ActivityStarter Issues....jackpal.androidterm

[Richard Mislan]

So, I have been banging my head against the keyboard all weekend on this one...(BTW, not helping...)
I have the following, but can't get it to run the iInitial Command (or script)...what am I missing?

when Button1.LongClick
do
    set ActivityStarter1.Action to "android.intent.action.MAIN"
    set ActivityStarter1.ExtraKey to "jackpal.androidterm.iInitialCommand"
    set ActivityStarter1.ExtraValue to "exec su -c whoami"
    set ActivityStarter1.ActivityPackage to "jackpal.androidterm"
    set ActivityStarter1.ActivityClass to "jackpal.androidterm.Term"
    call ActivityStarter1.StartActivity

I have also tried the following:

when Button1.LongClick
do
    set ActivityStarter1.Action to "android.intent.action.MAIN"
    set ActivityStarter1.ExtraKey to "android.intent.action.RUN_SCRIPT"
    set ActivityStarter1.ExtraValue to "exec sh run.sh"
    set ActivityStarter1.ActivityPackage to "jackpal.androidterm"
    set ActivityStarter1.ActivityClass to "jackpal.androidterm.Term"
    call ActivityStarter1.StartActivity

Thanks much for your time and assistance,
Rick

[Taifun]

I just tried this, see screenshot

you have to modify the manifest with a third party tool, e.g. AppToMarket to get this running, see also https://github.com/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator/wiki/Launching-Terminal-Emulator-for-Android-from-another-App

Taifun

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[Richard Mislan]

Update...still nothing, however I did want to add that I also have the following setup:

On the ActivityButton in the Designer I have set up the following:

*Action:* android.intent.action.MAIN
*ActivityClass:* jackpal.androidterm.Term
*ActivityPackage:* jackpal.androidterm
*ExtraKey:* jackpal.androidterm.iInitialCommand
*ExtraValue:* sh /sdcard/run.sh

As suggested by this link:

http://osdir.com/ml/programming-with-app-inventor/2012-03/msg00900.html

I have also now built the button.click to look like this:

when Button.clicked

    set ActivityStarter1.ActivityPackage to "jackpal.androidterm.Term"
    set ActivityStarter1.ActivityClass to "jackpal.androidterm"

    set ActivityStarter1.Action to "jackpal.androidterm.RUN_SCRIPT" 

    set ActivityStarter1.ExtraKey to "jackpal.androidterm.iInitialCommand"

    set ActivityStarter1.ExtraValue to "sh sdcard/run.sh"

if is empty call ActivityStarter1.ResolveActivity

then call notifier show 

             notice "ALERT!"

else 

    call ActivityStarter1.StartActivity

And I have edited the AndroidManifest.xml with the AppToMarket tool to now include: 

<uses-permission android:name="jackpal.androidterm.RUN_SCRIPT"/>

which upon the .apk install where it asks for permissions...does not ask for anything like running scripts... 

So, when I press the button, my app launches the Android Terminal, but just shows the command line with no command issued...frustrating...

I guess, I'm not sure if I'm missing something or where each item for ActivityStarter is supposed to go... 

I think that is adding to the confusion and the inability for it to work...

Any other suggestions???

Thanks much,

Rick

[Taifun]

please follow the documentation EXACTLY, see also my screenshot

https://github.com/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator/wiki/Launching-Terminal-Emulator-for-Android-from-another-App

as you can see, there is no package and no class necessary

Taifun

[Richard Mislan]

So, just to be clear...

I need to type in all of this into the manifest....EXACTLY...(except, of course, my own initial command...)

// opens a new window
Intent i = new Intent("jackpal.androidterm.OPEN_NEW_WINDOW");
i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
startActivity(i);

// opens a new window and runs "echo 'Hi there!'"
// application must declare jackpal.androidterm.permission.RUN_SCRIPT in manifest
Intent i = new Intent("jackpal.androidterm.RUN_SCRIPT");
i.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
i.putExtra("jackpal.androidterm.iInitialCommand", "echo 'Hi there!'");
startActivity(i);

[Richard Mislan]

and should I change anything in my AI2 (Design or Blocks)???

Thanks much!

Rick

[Taifun]

just use the blocks from my screenhot...

Taifun

[Taifun]

I now prepared a snippet, for details see here https://puravidaapps.com/snippets.php#2terminal

Taifun