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    copied!<p>I am currently making an Android launcher and have spent a lot of time on Stackoverflow on how to go about doing different things. However I have hit a snag with opening applications from my own. The code I used was pieced together from other questions on this topic. I now have a list of installed apps, but when clicked, my own app is reopened. I figure I am using the wrong intent in the wrong way but do not know how to fix the problem. So my questions is: What would be a better way of opening a selected app? Below is the code that was used. NOTE: I am a beginner in coding.</p> <pre><code>PackageManager pm = this.getPackageManager(); Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN, null); intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER); List &lt; String &gt; myList = new ArrayList &lt; String &gt; (); ArrayList &lt; ResolveInfo &gt; list = (ArrayList &lt; ResolveInfo &gt; ) pm.queryIntentActivities(intent, PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED); for (ResolveInfo rInfo: list) { System.out.println("Installed Applications " + rInfo.activityInfo.applicationInfo.loadIcon(pm).toString() + rInfo.activityInfo.applicationInfo.loadLabel(pm).toString()); myList.add(rInfo.activityInfo.applicationInfo.loadLabel(pm).toString()); } ListView lists = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.content); ArrayAdapter &lt; String &gt; aa = new ArrayAdapter &lt; String &gt; (this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, myList); lists.setAdapter(aa); lists.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() { public void onItemClick(AdapterView &lt;? &gt; parent, View view, int position, long id) { Intent i = new Intent("android.intent.action.MAIN"); i.addCategory("android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"); PackageManager pm = getPackageManager(); i = pm.getLaunchIntentForPackage(getPackageName()); startActivity(i); } }); </code></pre>
 

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