Android Question How app was started

[canalrun]

Is this possible? And if so, what is the proper term (name) to use to describe it?

I would like to find out within the code how the app was started - was the app icon clicked or was the app started in response to a Quick Start Gesture.

The app is running on a Wear OS watch. I've already written and tested simple stuff written in B4A on the watch.

I would like the app to show a page if it was launched by clicking its icon, but just TTS the time and date if the app was launched by a Quick Start Gesture (wrist down-up).

Is there some variable like "UserOpened", maybe some way to look at starting intents, starting parameters, or something else?

I think I have seen apps that do different things depending on how they were started. Is there some other standard way to accomplish this?

Thanks,
Barry.

 

[JohnC]

Try adding this code in the Activity_Create and see if it displays different info for each different way you launch the app:

Log(Activity.getStartingIntent.Action & " (" & Activity.GetStartingIntent.ExtrasToString & ")")

 

[canalrun]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

I modified your code a little bit to show me the Action, Extras, Data, and Flags.

  Dim s1 As String
 
  s1 = "Action: " & Activity.getStartingIntent.Action
  s1 = s1 & CRLF & "Extras: " & Activity.GetStartingIntent.ExtrasToString
  s1 = s1 & CRLF & "Data: " & Activity.getStartingIntent.GetData
  s1 = s1 & CRLF & "Flags: " & Bit.ToHexString(Activity.getStartingIntent.Flags)
 
  Log(s1)

The Log output I get whether I launch from the Icon or a Quick Gesture is:

Action: android.intent.action.MAIN
Extras: no extras
Data: null
Flags: 10000000

Sometimes the flags are 10200000 when I launch from an icon. Looking at the Android docs I can't make heads or tails of the meaning of the flags but the "2" does not consistently show up when I launch from an icon and seems to be more dependent on how I previously exited the app (Back vs Home button).

I will keep investigating. Any ideas are very welcome.