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Alexandru Irimiea
Alexandru Irimiea

Reputation: 2634

Writing plugins for the existing Android apps

Is it possible to write plugins for the existing apps? I am not asking if I can write an Android app having a plugin architecture, like here.

For example, let's say I want to add a button in the official Android 6 Camera that takes high quality photos (not time-lapses) repeatedly with a timeout, for an unlimited amount of time. The existing camera app only provides a 3 and 10 seconds delay until the picture is taken, but I want to customize this functionality to have whatever delay between snapshots, for whatever amount of time (even until memory is full). I just simply want the camera to be automatically triggered without the need for a person to press the button repeatedly.

I didn't find anywhere if customizing the existing apps is supported by Android.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 504

Answers (1)

S.L. Barth is on codidact.com
S.L. Barth is on codidact.com

Reputation: 8245

The closest thing that Android provides is Intents. An Intent is broadcasted an can be picked up by other applications.

Beyond that, there's not really an architecture for plugins. Whether an application has plugin hooks for a specific functionality, depends on the application.

For your specific requirement, I don't think the built-in camera app provides a hook or an Intent that you can use.
What you could do, is look for an open source camera app and add this functionality. Or create your own camera app.

Upvotes: 1

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