title: How to start chat screen in Skype from my app?
body: <p>I need to open the Skype chat screen with my skype ID from my App. I saw some similar Questions </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11946449/open-chat-screen-skype-from-other-app">Open chat screen Skype from other app</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://developer.skype.com/skype-uris/skype-uri-tutorial-android" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://developer.skype.com/skype-uris/skype-uri-tutorial-android</a></p>
  
  <p>The above tutorial explains how to open the App.But i can't find out how to pass my Skype ID and start a chat screen.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to do it or not ?  If there is a way how to do it ?</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT</strong></p>
  
  <p>I followed the below solution.It just Opens the skype App but it is not loading the chat screen.Can you tell me where i did the Mistake ?</p>
  
  <pre><code>   public class About extends MainActivity implements android.view.View.OnClickListener
          {
              Button fb;
              static String TAG = "remote it";
      String mySkypeUri = "skype:aruzev?chat";
  
              @Override
              protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
              {
                  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
                  LayoutInflater inflater = (LayoutInflater) this.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
                  View contentView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.about, null, false);
                  mDrawer.addView(contentView, 0);
                  fb = (Button) contentView.findViewById(R.id.fb);
                  fb.setOnClickListener(this);
              }
  
  
  
              public void onClick(View v)
              { // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                  if (v.getId() == R.id.fb)
                  {
                initiateSkypeUri(getApplicationContext(), mySkypeUri));
                  }
              }
      public void initiateSkypeUri(Context myContext, String mySkypeUri)
          {
  
              // Make sure the Skype for Android client is installed
              if (!isSkypeClientInstalled(myContext))
              {
                  goToMarket(myContext);
                  return;
              }
  
              // Create the Intent from our Skype URI
              Uri skypeUri = Uri.parse(mySkypeUri);
              Intent myIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, skypeUri);
  
              // Restrict the Intent to being handled by the Skype for Android client
              // only
              myIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.skype.raider", "com.skype.raider.Main"));
              myIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
  
              // Initiate the Intent. It should never fail since we've already
              // established the
              // presence of its handler (although there is an extremely minute window
              // where that
              // handler can go away...)
              startActivity(myIntent);
              return;
          }
  
          public void goToMarket(Context myContext)
          {
              Uri marketUri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.skype.raider");
              Intent myIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, marketUri);
              myIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
              myContext.startActivity(myIntent);
  
              return;
          }
  
          public boolean isSkypeClientInstalled(Context myContext)
          {
              PackageManager myPackageMgr = myContext.getPackageManager();
              try
              {
                  myPackageMgr.getPackageInfo("com.skype.raider", PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES);
              }
              catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e)
              {
                  return (false);
              }
              return (true);
          }
  
          }
  </code></pre>