Appworld market link in Android runtime

Question

I have an app on the appworld and I would like to add a link to it in my app so that people can more easily rate it. Normally on the android market I would do something like:

Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.example.test");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(intent);

Or on Amazon I would do:

Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=com.example.test");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(intent);

But when I try the following it does not work:

Uri uri = Uri.parse("appworld://content=000000");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(intent);

It pops up a browser and then I get a message about not being able to do it or something. I also tried to launch to the appworld website page but appworld isn't grabbing it. What would be to correct way to handle this link?

Answer 1

The normal market:// link should actually work.

Answer 2

The normal market:// URI didn't work for me. The BlackBerry World app would always show the error:

There was a problem loading this Page due to a network error.

The fix was to detect when my app was running on a BlackBerry device then to use a different URI:

if (java.lang.System.getProperty("os.name").equals("qnx")){
    marketUri = "appworld://content/1234567"
} else {
    //normal Google Play URI
}

You can get your content ID from the BlackBerry World Vendor Portal by clicking on the 'edit' link next to your app. The ID is shown in the first field.