Sending an Android Intent (launching an Activity) from AIR

Hello all,

In order to integrate with a third party library I need to send an Android Intent (which is designed to launch an activity). In java the code would be something like

Intent i = new Intent(getContext(), ExternalActivity.class);

i.putStringExtra("data","myString");

getContext().startActivity(i);

Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find a way to do this is AIR. If it's possible at all, I suspect I involves flash.desktop.NativeApplication.dispatchEvent(), but I cannot seem to find any event type that will kick off native code.

All the best,

~ Christopher