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I'm trying to open an URL using the ADB command:

  ./adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d URL

When I have multiple browser support applications, I'm trying to open this using google play store. Is there a way I can set this to open this URL by google play store app and nothing else? The URL is a app store app url. Its an automation where there might be apps installed back to back. In case I download a firefox for android app, I don't want the device to prompt me to open the URL using the available apps but stick to google play store app. Is this possible?

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There are two ways.

The simpler one is to use a legacy market://details?id=com.shadowburst.showr URL instead of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shadowburst.showr. No browser will offer to open a market:// URL, but it's still possible that another installed app will do so.

The more complex way is to explicitly specify what activity you want the intent to open. This way, there's no possibility of another app responding to the intent. However, it's possible that a future Play Store update will change what activity you need to name: very old devices that only have Android Market won't work with this command.

You can find the package and activity name using an app such as Stanley. (In this case, you need to go to Stanley's settings to let it show system apps.)

The command to do what you want is

adb shell am start -n com.android.vending/com.google.android.finsky.activities.LaunchUrlHandlerActivity https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shadowburst.showr
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  • The second option using com.android.vending/... works perfect. When I used the first option I was prompted to open with play store or mobgenie app. Thanks a lot
    – Siddharthan Asokan
    Commented Nov 27, 2013 at 22:00

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