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.
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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.
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.
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
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKcdUT3ZSwA .
Is it possible to run an application from inside another application? What I want to do is write an app which allows you to chose an app to start, and then displays the activities of this app inside a view.
So in landscape mode, it should look something like this:
The idea behind this is:
I want to be able to start and run a third party activity next to my own activity, and I want to be able to create individual makros with my activity that are controlling the third party activity.
Basically, something like this:
Start third party activity from inside my app
Start makro recording
Do something in third party activity
Stop makro recording
Use makro whenever you wish
So how can I start and control another activity from inside my own activity?
Unrooted:
Sadly, what you want to achieve does not seem to be possible without rooting the phone, because you can only interact with other apps via intents. Since developers decide how their apps react on specific intents, creating macros this way is nearly impossible.
With rooted phones:
You may want to create a list of all installed apps, you can use
getPackageManager().getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
to retrieve a list of all installed apps.
If the user now selects an app, launch it via an intent and create a system overlay to get all touch/key events (and let the user stop the macro). You can find a way to do this here. Store the x/y-values of the touch-events.
You can recreate the events using MotionEvent#obtain.
Now comes the part where you need a rooted phone (the permission INJECT_EVENTS). Launch the app and inject the events so your macro gets executed. Samplecode:
Instrumentation m_Instrumentation = new Instrumentation();
m_Instrumentation.sendPointerSync(motionEvent);
You can find more information about injecting (also keyevents) here.
If you need help to compile your app, these 2 links will help you: How to compile Android Application with system permissions, Android INJECT_EVENTS permission
It's not possible to start an application in a View, but you can launch an app from within your app:
Intent i = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.package.ofapp");
startActivity(i);
//EDIT to your updated question:
After starting the activity from the above code, one way you could start/stop the macro at any time in the new app would be to create a small view overlay on top of the screen.
This overlay would be on top of ALL activities.
Check out the following link: Creating a system overlay window (always on top)
You could write code to start the macro when the View is pressed, and then if the button was pressed once and the user presses it again, stop the macro. This would be in the onTouchEvent() method.
Yes, I think it's possible as a app named floating apps does that (WITHOUT ROOT)
Only using some adb commands
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lwi.android.flapps
Yes its possible if you use Intents. They allow you to move between screens and to launch another different functionality inside the same app. visit coursera for more tutorials on intents