Is it possible to launch an application within another application in Android and iOS. Something like this.
In Android - No, every app in Android runs in its own "sandbox". Only one thing you can is start another app via intent if you know the package name of the app like described in this answer. But the app will be started separatelly.
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Currently, I app developing an application which uses share intent. but when I share a file to my app, my application starts another process.
Steps to reproduce.
start the application.
go to gallery/file manager.
select a file and share to the current application.
Show list applications are running.
Result:
My application starts in two different processes (Please see the screenshot)
I got the answer. It needs android:launchMode="singleTask/singleInstance" in the activity.
i'm building an application and need a layout that shows another application, there is any way to open the another app from in my own application?
(i don't want an intent to open the normal app, I want to open it from in my application)
I need that because my layout have some good animation(for example, fade in and out every 20 sec)
for example -
You cannot start another application within your application. this is now how android works. The only option you have is to start the application using an intent.
From Android documentation: https://developer.android.com/training/articles/security-tips.html
The Android Application Sandbox, which isolates your app data and code execution from other apps.
Need to launch one android application (say Watsapp) from another android application (custom application) . I could achieve this using intent. My problem is : Once watsapp opens, it is not returning back to my custom app. Watsapp should run in background and control should return back to my custom app.
If you are working on rooted device, you can use command to kill process instead
This is an odd question, but is there any way to run two separate applications inside one app? So, for example, run another application in a view inside of another app? Is this possible? If so, how is this done?
Thanks in advance!
This may be done although it may go against the recommended way of doing things in Android
Android launch app inside view
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An easier alternative may be to launch an intent with the package address:
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
i.setPackage("com.otherapp.package");
startActivity(i);
Launching Android app, within an app?
Launch an application from another application on Android
However, please note that, technically, the other app is still in its own process although you it appears to function within the original app.
Launch another application INSIDE an application in Android
WeChat has hundreds of Mini-Programs can only open via WeChat apps. But that mini-programs is web-based view. Here the official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKcdUT3ZSwA .
there are many applications which invokes my application in system> I want to know which app invoked my app or activity or service presently ?
Can anybody help me to solve this ?
In the starting activity of your application you can try following code to get the PackageName of the app that invokes your application.
if(getIntent().getPackage()!=null){
String packageName = getIntent().getPackage();
}
You can provide different activities to start your app, each being called by different apps. Or you can monitor user actions after app launch (navigation to screens etc) and determine which application may have launched your app. These two are relatively logical but apart from this you can monitor and look for currently running apps (look here for one possible way to do that) and then maybe determine which application launched your app.
Note that these are just strategies, not a definite answer.