Android Question How to Run a external program in Hidden Mode

Devendra

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I am invoking another program i have developed in eclipse to do a task
This is how i do it

Dim In As Intent
In=pm.GetApplicationIntent("com.example.printer_demo_58mm")
StartActivity(In)

I want to run the intent in hidden mode can we do this, Or How do we do this
 
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sanjibnanda

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some thing like this using service.
you should look into services if you want to have a running process that is not visible to the user.

B4X: 
Dim in As Intent
Dim pm As PackageManager
in = pm.GetApplicationIntent("com.example.printer_demo_58mm")
If in.IsInitialized Then StartActivity(in)
 
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Devendra

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N
no i want to run this in the background in hidden mode i am referring a SHELL command with Hidden in VB
 
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Devendra

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no i have created a tool which does not have a GUI it opens the cash box in my pos unit, My issue is it display's the app window and i have created the program in eclipse to automatically terminate, is there a way to to hide the OS showing the Program in execution. Pls Advice
 
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DonManfred

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Devendra said:
is there a way to to hide the OS showing the Program in execution
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I dont know a way and i think it is not possible.

Maybe you should write a small library-wrapper for this and use that in your own app. So you dont need to call an external app. I think that should be the right way

PS: Can you share the Eclipse-Source of your non-gui app?
 
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Devendra

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Sorry i have tried this wrapper story for last three weeks, It is very week and not success in B4A, for a basic library it will work not a complex, I tries the SLC tool and exposed the Library as explain in the Erel's Posts. Does not work, For your information i made the library and used it in the eclipse it self without any hassle. One my friend used it with a different IDE NetBeans works fine. I think things have to be straight forward since, all the explanations take you all around the world makes it complicated, I think i use the B4A as a RAPID application development toll for android in which i don't expect this to happen. I am sorry if i point it wrong. May be my knowledge
 
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