How to get default device assistance app in android by code?

Question

my phone installed two voice searches: google app and S-voice app. The default app is S-voice app as figure bellow. My question is that how can we get the default voice application using programmingcally in Android 6.0. Thank you in advance

This is what I did

private boolean isMyAppLauncherDefault(String myPackageName) {
    final IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
    filter.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME);

    List<IntentFilter> filters = new ArrayList<IntentFilter>();
    filters.add(filter);
    List<ComponentName> activities = new ArrayList<ComponentName>();
    final PackageManager packageManager = (PackageManager) getPackageManager();

    packageManager.getPreferredActivities(filters, activities, null);
    for (ComponentName activity : activities) {

        Log.d(TAG,"======packet default:==="+activity.getPackageName());
    }
    for (ComponentName activity : activities) {

        if (myPackageName.equals(activity.getPackageName())) {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

The above function is alway return true when my input is com.samsung.voiceserviceplatform. In other hands, the default app always returns com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox (indicates google voice)

Answer 1

Try this.

startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VOICE_COMMAND).setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK));

Answer 2

I try answer from Mattia Maestrini, it did work if returned component is an activity, like

ComponentInfo{com.sec.android.app.sbrowser/com.sec.android.app.sbrowser.SBrowserMainActivity}

but if the component is a service, I meet following problem

java.lang.SecurityException: Not allowed to start service Intent { 
act=android.intent.action.ASSIST cmp=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/com.google.android.voiceinteraction.GsaVoiceInteractionService launchParam=MultiScreenLaunchParams { mDisplayId=0 mBaseDisplayId=0 mFlags=0 } } without permission android.permission.BIND_VOICE_INTERACTION

and I do add

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BIND_VOICE_INTERACTION"/>

in Manifest file.

At last I use method in Activity.java

public boolean showAssist(Bundle args)

It's added from Android M and it could start assistant service successfully.

Answer 3

If someone is seaching a quick kotlin version for that:

fun getCurrentlySelecetedDefaultAssistant(context: Context): ComponentName? =
    Settings.Secure.getString(context.contentResolver, "assistant").let { assistantIdentifier ->
        if (assistantIdentifier.isNotEmpty()) {
            ComponentName.unflattenFromString(assistantIdentifier)
        } else {
            null
        }
    }

Thanks to: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40566276/371749 Just re-written.