Launching Google Translate Activity in Android and API TOS Question

[littleK]

I was wondering if a Google employee could please respond to the following question?

I have developed an Android application that launches a Google Translate Activity using the following code:

...

Intent i = new Intent();

i.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

i.putExtra("key_text_input", "What time is it?");

i.putExtra("key_text_output", "");

i.putExtra("key_language_from", "en");

i.putExtra("key_language_to", "es");

i.putExtra("key_suggest_translation", "");

i.putExtra("key_from_floating_window", false);

i.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.google.android.apps.translate",

"com.google.android.apps.translate.translation.TranslateActivity"));

startActivityForResult(i, 0);

...

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

Log.i("yoyo", "in onActivityResult()");

// data is null

}

The parent onActivityResult() is called in my application from the Google Translate Activity, but data is null.  Therefore, I assume that there is no way to return any translated text from Google Translate back into my application.  Is this correct?  

Also, if there was a way to do this, would this be a violation of the API's terms of service?

Thanks!

[Ilian Nikolov]

littleK, have you had any success returning a translation from the mobile Translate application? With the option for dictionary download for offline use, this seems like a particularly interesting.