Trying to open an app in the Play Store (android) - nativescript

Question

I'm trying to direct the user to the play store.
import app = require("application");
var intent = new android.content.Intent("android.intent.action.VIEW" );
intent.setData( "market://details?id=MY.APP.LINK" );
app.android.currentContext.startActivity(intent);
The above isn't working!
I think the problem has to do with my translation from Java code to something {N} can use.

Answer 1

#Brad Martin gave the answer in comments but I'm adding this for readability, as I needed this snippet. Didn't try the iOS part yet.
Here is the code I used, with TypeScript.
First, add those lines in import
import * as application from "application";
import * as Utility from "utils/utils";
declare var android: any;
Then, you can use a function like this one for Android
gotoPlayStore() {
let androidPackageName = application.android.packageName;
let uri = android.net.Uri.parse("market://details?id=" + androidPackageName);
let myAppLinkToMarket = new android.content.Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
// Launch the PlayStore
application.android.foregroundActivity.startActivity(myAppLinkToMarket);
}
You can use this code for iOS devices
gotoAppStore() {
let appStore = "";
appStore = "itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/en/app/id" + myAppId;
Utility.openUrl(appStore);
}
This code is based on the plugin nativescript-rating from Nic Raboy and this particular file : https://github.com/nraboy/nativescript-ratings/blob/master/ratings.ts
You may get this error on Android : ERROR Error: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=market://details?id=your.package.id } , but it's working on real device, as Play Store application is running on it.

Answer 2

Here's what worked for me:
try
{
let uri = android.net.Uri.parse( "market://details?id=com.company" );
var intent = new android.content.Intent( android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri );
application.android.foregroundActivity.startActivity( intent );
}
catch ( e2 )
{
console.error( "Error =" + e2.message + "=" );
}