I want to create App Folder when one app come over another app on Home Screen / App Drawer (As Default Android System/Launcher Provides).
I searched lot for this but it only shows either LiveFolder or shows how we can use it (Using System Default feature). How do I implement this programmatically?
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I have seen many music players or other applications written using flutter but none of them have a open with menu.
To be clear, I mean how to make my music player/ other app to show in that open with menu, like if I want to access a music from files and my app comes in that menu.
Is there any way to do that, cause I can't find it, nor can I found any issues related to it.
Above is the open with menu displayed in Samsung, similar type of menu are their on other android devices.
The Open with menu is a native function provided by the OS. The menu looks the same in different apps on the same phone, but it looks differently on other phones.
To trigger this menu within a Flutter app, we could use a package like open_file, which invokes the native OS method to open a file:
import 'package:open_file/open_file.dart';
OpenFile.open("/sdcard/example.txt");
If more than one app is assigned to that specific file extension, the Open with menu will appear and prompt the end-user with the app selection.
That said, based on your scenario, it's totally possible to create a custom Open with menu for your app, although it's recommended to use what the OS natively offers to us.
I saw some android applications that has floating window like something in windows OS (or like picture below).I had searched but i could not find any thing.Is any api or library needed or this is just styling?
You can build App Widgets. App Widgets are miniature application views that can be embedded in other applications (such as the Home screen) and receive periodic update
go to link for more details
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html
http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/AndroidWidgets/article.html
Im attempting to develop an AllApps drawer like Aviate, but as a separate Activity (that way I can launch it from Nova Launcher through a gesture).
I've seen answers on how to add a shortcut to the homescreen. i.e.:
Android create shortcuts on the home screen
How to add shortcut to Home screen in android programatically
Is it possible to specify the which homescreen page and location? I'm guessing not since google playstore does not seem to put it in the best place on a new app install, but wanted to confirm.
On the default launchers, there is no documented way to do this.
In my android application I have to use a single icon for four different applications ,that means when I click the main icon then four different app icons has to be appear and when I click an app icon a different application has to be opened for each icon.
and
when I installed the new applications the app icon has to be created under the main icon only.
Is it possible ?
If yes how?
Can you not bundle them all into one apk, then have your first activity shown as a menu screen that has 4 icons, when you click on one it takes you to the relevant activity?
I know this is a bit of a workaround, and it wouldn't work if the apps for example have to be installed seperatley but was just a thought.
My first approach would be to do this with a widget:
http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html
You could open a dialog with it and send an intent depending on choice that the desired application can handle.
I want to delete all home screen shortcuts in Android programmatically. I have already written an app to create my own shortcuts for opening up a browser instance & directing to specific URI & delete only those programmatically. When deleting shortcuts this way, I have to provide the exact name & URI for each shortcut.
How can I achieve the same thing for existing shortcuts which were not created by me (like browser, calendar or any other app default created a shortcut on home screen)?
This seems like something that shouldn't be and probably isn't possible for security reasons.