Oh! Excellent! Worked like charm.
Here's what I did:
I created a html page with following code and opened it in safari on iPad:
<a
href="invoke://?userName=Deepak&anotherParameterName=anotherParameterValue">
<img src="someImage.png" height="57" width="57" />
</a>
When I tapped on the image, safari slid away and it opened up my Flex App.
Flex code:
app.xml file:
<InfoAdditions><![CDATA[
<key>UIDeviceFamily</key>
<array>
<string>1</string>
<string>2</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>invoke</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>com.someName.INVOKE</string> <!--This would be
same as app bundle id-->
</dict>
</array>
]]></InfoAdditions>
Added following line on initialise of a view:
NativeApplication.nativeApplication.addEventListener(InvokeEvent.INVOKE,
onInvoke);
private function onInvoke(event:InvokeEvent):void
{
//event.arguments is an array and one of the item in it
will have
"invoke://?userName=Deepak&anotherParameterName=anotherParameterValue" as
its value
}
Hope that helps others too.
Thank you once again Marteen.
Cheers!
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Maarten Cammaert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, that should be possible.
> The NativeApplication dispatches an invoke event and in the InvokeObject
> there should be a parameters array.
> But I haven't tried this yet.
>
> Here you can find more info
>
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/air/build/WSfffb011ac560372f7e64a7f12cd2dd1867-8000.html#WS901d38e593cd1bac354f4f7b12e260e3e67-8000
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Deepak MS <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Maarten. I'm happy that atleast there is away to do it as this
> was
> > very critical requirement for a new project :)
> > I'll give it a try. But can we also pass parameters to the flex app,
> while
> > we invoke it? In my case, after validation, I have to pass username to my
> > flex app.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Maarten Cammaert <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > In your app description.xml file you should add this in the iPhone >
> > > InfoAdditions node
> > >
> > > <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
> > > <array>
> > > <dict>
> > > <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
> > > <array>
> > > <string>URLSCHEME</string>
> > > </array>
> > > <key>CFBundleURLName</key>
> > > <string>YOUR.APP.ID</string>
> > > </dict>
> > > </array>
> > >
> > > And replace URLSCHEME with the url scheme you want to use, like 'myapp'
> > > Now when you click a link in a browser or email with the url
> > > 'myapp://someurl' your app will open.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Maarten
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Deepak MS <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I have a requirement where is I need to open a link(a simple HTML
> page
> > > with
> > > > username and password fields) in safari browser on ipad, enter some
> > login
> > > > credentials and hit login button. A service will be called to
> validate
> > > the
> > > > login credentials and response would be passed back.
> > > >
> > > > Now, I want to pass this response(success\failure, with some
> additional
> > > > parameters) to my flex app and open it directly.
> > > >
> > > > Is that possible?
> > > >
> > > > Cheers!
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
