Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url
Hello All, Did you find any intent to launch Adobe Connect Mobile? I need to start if from an URL. I suspect that a custom URL should be used and pass via intents some conference settings. Thanks a lot, Conrad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url
Hi Conrad, You can launch Adobe Connect mobile through connectpro:// as URL. But you shall not try typing this URL to browser itself. As it consider as search key word and go to search engine page. You can use it as URL set to any anchor (link) on any html page and when you click that link it will launch the adobe connect app. Jignesh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url
Hi Dianne, Sorry for responding to very old post. I have one app Adobe Connect Mobile ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.adobe.connectprofeature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImFpci5jb20uYWRvYmUuY29ubmVjdHBybyJd) which I want to launch through web link. I have checked the AndroidManifest.xml of this app and as per that it has intent-filter action android:name=android.intent.action.VIEW / category android:name=android.intent.category.BROWSABLE / category android:name=android.intent.category.DEFAULT / data android:scheme=connectpro / /intent-filter So, browsable is also set and schema is set to 'connectpro'. but when i try accessing it on web as connectpro:// it goes to google search page and do not launch the app. This is true for chrome, google default browser on my samsung tab and also on opera. But on firefox, it realise that its URI of app and ask to launch the app. But on Firefox, it does same even if app is installed or not. Can you please help? To note, this app is third party free app and so i can not change any thing in its manifest file. But the current manifest file seems have required configuration to launch from weblink but somehow it does not work. Jignesh On Monday, 2 May 2011 21:30:24 UTC+5:30, Dianne Hackborn wrote: This has been used in Android since 1.0 by apps like Market, YouTube, and Gmail to allow the user to select to go to the app which clicking a link from the browser. The sample code I showed is the actual code in Market. This definitely does work, on every version of Android. Re: using custom schemes -- it is fundamentally broken to randomly define new schemes that appear on web pages, because schemes are a universal namespace so it is extremely easy to have conflicting schemes with had results. This is why on Android we strongly recommend intercepting URIs based on real web site URIs. This also allows decent graceful fallback for the case where there is not an app that knows how to intercept the URI -- the URI can still be shown as an actual web page, with whatever you want including instructions on how to download and install your app. If iOS doesn't support this... well, I can't make them allow for a non-broken way to do this. :} Android *does* allow you to intercept just by scheme, we just discourage this because it is fundamentally flawed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url
This has been used in Android since 1.0 by apps like Market, YouTube, and Gmail to allow the user to select to go to the app which clicking a link from the browser. The sample code I showed is the actual code in Market. This definitely does work, on every version of Android. Re: using custom schemes -- it is fundamentally broken to randomly define new schemes that appear on web pages, because schemes are a universal namespace so it is extremely easy to have conflicting schemes with had results. This is why on Android we strongly recommend intercepting URIs based on real web site URIs. This also allows decent graceful fallback for the case where there is not an app that knows how to intercept the URI -- the URI can still be shown as an actual web page, with whatever you want including instructions on how to download and install your app. If iOS doesn't support this... well, I can't make them allow for a non-broken way to do this. :} Android *does* allow you to intercept just by scheme, we just discourage this because it is fundamentally flawed. On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:25 AM, andrew and...@mackenzie-serres.net wrote: Hi Diane, I just wanted to confirm what you are saying, as I have read this can be done, then fought with it not working (has this been fixed to not work in newer releases of the Android SDK??), and after searching for solutions I see lots of posts from other people trying to do this, that is: define our own custom scheme so we can send emails and html pages that cause the app to open I *suspect* I have seen (older?) Android documentation/examples that suggests doing it, but as I don't have a solid reference handy I won't insist on that point. Just found this on my machine, under android API level 9 and level API samples Android wicktionary sample code... /android-sdk-mac_86/docs/resources/samples/Wiktionary/ AndroidManifest.html intent-filter action android:name=android.intent.action.VIEW / category android:name=android.intent.category.DEFAULT / category android:name=android.intent.category.BROWSABLE / data android:scheme=wiktionary android:host=lookup / /intent-filter Please DO NOT use your own scheme. That is yourapplication://doaction?parameters is wrong. We are trying to send emails to users with links that can cause the app to be opened on Android AND iPhone, but it seems iPhone protects the existing schemes and limits them to the built-in apps and does not allow us to specify a url filter for the http scheme. so there is no way to specify a link that will work on both platforms? Aaaarrrggg Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url
