Intent from service

[Daniele]

Hi everyone,

i need to run a "SendIntent" command when droidscript is in the background.

Currently by using a service, the "SendIntent" command works when the main app is in the background but droidscript must be in the foreground.
If I use "ShowPopup" instead of "SendIntent", with  droidscript in the background I can see the popups appair.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[Right2TheV0id]

Can you provide minimal code to reproduce your problem?

[Mohamed Ibrahim (Mounir)]

4186 my cod 

[Daniele]

Main app:

function OnStart()
{
    lay = app.CreateLayout( "linear", "VCenter,FillXY" );    
    btn = app.CreateButton( "Stop Service", 0.6, 0.1 );
    lay.AddChild( btn );
    btn.SetOnTouch( function(){
        svc.Stop()
        lst.AddItem( "Service Stopped" );
        });  
    app.AddLayout( lay );
    lst = app.CreateList( "", 0.8, 0.4 );
    lay.AddChild( lst );
    svc = app.CreateService( "this","this", OnServiceReady );
    svc.SetOnMessage( OnServiceMessage );
}

function OnServiceReady()
{
    lst.AddItem( "Service Ready" );
}

function OnServiceMessage( msg )
{  
    lst.AddItem( msg );
}

Service.js
app.LoadPlugin("MQTT");

var packageName = "com.google.android.apps.maps";

var className = null;

var action = "android.intent.action.VIEW";

function OnStart()

{

    app.SendMessage( "Service Started!" );

    client = mqtt.connect('ws://broker.emqx.io:8083/mqtt')

    client.on('connect', OnConnect);

    client.on('message', OnMessage);

}

function OnConnect() 

{

    app.SendMessage("MQTT Connected");    

    client.subscribe({'test': {qos: 2}}, OnSubScribe);

}

  

function OnSubScribe() 

{

    app.SendMessage("MQTT Subscribed");

}

  

function OnMessage(topic, message) 

{

    var uri = "google.navigation:q=" + message // + lat + "," + lon;

    if(app.IsAppInstalled(packageName))

      app.SendIntent(packageName, className, action, null, uri);

    else

      app.ShowPopup("maps app not installed");

[Right2TheV0id]

Here is what I did and the results I have:

1. Started your program

2. Pressed the home button of the device (everything is now in "background")

3. google maps opened and displayed "Welcome to Google Maps Navigation"

Isn't it the result you're looking for?

[Dave]

Unfortunately in Android 10 and above you can't launch activities from the background anymore - 

https://developer.android.com/guide/components/activities/background-starts

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58245398/how-to-start-an-activity-from-background-in-android-10

You can show a notification though, which when touched by the user will show an activity.