If you are using WebView, you can do whatever you want by looking for clicks and using the platform APIs.
If you are trying to do this from a web page the user is interacting with in the standard browser, you should use the mechanism I am suggesting. On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Lutz Bendlin <[email protected]>wrote: > I didn't mean "access", it was more about being able to launch the other > activity. Surely you could craft a webpage with callbacks to your code that > would then start the launcher intents ? > > > > *From:* Dianne Hackborn [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 25, 2011 10:02 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Lutz Bendlin; perumal316 > *Subject:* Re: [android-developers] Re: Starting An Android App From An > Url > > > > Yes it does. The application uses the tags I showed to indicate it can > handle a particular (or set of) http: URIs. > > > > Nothing gives you direct access to any application on the phone. The > application must at least opt in to being launched from the browser by > supporting the BROWSABLE category for the activities it will allow to be > launched. > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:37 PM, lbendlin <[email protected]> wrote: > > but http:// doesn't give you access to the local applications on the > phone. That was the OP's question (as I understand it). Do you need to do a > binding from the webview back to the activity, and then a local translator > to start the intent? > > > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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 [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
