How to open the Google Play Store directly from my Android application?

Question

I have open the Google Play store using the following code

Intent i = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setData(Uri.parse(\"https://play.goo         


        

Answer 1

All of the above answers open Google Play in a new view of the same app, if you actually want to open Google Play (or any other app) independently:

Intent launchIntent = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.android.vending");

// package name and activity
ComponentName comp = new ComponentName("com.android.vending",
                                       "com.google.android.finsky.activities.LaunchUrlHandlerActivity"); 
launchIntent.setComponent(comp);

// sample to open facebook app
launchIntent.setData(Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.facebook.katana"));
startActivity(launchIntent);

The important part is that actually opens google play or any other app independently.

Most of what I have seen uses the approach of the other answers and it was not what I needed hopefully this helps somebody.

Regards.