Link to app will not open in Google Play I am using the URI format http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=&lt;package_name&gt; described in Linking to Your Apps on Google Play in order to open the app in Android Market or Google Play to install it. But it only opens it in the browser as it would do it on the desktop. And when Install is clicked it asks the user to sign-in to install.

How can I link the app in Google Play so the user can install it?
Try directly this if link is originated from an app for Android to handle:

market://details?id=&lt;package_name&gt;

Note: There's no domain and host.