Hi Michael, Have you had any luck with this? What was the problem you had?
Many thanks in advance, Adrian On Oct 21, 4:31 am, Shade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello! > > If you mean Android Howto document: > > Adding yourself to menus on other applications > > You can also advertise your Activity's services so that otherActivitiescan > add your activity to their own optionmenu. For > example, suppose you implement a new image handling tool that shrinks > an image to a smaller size and you would like to offer this as amenu > option to any other Activity that handles pictures. To do this, you > would exposes your capabilities inside an intent filter in your > manifest. If another application that handles photos asks Android for > anyActivitiesthat can perform actions on pictures, Android will > perform intent resolution, find your Activity, and add it to the other > Activity's optionsmenu. > The offering application > > The application offering the service must include an <intent-filter> > element in the manifest, inside the <activity> tag of the offering > Activity. The intent filter includes all the details describing what > it can do, such as a <type> element that describes the MIME type of > data that it can handle, a custom <action> value that describes what > your handling application can do (this is so that when it receives the > Intent on opening it knows what it is expected to do), and most > important, include a <category> filter with the value > android.intent.category.ALTERNATIVEand/or > android.intent.category.SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE (SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE is > used to handle only the currently selected element on the screen, > rather than the whole Activity intent. > > Here's an example of a snip of a manifest that advertises picture > shrinking technology for both selected items and the whole screen. > <activity class="PictureShrink"> <!-- Handling class -- > > <intent-filter label="Shrink picture"> <!--Menulabel to > display --> > <action android:name="com.example.sampleapp.SHRINK_IT" /> > <data android:name="image/*" /> <!-- MIME type > for generic images --> > <category android:name="android.intent.category.ALTERNATIVE" / > > <category > android:name="android.intent.category.SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE" /> > </intent-filter> > </activity> > > I've tried it. > After adding that intent-filter (with fixed typos) Pictures > application still does not offer to shrink pictures. > > <intent-filter label="Do something terrible"> > <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> > <data android:scheme="http" /> > <category android:name="android.intent.category.ALTERNATIVE" /> > <category > android:name="android.intent.category.SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE" /> > </intent-filter> > Adding this to my manifest does not affect browser'smenutoo. > > Maybe i am making something wrong but i don't know what. And i was > unable to find really workingexamplesof such actions. > > With respect, > Michael > PrinterShare team > > PS SDK version 1.0_r1 > > On 21 окт, 13:10, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm sorry i d'ont have example > > > But you can find tutorial on code.google.com/android > > > good luck. > > > On 17 oct, 16:59, Shade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > It is possible to add my activity to build-in browser'smenu? > > > Working example wanted. > > > > Thank you. > > > > With respect, > > > Michael > > > PrinterShare team --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
