Did I get this wrong? – Dr4ke the b4dass Jun 04 '18 at 22:50
Exactly but how will he know the Activity name of this specific app? – Suleyman Jun 05 '18 at 07:34
If he wants a specific app it has to be done using a package name and so on, as mentioned in the answers that I linked under the question. – Suleyman Jun 05 '18 at 07:48

Specify which app respond to intent startActivity call

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