Does this help?
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#FLAG_ACTIVITY_REORDER_TO_FRONT
Also, why are you restricting the user to a specific email program
("com.android.email")? That doesn't follow good Android practices...
Thanks,
Justin Anderson
MagouyaWare Developer
http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Mark Jawdoszak <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have an intent that starts the default Android mail client:
>
> Intent emailIntent = this.getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(
> "com.android.email" );
> this.startActivity( emailIntent );
>
> Very simple stuff, and it fires off the Email client, from an "Import from
> Email" button in my app.
>
> My application is also registered with an <intent-filter> to open PDF
> files.
> So, if I use the above Intent to open up the Email client, find an email
> with a PDF attachment, download it, launch it, select my application from
> the chooser... then everything loads great.
>
> Now if I hit my "Import from Email" button again, the intent runs, but the
> Email client is never brought into the foreground.
>
> Am I missing something when using startActivity() to (re)launch the
> correct app?
> I have tried checking if the intent is OK by following this
> http://developer.android.com/training/basics/intents/sending.html#Verifybut
> it always returns true (and that makes sense, as it can find the
> Application, but it's just not bringing it to the foreground).
>
> I have also tried using startActivityForResult(), but as explained in the
> Android docs, this fires off a "cancel" immediately, because the Activity
> is not Explicit, but Implicit (thought I'd try it, just in case).
>
> I feel like I'm missing something, a step, a call to something... or have
> I hit upon some strange loop that works in one case, but cannot keep
> looping? Any help/pointers would be greatly appreciated!
>
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