Cannot start new Intent by setClassName with diffe

Question

I want to start a new Intent dynamically. Therefore setClassName seems the best choice.

First, I define 3 activity in Manifest

<activity android:name="com.example.pkg2.Act" />
<activity android:name="com.example.pkg1.Act1" />
<activity android:name="com.example.pkg1.Act2" />

From com.example.pkg2.Act:

Intent intent = new Intent();
if(index == 0) intent.setClassName(Act.this, "com.example.pkg1.Act1");
else intent.setClassName(Act.this, "com.example.pkg1.Act2");
startActivity(intent);

And will get this exception:

Unable to find explicit activity class {com.example.pkg2.Act/com.example.pkg1.Act1}; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml?

It looks like we can only use setClassName to dynamically start new Activity but within the same package.

Any idea to solve this issue? All help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Use this code and you'll be fine.

Intent intent = new Intent();
String resourcePackageName = getResources().getResourcePackageName(R.string.some_defined_resource);
intent.setClassName(getApplicationContext().getPackageName(),resourcePackageName + ".SubPackageName[/if any/].ClassName");
startActivity(intent);

Answer 2

You can use the following method to create the intent in the package context:

    Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyActivity.class);
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    startActivity(intent);

This way you keep on generic code.

HTH

Answer 3

The first param is the applicationId located in the build.gradle file

The second param is full path to of the class with its package. for example: intentObj.setClassName("applicatioId", "com.youCompany.yourAppName.YourClassName")

Answer 4

You can also launch Activities in this manner. Try this

Intent intent = new Intent();
Class<?> activityClass = Class.forName("your.application.package.name." + NameOfClassToOpen); 
intent.setClass(this, activityClass);

And in order to use setClassName. You should supply it with packageName and its class path too like

intent.setClassName("your.application.package.name", "your.application.package.name.activityClass");

Answer 5

intent.setClassName(packageName, className);

where
packageName - The name of the package implementing the desired component, i.e. the package where the caller belongs to.
className - fully qualified name of the class [from different package]

Calling from com.example.pkg2.Act:

intent.setClassName("com.example.pkg2", "com.example.pkg1.Act1");

Answer 6

Follow the syntax to write setClassName() method:

 setClassName( pkgName, className )