Android Question B4XPages or B4A Solution for fx.ShowExternalDoc

Patent · Aug 30, 2022

Dear guys,

i am building an B4XPages App where i wonna make the B4J calls

B4X:

fx.ShowExternalDocument($"mailto:xyz.com&subject="B4X rulez!"$)

and also

B4X:

fx.ShowExternalDocument($"https://www.xyz.com"$)

working for B4J and B4A (in the Pages App).

Should i do contitional compiling, but how is the B4A code working?
Or is there a B4X Solution?

any Ideas?

thanks
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jahswant · Aug 30, 2022

Check this code snippet it may help.

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Patent · Sep 2, 2022

thanks.
i will try this

DonManfred · Sep 2, 2022

Patent said:
but how is the B4A code working?

you can not use ShowExternalDocument. FX is using a Windows-Systemcall and windows itself is then opening the program associated with the File you want to open.

This is not available in Android respectively it is working another way in Android; you have to use Intents to open another App.

Patent · Sep 3, 2022

thank you for the hint.

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