LOL sorry, that was about as clear as before: I meant the user pressing the app icon :)
On Mar 25, 10:52 am, me tun <a...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Yeah, I mean starting the application from the launcher! > > Does this mean I essentially cannot initialize my application with any > data I want to pass to it this way? It seems very strange? > > Anyway, thanks heaps for your help, it's really appreciated. > > On Mar 25, 10:41 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > I'm not really understanding. When you say "I start my application from the > > launcher," do you mean you as a user pressing the app icon? If so, there is > > nothing you can add -- the launcher just starts you with a MAIN action > > intent. You can't modify what that will be. > > > If you are talking about adding a shortcut to the launcher, you should be > > able to put in extras and have them come back when the shortcut is > > executed. Make sure you are only using basic types, string and int, since I > > don't think we support a lot of types for storing shortcuts. > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 4:13 PM, me tun <a...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > > > Thanks Dianne, I'm not sure if I have been completely clear. When I > > > start my application from the launcher, I want to pass it some of my > > > own data (left or right for example) if I'm talking about > > > handedness... How do I go about doing this? I've tried passing it as > > > above but it doesn't seem to work. > > > > On Mar 24, 5:23 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > >http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#pu.. > > > .) > > > > > And all of the other overloaded methods for various types. > > > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:40 PM, me tun <a...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > How can I do that? Is there a reference you can point me to? > > > > > > On Mar 24, 4:35 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > > > > Please don't make up URI schemes. If you are passing app-private > > > data, > > > > > you > > > > > > should probably just put it in as extra fields of whatever type you > > > want. > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:20 PM, me tun <a...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I've tried something similar to this, intent.setData(Uri.parse > > > > > > > ("screenmode://android.ds/ActivityType=MY_ACTIVITY")); > > > > > > > > Can I just put anything, or is there a specific format I need to > > > > > > > follow i.e. screenmode: something else, something else etc... > > > > > > > > Cheers guys. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Dianne Hackborn > > > > > > Android framework engineer > > > > > > hack...@android.com > > > > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have > > > > > > time > > > to > > > > > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > > > public > > > > > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > > > -- > > > > Dianne Hackborn > > > > Android framework engineer > > > > hack...@android.com > > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > > > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
