Launch an installed package with arguments

[BenJKuhn]

Discussed in #2000

^{Originally posted by MarkIngramUK January 21, 2022}
Unless I've missed something, there appears to be 2 APIs available for launching packaged applications:

Launch, but with no arguments
Windows.ApplicationModel.Core.AppListEntry.LaunchAsync

Launch, with arguments
IApplicationActivationManager.ActivateApplication

Will WindowsAppSDK be providing an equivalent Microsoft.ApplicationModel.Core.AppListEntry API? If so, can I suggest that an additional LaunchAsyncWithArgs function is added, so that we can stay within the WindowsAppSDK, without needing to dip into COM (IApplicationActivationManager)?

Related discussion - #81 (comment)

[DrusTheAxe]

So...AAM is fully functional but it's COM (not WinRT) whereas AppListEntry is WinRT but less functional, and you'd like to see the best of both?

Sounds like a great Windows App SDK API :-)

Reassigning to @andreww-msft and @aeloros for consideration as a future activation feature