Windows Phone 8.1 : how to Launch an Installed app From My app

Question

I have tried the following links

How do I launch other app from my own app in Windows Phone 8.1?

Call an external app on windows phone 8.1 runtime(not silverlight) xaml c# application

but nothing is working for me as i simply wants to launch one app for e.g. angry birds from my app using a button click.

Please Help

Answer 1

If the app has a registered URI, then you should be able to use Launcher.LaunchUriAsync for this. You can also find some help, here at MSDN - How to launch the default app for a URI.

Otherwise I don't think it's possible.

Answer 2

It works for me.

1. setup your app which launch from other.

   add this in WMAppManifest.xaml between < /token> and < ScreenResolutions>

   <Extensions>
      <Protocol Name="alsdkcs" NavUriFragment="encodedLaunchUri=%s" TaskID="_default" />
   </Extensions>
   

   add a class "AssociationUriMapper " and override the function "MapUri()"

   class AssociationUriMapper : UriMapperBase{
      private string tempUri;
   
      public override Uri MapUri(Uri uri){
         tempUri = System.Net.HttpUtility.UrlDecode(uri.ToString());
         if (tempUri.Contains("alsdkcs:MainPage?id=")){
            int idIndex = tempUri.IndexOf("id=") + 3; //3 is the length of "id="           
            string id = tempUri.Substring(idIndex);
   
            return new Uri("/MainPage.xaml?id=" + id, UriKind.Relative);
        }
        return uri;
     }
   }
   

   and call them from other app.xaml.cs at this section of InitializePhoneApplication() function

   RootFrame.UriMapper = new AssociationUriMapper(); // add this line only between RootFrame.Navigated += CompleteInitializePhoneApplication; and RootFrame.NavigationFailed += RootFrame_NavigationFailed;
   

2. finally call fron other app to launch an app

   var success = await Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new System.Uri("alsdkcs:MainPage?id="+5)); 
   if (success){
      // URI launched
   }
   else{
     // URI launch failed
   }
   

   where "alsdkcs" is protocol name.

more details see msdn