Android Question How can I run or open another application from my code?

[nedium]

Hello everyone and thank you for your help.

Using the following code I can open the application I want, but what I want is to open it without closing my application, or failing that, if there are no more options or it must be closed, I would like it to be reopened or put in the foreground on my screen. application, since the other application that I want to open is not necessary to have in the foreground since I only need the application service.

Sub YourButton_Click
  Try
    Dim Intent1 As Intent
    Dim pm as PackageManager
    Intent1 = pm.GetApplicationIntent ("com.package.tolaunch")
    StartActivity (Intent1)
      Catch
      ToastMessageShow ("Failed to launch app!  Is it installed?", True)
  End Try
End Sub

thanks for your help

 

[Erel]

If you are calling StartActivity then you are starting a new activity. This means that your app will not be visible.

Phone.SendBroadcast is an alternative option but it will only work if the other app exposes a receiver that does what you need.