Android How to - Start Activity safely

Question

We would like to know how to start Activity safely.
Answer

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import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;

class ActivityUtil {
  public static boolean startActivitySafely(Activity from, Intent intent) {
    try {
      from.startActivity(intent);
      return true;
    } catch (Exception e) {
      
    }

    return false;
  }

  public static boolean startActivitySafely(Activity from, Intent intent,
      ActivityInfo appInfo) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    CharSequence app_name = appInfo.applicationInfo.loadLabel(from
        .getPackageManager());

    try {
      intent.setPackage(appInfo.packageName);
      intent.setClassName(appInfo.packageName, appInfo.name);

      from.startActivity(intent);
      return true;
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
    } catch (SecurityException e) {
    }

    return false;
  }
}