Android Question Google search within app

[JdV]

Hi

How is it possible to include the contents of my app in the Google phone search as shown in the attached picture?

Regards

Joe

 

[Erel]

I think that this is based on this feature: https://developer.android.com/training/app-indexing/enabling-app-indexing.html which means that the content actually comes from an online website.

 

[JdV]

Hi

Thanks for the info.

What about having Google Now pass the search string directly to a search facility within the app?

This site says how to do it:
https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Search

And it has a video demonstrating it:

Regards

Joe

 

[Erel]

It should be quite simple to add this intent filter with AddActivityText in the manifest editor.

You can then get the intent that started your app with Activity.GetStartingIntent.

 

[NJDude]

Hi

How is it possible to include the contents of my app in the Google phone search as shown in the attached picture?

View attachment 33019

Regards

Joe

If you just want add that search feature you could use the following intent:

Private i As Intent

i.Initialize("android.intent.action.WEB_SEARCH", "")

i.PutExtra("query", "basic4android")

StartActivity(i)