+1 [import]uid: 13632 topic_id: 34243 reply_id: 136210[/import]
For those of you who would like this implemented, I added it to the Corona Feedback tool, feel free to vote it up.
http://feedback.coronalabs.com/forums/188732-corona-sdk-feature-requests-feedback/suggestions/3574868-canopenurl-method [import]uid: 62706 topic_id: 34243 reply_id: 139762[/import]
Does openURL return true/false on Android? it doesn’t seem to be doing it, its always returning false even if the other application isn’t opened (trying to open facebook and twitter apps this way). [import]uid: 122310 topic_id: 34243 reply_id: 140241[/import]
For those of you who would like this implemented, I added it to the Corona Feedback tool, feel free to vote it up.
http://feedback.coronalabs.com/forums/188732-corona-sdk-feature-requests-feedback/suggestions/3574868-canopenurl-method [import]uid: 62706 topic_id: 34243 reply_id: 139762[/import]
This is currently an iOS/Mac only feature and should be added soon for Android. [import]uid: 199310 topic_id: 34243 reply_id: 140394[/import]
Added for Android in build 1016.
https://developer.coronalabs.com/release/2013/1016/ [import]uid: 62706 topic_id: 34243 reply_id: 140460[/import]
Does openURL return true/false on Android? it doesn’t seem to be doing it, its always returning false even if the other application isn’t opened (trying to open facebook and twitter apps this way). [import]uid: 122310 topic_id: 34243 reply_id: 140241[/import]
This is currently an iOS/Mac only feature and should be added soon for Android. [import]uid: 199310 topic_id: 34243 reply_id: 140394[/import]
Added for Android in build 1016.
https://developer.coronalabs.com/release/2013/1016/ [import]uid: 62706 topic_id: 34243 reply_id: 140460[/import]
EDIT: removed question, I found my programming error, the callback got called twice and the second system.openURL() failed.
Everyone,
On Android, we have an alternative solution that allows you to find another app by its package name. Have a look here…
EDIT: removed question, I found my programming error, the callback got called twice and the second system.openURL() failed.
Everyone,
On Android, we have an alternative solution that allows you to find another app by its package name. Have a look here…
So on iOS, is there still no way to check if another iOS app exists WITHOUT opening it?
I want to show a list of our other apps, with a “Play” button if they already have the app, and an “Install” button if they don’t. I can do it on Android, but on iOS the only way to check is to open the other app.
It’s not very convenient because I don’t want to force the user to another one of my apps if they have it installed, I want them to have the choice. However with the current method, just checking to see if it exists will force them to open the other app 
So on iOS, is there still no way to check if another iOS app exists WITHOUT opening it?
I want to show a list of our other apps, with a “Play” button if they already have the app, and an “Install” button if they don’t. I can do it on Android, but on iOS the only way to check is to open the other app.
It’s not very convenient because I don’t want to force the user to another one of my apps if they have it installed, I want them to have the choice. However with the current method, just checking to see if it exists will force them to open the other app
+1 for canOpenUrl
+1 for canOpenUrl
Does anyone know if we can pass values to the app we launch similar to how it works no on iOS?
- print (system.openURL(“app1://random_value”)
And if the answer to that question is yes, does anyone out there have any idea how to pass these values into the Android app if we are launching it from a native (non-corona) application? In other words I have a native Android app that launches my Corona app using a standard Android Intent: startActivity(starterIntent);
Is there such a way I can set up my Android Bundle such that the Corona app will extract it and make it available to me on start / resume?
On application startup, you can access the Android intent information via the launch arguments provided to the “main.lua”.
If the Android intent resumes your app (ie: the Corona activity is already running), then you can access the Android intent information via an “applicationOpen” event listener in Lua.
If you copy the following code to your “main.lua” file, it’ll print all information in your launch arguments and applicationOpen event to the Android log. This should give you an idea of how Android intent information is passed to Lua.
local function printTable(table, stringPrefix) if not stringPrefix then stringPrefix = "### " end if type(table) == "table" then for key, value in pairs(table) do if type(value) == "table" then print(stringPrefix .. tostring(key)) print(stringPrefix .. "{") printTable(value, stringPrefix .. " ") print(stringPrefix .. "}") else print(stringPrefix .. tostring(key) .. ": " .. tostring(value)) end end end end local launchArgs = ... print("### --- Launch Arguments ---") printTable(launchArgs) local function onSystemEvent(event) print("\*\*\* system event type = " .. event.type) if (event.type == "applicationOpen") then print("### --- Application Open ---") printTable(event) end end Runtime:addEventListener("system", onSystemEvent)
So, both the launch arguments and the applicationOpen event will have an “androidIntent” Lua table which is only made available on Android. The androidIntent table will have the following fields…
-- Provides the URI returned by the Java Intent.getData() method. androidIntent.url -- Provides the action string returned by the Intent.getAction() method. androidIntent.action -- A Lua string array matching the collection returned by the Intent.getCategories() method. androidIntent.categories -- A Lua table matching the Bundle returned by the Intent.getExtras() method. -- The keys are strings and the values are Lua types that best match the Java value types. -- Note that this does support nested tables/bundles. androidIntent.extras
Also, make sure to do if checks on each of the fields in the “androidIntent” table before attempting to access its data. If the Java equivalent Intent methods return null, then they will be set to nil on the Lua side.
I hope this helps!