iOS - open another application that exists on the phone?

Question

Is it possible to open another application that exists on the phone from my app?
Is it possible to check for availablility of an external application?

The other application is also my app.

possible duplicate of [Launch an app from within another (iPhone)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/419119/launch-an-app-from-within-another-iphone) — csano, Aug 23 '11 at 23:50

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 23 '11 at 23:50

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You can do this with the iOS URL handling features-- for example UIApplication canOpenURL:.

answered Aug 23 '11 at 23:50

Ben Mosher

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