Is it possible to open native android clock app from web application?

Question

I am looking for a way to open the native android alarm clock app when a user clicks on the link or button on a web browser of the android. So basically need to open the native android app from web application. I tried using intent://#Intent;package=com.android.deskclock;end' and it is not working. I am wondering if I am using the wrong package name or it is not even possible in android.

Thank you much for help!

Answer 1

According to this documentation , this is not possible. In particular, this footnote is the limiting factor:

Only activities that have the category filter, android.intent.category.BROWSABLE are able to be invoked using this method as it indicates that the application is safe to open from the Browser.

If you look at the AndroidManifest.xml for the DeskClock app, none of the activities contain the android.intent.category.BROWSABLE category filter, meaning none of them can be opened from the browser.

Answer 2

I have a suspicion that the problem is that you are not providing a URI path in your URL. It might need to be a path declared in the app's manifest. See: https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/intents

This could change it to ie intent://path/#Intent;package=com.android.deskclock;end'

It might be helpful if you were to look at the javascript console when you try to click on that link in Chrome, there might be details of what went wrong.

Keep in mind that the alarm clock app is not necessarily consistent. Manufacturers can remove the default alarm clock app to replace it with a different one, or just modify the source code so that it has the same package name but different source code. You could try opening multiple package names from javascript depending on what happens when the intent can't be opened.

Answer 3

Welcome to code party

You can get a android device IFrame from appetize site.

This is the easiest way for show android apps in web applications.

Update me in comments ;)