Hi All, Thanks for all the info. I specified my app's activity to be BROWSABLE in the AndroidManifest file. I tried by using my own URI scheme. (e.g. myownapp://dummy) Then I wrote a sample html page, and specified a link which upon clicking will start the app. Of course for this to work it must be assumed that the app is already pre-installed in the device. As I am testing with my own app and my own webpage, I think I need not stick to using universal namespace. ( I hope i am correct but this method works!) Thanks and Regards, Perumal On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 2:13 AM, Dianne Hackborn hack...@android.comwrote: If you are using WebView, you can do whatever you want by looking for clicks and using the platform APIs. If you are trying to do this from a web page the user is interacting with in the standard browser, you should use the mechanism I am suggesting. On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Lutz Bendlin l...@pocketgpsworld.comwrote: I didn't mean access, it was more about being able to launch the other activity. Surely you could craft a webpage with callbacks to your code that would then start the launcher intents ? *From:* Dianne Hackborn [mailto:hack...@android.com] *Sent:* Friday, March 25, 2011 10:02 PM *To:* android-developers@googlegroups.com *Cc:* Lutz Bendlin; perumal316 *Subject:* Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url Yes it does. The application uses the tags I showed to indicate it can handle a particular (or set of) http: URIs. Nothing gives you direct access to any application on the phone. The application must at least opt in to being launched from the browser by supporting the BROWSABLE category for the activities it will allow to be launched. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:37 PM, lbendlin l...@bendlin.us wrote: but http:// doesn't give you access to the local applications on the phone. That was the OP's question (as I understand it). Do you need to do a binding from the webview back to the activity, and then a local translator to start the intent? -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url
27.03.2011 18:53, perumal subramaniam пишет: As I am testing with my own app and my own webpage, I think I need not stick to using universal namespace. ( I hope i am correct but this method works!) You still do. If someone else uses myownapp:// (which is not really far-fetched), your applications will get mixed up. Since it's your own site, just use its name to filter for http://perumal.subramaniam.com/myapp; or whatever. -- Kostya Vasilyev -- http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Kostya Vasilyev kmans...@gmail.com wrote: Since it's your own site, just use its name to filter for http://perumal.subramaniam.com/myapp; or whatever. As a bonus, you can even put a real Web page there, with instructions to the user to go download your app. Barcode Scanner works this way, IIRC. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in Oslo: http://bit.ly/fjBo24 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url
If you are using WebView, you can do whatever you want by looking for clicks and using the platform APIs. If you are trying to do this from a web page the user is interacting with in the standard browser, you should use the mechanism I am suggesting. On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Lutz Bendlin l...@pocketgpsworld.comwrote: I didn't mean access, it was more about being able to launch the other activity. Surely you could craft a webpage with callbacks to your code that would then start the launcher intents ? *From:* Dianne Hackborn [mailto:hack...@android.com] *Sent:* Friday, March 25, 2011 10:02 PM *To:* android-developers@googlegroups.com *Cc:* Lutz Bendlin; perumal316 *Subject:* Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url Yes it does. The application uses the tags I showed to indicate it can handle a particular (or set of) http: URIs. Nothing gives you direct access to any application on the phone. The application must at least opt in to being launched from the browser by supporting the BROWSABLE category for the activities it will allow to be launched. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:37 PM, lbendlin l...@bendlin.us wrote: but http:// doesn't give you access to the local applications on the phone. That was the OP's question (as I understand it). Do you need to do a binding from the webview back to the activity, and then a local translator to start the intent? -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url
Um I don't mind. Call me Dianne, Hackborn, hackbod, they all work. As far as the scheme -- the example specifies http and https. Please DO NOT use your own scheme. That is yourapplication://doaction?parameters is wrong. Schemes are a *universal* namespace. There are RFCs describing the schemes, and these names need to be unique. The original use of market: was wrong, and should not be an example that is followed. Also using http is just intrinsically better because that allows you to have your app match against a web URI you actually own and can serve, so if the user is not on an Android device with your app on it the link will still do something. You can give them a web page that tells them they need to install your app, has a link to your app on market, etc. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 4:15 PM, lbendlin l...@bendlin.us wrote: Perumal, in western culture it is not polite to address someone just by last name. In the future please address her as Dianne. the format is yourapplication://doaction?parameters -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url
but http:// doesn't give you access to the local applications on the phone. That was the OP's question (as I understand it). Do you need to do a binding from the webview back to the activity, and then a local translator to start the intent? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An Url
Yes it does. The application uses the tags I showed to indicate it can handle a particular (or set of) http: URIs. Nothing gives you direct access to any application on the phone. The application must at least opt in to being launched from the browser by supporting the BROWSABLE category for the activities it will allow to be launched. On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:37 PM, lbendlin l...@bendlin.us wrote: but http:// doesn't give you access to the local applications on the phone. That was the OP's question (as I understand it). Do you need to do a binding from the webview back to the activity, and then a local translator to start the intent? -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
