android - Start Activity Using Custom Action

Question

I am looking to start an activity in my app using a custom action. I have found a few answers but everything I try it throws java.lang.RuntimeException saying No Activity found to handle Intent { act=com.example.foo.bar.YOUR_ACTION }.

This is the activity in my manifest file:

<activity
    android:name=".FeedbackActivity" >  
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="com.example.foo.bar.YOUR_ACTION" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

And this is how I'm starting the activity:

Intent intent = new Intent("com.example.foo.bar.YOUR_ACTION");
startActivity(intent);

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I think what you need is to add a default category to your intent-filter, eg.

<activity
    android:name=".FeedbackActivity" >  
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="com.example.foo.bar.YOUR_ACTION" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

see this answer for more info.