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Reputation: 71

How to start companion app on mobile from smartwatch using RemoteIntent

I have an android wear app, in which I want to have a continue on device button which launches the companion app on the mobile device.

When the App is already launched I can "restart" it using this Remote Intent. How can I start the companion app from a standstill?

Intent intentAndroid = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
                            .addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_BROWSABLE)
                            .setData(Uri.parse("myApplication"));
RemoteIntent.startRemoteActivity(context, intentAndroid, null);

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1015

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 71

I finally figured it out. I missed adding an intent filter in the android manifest for the activity I wanted to start. For example:

<intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
    <data android:scheme="myAppName" android:host="MainActivity" />
</intent-filter>

Then you can start it from the watch using:

Intent intentAndroid = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
                            .addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_BROWSABLE)
                            .setData(Uri.parse("myAppName://MainActivity"));
RemoteIntent.startRemoteActivity(context, intentAndroid, null);

Upvotes: 3

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