[android-developers] Re: Detect if app is installed

I obviously do not want to show the link to Android market app install
if user has already app installed.

On Jan 14, 3:40 pm, TreKing <treking...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:16 PM, ls02 <agal...@audible.com> wrote:
> > My app registers http schema and com.mycompany.myapp host so if it
> > is installed when user clicks on the link the app will be launched from the
> > page and will detect the intent and perform "Very Cool Stuff" action.
>
> Thanks. This of course begs the questions of why you have to go through your
> website to "do very cool stuff" and not just within the app itself.
>
> Ultimately, this doesn't seem possible. My suggestion would be, as has been
> said, a market link on your site to get your app. Then in your app you
> include a WebView where you can explicitly control access to your site. Then
> you know your app is installed and can do "very cool stuff" through
> javascript bindings or something.
>
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> TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago
> transit tracking app for Android-powered devices

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