title: Start Google Hangout from Intent in New Hangouts Android app
body: <p>There are previous discussions here regarding starting a Google Hangout from an intent on Android:
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11127051/start-google-hangouts-in-android/11182386#11182386">start google hangouts in android</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13203364/how-can-i-start-a-google-hangout-in-android-with-an-intent">How can I start a Google Hangout in Android with an Intent?</a></p>
  
  <p>The conclusion was that this was not possible. It is a requested enhancement here:
  <a href="https://code.google.com/p/google-plus-platform/issues/detail?id=385" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://code.google.com/p/google-plus-platform/issues/detail?id=385</a></p>
  
  <p>However, yesterday Google released a new Hangouts app, with a new set of intents. Is starting a hangout via intent now possible?</p>
  
  <p>I have been partially successful with <code>action=android.intent.action.VIEW</code>, <code>data=content://plus.google.com/hangouts</code>.</p>
  
  <p>However, I want to pass the name or ID of the person I want to call--the recipient name. I can't figure this out. </p>
  
  <p>The new browser-based hangout app starts a hangout with a URL something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/CONVERSATION/[26-character ID]?hl=en_US&amp;hscid=[19-digit ID]&amp;hpe=[14-character value]&amp;hpn=[Google+ Name of Recipient]&amp;hnc=0&amp;hs=41.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I assume that not all of these parameters are necessary to start a hangout, but I cannot decipher how to pass the recipient name in the intent.</p>
  
  <p>Any thoughts?
  Thank you.</p>