Java Development

[SumiGhosh]

Hi all,

What are all the ways we can open an app rather than clicking the app icon. Is it possible to open an app with another app with some keyword or something.....

[simon_hain]

you can use ApplicationManager which provides two ways:
http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/7.1.0api/net/rim/device/api/system/ApplicationManager.html...
http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/7.1.0api/net/rim/device/api/system/ApplicationManager.html...

the second one is usually easier to use. you can modify the app descriptor if you want to add parameters in String[] args.

[SumiGhosh]

i am able to launch only application that is running in the background..... How to launch the apps which is not in the background.

[peter_strange]

Why do you say you can only launch background apps?

If you do a search round I think you will find other Threads that might be able to help you with this. 

[SumiGhosh]

This code returns me the apps which in the background

ApplicationManager manager = ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager();
ApplicationDescriptor descriptors[] = manager.getVisibleApplications();

try {
manager.getApplicationManager().runApplication(descriptors[2],
true);
} catch (ApplicationManagerException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}

And checked it with the below code 

String appname1 = "";
for(int i=0;i<descriptors.length;i++){
appname1 = appname1 +"\n"+ descriptors[i].getName();
}
LabelField field = new LabelField(appname1);
add(field);

it displaying only the apps which in the background...

However i will check other threads also....

[SumiGhosh]

I am able to launch an app with module name......

How to get the module names of all the installed apps in the phone?

[peter_strange]

I don't know of anywhere that is published or any way of finding that out vai an API, sorry. 

Edit: But SImon does... See below...

[simon_hain · Accepted solution]

codemodulemanager

btw, if the original issue is solved, don't hesitate to mark the thread as solved and create a new one for a new question