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How do I set up assistant shortcut suggestions with actions.intent.OPEN_APP_FEATURE?

So I'm just wondering why my code isn't working. How do I give AppShorcutIntent a specific intent with an action and data and stuff like that?
This is my code so far:
val appShortcutIntent = AppShortcutIntent.builder()
.setIntentName("actions.intent.OPEN_APP_FEATURE")
.setPackageName("com.app.name")
.setIntentParamName("feature")
.setIntentParamValue("")
.build()
shortcutsClient.lookupShortcut(appShortcutIntent)
.addOnSuccessListener { shortcutLookupResult ->
if (shortcutLookupResult.isShortcutPresent) {
shortcutsClient.createShortcutSettingsIntent().addOnSuccessListener { intent ->
requireActivity().startActivity(intent)
}
return#addOnSuccessListener
}
val signalShortcut = AppShortcutSuggestion.builder()
.setAppShortcutIntent(appShortcutIntent)
.setCommand("feature on")
.build()
shortcutsClient.createShortcutSuggestionIntent(signalShortcut).addOnSuccessListener { intent ->
requireActivity().startActivity(intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK))
}
}
I have tried so many different things and none of it seems to want to work the way I want. I know the question doesn't have anything specific as the parameter value but no matter what I set the param value too it still just doesn't get recognized as a unique intent when I use the shortcut.

The in-app promo library API doesn't deal with Android intents. It deals with Assistant's built-in intents, which are an entirely different things (even though they are both called "intents"). In the example you copied, it refers to the BII called OPEN_APP_FEATURE.
By using this API, you are telling Assistant how to create a shortcut that launches the app using a BII that it is already configured to handle. This BII is important because it carries the ability to recognize natural language queries associated with it. Android intents don't have that context.

Kotlin-android: Unresolved reference

I have received this project from the previous developer, and he said everything is working fine on his end. But on my end, when I try to sync the project I get a lot of errors, and I don't know where to even start. One of them is this:
Here's that code:
private fun setupScrollDirection() {
val allowHorizontalScroll = config.scrollHorizontally && config.viewTypeFolders == VIEW_TYPE_GRID
excluded_vertical_fastscroller.isHorizontal = false
excluded_vertical_fastscroller.beGoneIf(allowHorizontalScroll)
excluded_vertical_fastscroller.allowBubbleDisplay = config.showInfoBubble
excluded_vertical_fastscroller.setViews(manage_folders_list) {
excluded_vertical_fastscroller.updateBubbleText(getBubbleTextItem(it))
}
}
I have a lot more errors of the same type, like this one for example:

Please have a call with the other developer and ask him/her to share his screen on call.
When the screen is being shared, ask the developer to Ctrl+ Click on beGoneIf variable/function and then check where the beGoneIf is defined in the project. This way you can check whether the required library/dependencies used by other developer is present in your local project or not.

How to open Android Outlook application from an external one

I'm currently developing an Android application in order to display home screen widgets. Those ones are related to Microsoft Outlook (Events + Messages) in order to show incoming events and unread new messages in a kind of dynamic tiles.
The Msal graph library helps me a lot to authenticate and retrieve in formations which contains an identifier for each event / message results
But now I want to know if the outlook application is installed on the user device and if there is a way to open Outlook when the user click on the widget. Moreover if the user can open the corresponding clicked event or message with the identifier.
For example the Event widget currently displaying a birthday event. The user click on it. Then it opens Outlook and display directly that birthday event.
Regards

I don't think this is officially documented somewhere. But here's what you can do to find out about it.
You can list all Microsoft applications installed on your device...
val packages = context.packageManager
.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA)
for (info in packages) {
if(info.packageName.startsWith("com.microsoft", true)){
Log.d("package name:" + info.packageName)
Log.d("Launch Activity: " + context.packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage(info.packageName))
}
}
Take a note of the "launch intent" displayed in the LogCat. You can use that to launch Outlook. Just make sure you don't hard-code those values because Microsoft can change those values at any point, for example the activity class can change. So, instead of doing this...
context.startActivity(
Intent().apply {
action = Intent.ACTION_MAIN
addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER)
setPackage("com.microsoft.office.outlook")
component = ComponentName("com.microsoft.office.outlook", "com.microsoft.office.outlook.MainActivity")
}
)
Do this...
context.startActivity(
Intent().apply {
action = Intent.ACTION_MAIN
addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER)
component = ComponentName(
outlookLaunchIntent?.component?.packageName,
outlookLaunchIntent?.component?.className
)
setPackage(outlookLaunchIntent.package)
}
)
Also, remember that getLaunchIntentForPackage and component can return null, so make sure you check for null values properly

I am relaying a suggestion from a couple of internal folks:
Please try to open the event using one of the following URLs:
ms-outlook://events/open?restid=%s&account=test#om.com (if you have a regular REST id)
ms-outlook://events/open?immutableid=%s&account=test#om.com (if you are using an immutable id)
Since immutable IDs are still in preview stage in Microsoft Graph, and customers should not use preview APIs in their production apps, I think option #1 applies to your case.
Please reply here if the URL works, or not, and if you have other related questions. I requested the couple of folks to keep an eye on this thread as well.

