3 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/core/java/android/app/ApplicationPackageManager.java b/core/java/android/app/ApplicationPackageManager.java
index 4048e6596cfc..49d522440fc4 100644
--- a/core/java/android/app/ApplicationPackageManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/app/ApplicationPackageManager.java
@@ -222,9 +222,18 @@ public class ApplicationPackageManager extends PackageManager {
 
     @Override
     public Intent getLeanbackLaunchIntentForPackage(String packageName) {
-        // Try to find a main leanback_launcher activity.
+        return getLaunchIntentForPackageAndCategory(packageName, Intent.CATEGORY_LEANBACK_LAUNCHER);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Intent getCarLaunchIntentForPackage(String packageName) {
+        return getLaunchIntentForPackageAndCategory(packageName, Intent.CATEGORY_CAR_LAUNCHER);
+    }
+
+    private Intent getLaunchIntentForPackageAndCategory(String packageName, String category) {
+        // Try to find a main launcher activity for the given categories.
         Intent intentToResolve = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
-        intentToResolve.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LEANBACK_LAUNCHER);
+        intentToResolve.addCategory(category);
         intentToResolve.setPackage(packageName);
         List<ResolveInfo> ris = queryIntentActivities(intentToResolve, 0);
 
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/Intent.java b/core/java/android/content/Intent.java
index 6e9970980e96..4b847dd4f6b5 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/Intent.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/Intent.java
@@ -3927,6 +3927,14 @@ public class Intent implements Parcelable, Cloneable {
     @SdkConstant(SdkConstantType.INTENT_CATEGORY)
     public static final String CATEGORY_LEANBACK_LAUNCHER = "android.intent.category.LEANBACK_LAUNCHER";
     /**
+     * Indicates the preferred entry-point activity when an application is launched from a Car
+     * launcher. If not present, Car launcher can optionally use {@link #CATEGORY_LAUNCHER} as a
+     * fallback, or exclude the application entirely.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    @SdkConstant(SdkConstantType.INTENT_CATEGORY)
+    public static final String CATEGORY_CAR_LAUNCHER = "android.intent.category.CAR_LAUNCHER";
+    /**
      * Indicates a Leanback settings activity to be displayed in the Leanback launcher.
      * @hide
      */
diff --git a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
index deb8dfb11094..0d27c256bd90 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/pm/PackageManager.java
@@ -3044,6 +3044,21 @@ public abstract class PackageManager {
     public abstract @Nullable Intent getLeanbackLaunchIntentForPackage(@NonNull String packageName);
 
     /**
+     * Return a "good" intent to launch a front-door Car activity in a
+     * package, for use for example to implement an "open" button when browsing
+     * through packages. The current implementation will look for a main
+     * activity in the category {@link Intent#CATEGORY_CAR_LAUNCHER}, or
+     * return null if no main car activities are found.
+     *
+     * @param packageName The name of the package to inspect.
+     * @return Returns either a fully-qualified Intent that can be used to launch
+     *         the main Car activity in the package, or null if the package
+     *         does not contain such an activity.
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public abstract @Nullable Intent getCarLaunchIntentForPackage(@NonNull String packageName);
+
+    /**
      * Return an array of all of the POSIX secondary group IDs that have been
      * assigned to the given package.
      * <p>