public static boolean startApplication(String namespace, String activity) {
try {
String cmd =
"am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER -n %s/%s";
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(String.format(cmd, namespace, activity));
return true;
} catch (Exception e) {
return false;
}
}
private void checkAndLaunchUpdate() {
Log.i(LOG_FILE_NAME, "Checking for an update");
int statusCode = 8; // UNEXPECTED_ERROR
File baseUpdateDir = null;
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 8)
baseUpdateDir = getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS);
else baseUpdateDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath(), "download");
File updateDir = new File(new File(baseUpdateDir, "updates"), "0");
File updateFile = new File(updateDir, "update.apk");
File statusFile = new File(updateDir, "update.status");
if (!statusFile.exists() || !readUpdateStatus(statusFile).equals("pending")) return;
if (!updateFile.exists()) return;
Log.i(LOG_FILE_NAME, "Update is available!");
// Launch APK
File updateFileToRun = new File(updateDir, getPackageName() + "-update.apk");
try {
if (updateFile.renameTo(updateFileToRun)) {
String amCmd =
"/system/bin/am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW "
+ "-n com.android.packageinstaller/.PackageInstallerActivity -d file://"
+ updateFileToRun.getPath();
Log.i(LOG_FILE_NAME, amCmd);
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(amCmd);
statusCode = 0; // OK
} else {
Log.i(LOG_FILE_NAME, "Cannot rename the update file!");
statusCode = 7; // WRITE_ERROR
}
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.i(LOG_FILE_NAME, "error launching installer to update", e);
}
// Update the status file
String status = statusCode == 0 ? "succeeded\n" : "failed: " + statusCode + "\n";
OutputStream outStream;
try {
byte[] buf = status.getBytes("UTF-8");
outStream = new FileOutputStream(statusFile);
outStream.write(buf, 0, buf.length);
outStream.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.i(LOG_FILE_NAME, "error writing status file", e);
}
if (statusCode == 0) System.exit(0);
}