Intent Launcher Capacitor plugin

Using @capgo/capacitor-intent-launcher

Capacitor Intent Launcher Plugin for launching Android intents and opening system settings on both Android and iOS.

Install

bun add @capgo/capacitor-intent-launcher
bunx cap sync

bunx cap sync copies the plugin's native code into your native projects. Run it again after every plugin upgrade.

Import

import { IntentLauncher } from '@capgo/capacitor-intent-launcher';

API at a glance

Examples

startActivityAsync()

Starts an Android activity for the given action.

import { IntentLauncher, ActivityAction } from '@capgo/capacitor-intent-launcher';

// Open location settings
const result = await IntentLauncher.startActivityAsync({
  action: ActivityAction.LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS
});

// Open a specific app settings
const result = await IntentLauncher.startActivityAsync({
  action: ActivityAction.APPLICATION_DETAILS_SETTINGS,
  data: 'package:com.example.app'
});

openIOSSettings()

Opens iOS settings screen.

import { IntentLauncher, IOSSettings } from '@capgo/capacitor-intent-launcher';

// Open app settings (recommended - officially supported by Apple)
await IntentLauncher.openIOSSettings({ option: IOSSettings.App });

// Open WiFi settings (may not work in all iOS versions)
await IntentLauncher.openIOSSettings({ option: IOSSettings.WiFi });

openApplication()

Opens an application by its package name.

import { IntentLauncher } from '@capgo/capacitor-intent-launcher';

// Open Gmail app
await IntentLauncher.openApplication({ packageName: 'com.google.android.gm' });

getApplicationIconAsync()

Gets the application icon as a base64-encoded PNG string.

import { IntentLauncher } from '@capgo/capacitor-intent-launcher';

const { icon } = await IntentLauncher.getApplicationIconAsync({
  packageName: 'com.google.android.gm'
});
if (icon) {
  const img = document.createElement('img');
  img.src = icon;
}

Full reference

• GitHub repository
• Documentation
• API reference

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