Well, i managed to open the outlook android application with the help of your code #Leo. As im not developping with Kotlin, ill post the JAVA code below :
Intent outlookLaunchIntent = context.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.microsoft.office.outlook");
if (outlookLaunchIntent != null) {
context.startActivity(outlookLaunchIntent );
}
Below code to open event/message in a web browser provided by webLink property of the graph API. (I only test for event and the url provided not working. Ill post a new issue on StackOverFlow for that but you already see the issue over there : https://github.com/microsoftgraph/microsoft-graph-docs/issues/4203
try {
Intent webIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).setData(Uri.parse(calendarWebLink));
webIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
context.startActivity(webIntent);
} catch (RuntimeException e) {
// The url is invalid, maybe missing http://
e.printStackTrace();
}
However im still stuck on the decicive goal of my widget item click which is to open the relative event/email in the Microsoft Outlook Android application.
Microsoft Outlook Android app contains widgets which can achieve what im looking for. So i wonder if it is possible to list its broadcast receivers.
The best thing i found is an old manifest for that app but it doesnt help me.
https://gist.github.com/RyPope/df0e61f477af4b73865cd72bdaa7d8c2

Hi may you try to open the event using one of the url:
ms-outlook://events/open?restid=%s&account=test#om.com (If the
user is having rest id)
ms-outlook://events/open?immutableid=%s&account=test#om.com (If
the user is having immutable id)

make getSystemService() recognize our new system service

I'm using the book "Embedded Android".
I'm making a new System Service using AOSP(4.0.3_r1).
I want my system service to be registered in frameworks/base/core/java/android/content/app/ContextImpl.java so that I can use it through getSystemService() method.
The problem is, I can't find the app folder under content:androidroot/frameworks/base/core/java/android/content/app/ContextImpl.java
But, I found it in:androidroot/frameworks/base/core/java/android/app/ContextImpl.java
Are these 2 files the same? or is it just missing(the content/app folder)?
Any idea on what to do?

Karim wrote his book mostly orienting on Android 2.3.4 version. Something can be changed from this time. This is an example what has been changed.
Are these 2 files the same? or is it just missing(the content/app folder)?
These are the same files.
Any idea on what to do?
As I said the implementation has been changed. I looked into the code and here what you can change to make your code working (I can only suppose because I did not actually build my code). In the static block of ContextImpl class you need to add the following code:
registerService(ACCOUNT_SERVICE, new ServiceFetcher() {
public Object createService(ContextImpl ctx) {
IBinder b = ServiceManager.getService(OPERSYS_SERVICE);
IOpersysService service = IOpersysService.Stub.asInterface(b);
return new OpersysManager(service);
}});

You need to use SystemServer which holds all system services' names.
You should check this link out:
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Android-Adding_SystemService

Embed zxing barcode scanner to the activity

I'm writing android application and my client requires a barcode scanner in it. They are really specific about it, so the layout they want is like this:
If a qr code found - it jumps to another window automatically. If manual pressed - you are asked to type manually and proceed with the rest of the app.
So basically I could embed zxing code to my app and add it to the activity but I don't want that and would like to have it as a separate app.
What I have at the moment is a separate activity called like this:
IntentIntegrator integrator = new IntentIntegrator(this);
integrator.initiateScan();
I also tried this:
IntentIntegrator intentIntegrator = new IntentIntegrator(this);
Intent i = intentIntegrator.initiateCustomScan();
LocalActivityManager mgr = getLocalActivityManager();
Window w = mgr.startActivity("unique_per_activity_string", i);
View wd = w != null ? w.getDecorView() : null;
if(wd != null) {
scanButton.addView(wd);
}
But then I get java.lang.SecurityException:
03-19 12:22:55.890: E/AndroidRuntime(29394): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.menucard.barcode.scan/com.barcode.scan.ScanActivity}: java.lang.SecurityException: Requesting code from com.google.zxing.client.android (with uid 10139) to be run in process com.menucard.barcode.scan (with uid 10169)
Maybe someone has an idea how to add a separate app into my activity? Or other ways to accomplish this?

You can't embed an external app in another app via Intent unfortunately. The external app here needs to take over the whole screen, and is in landscape mode, for starters.
You should write your own app, but can reuse parts of Barcode Scanner in your app so that it's not entirely from scratch. Just please don't copy the AndroidManifest.xml file. I think it will also be clearly not confused with Barcode Scanner given the different UI. All that remains is to make sure you follow the terms of the Apache License (easy).

#MindaugasSvirskas, your last comment is exactly what I was about to post now:-) I have faced the same problem in the past, in several apps, and believe me, just make use of Intents, that's the way the whole Android system is designed, favouring intercommunication between apps. iOS programmers can easily integrate the scanning Zxing layout in their own layouts, but we are supposed to make use of intents, and I agree.