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by Knoxf
Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:37 pm
Forum: Android Deployment
Topic: Using launch url to open another app
Replies: 11
Views: 10162

Re: Using launch url to open another app

Hi Knox, I don't think you can launch just the app... What we do is launch documents like my.pdf, my.jpg and let the OS choose the correct application to show the file in. The only app that we get launched empty is the mail app. Simon Oh, well I have a problem because the app I need to open is not ...
by Knoxf
Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:20 pm
Forum: Android Deployment
Topic: Using launch url to open another app
Replies: 11
Views: 10162

Re: Using launch url to open another app

Hi Knox, open a local file in your browser and check the address line! -> file:///Users/klaus/Desktop/bassist.jpg Its even 3 SLASHES! :D But the last slash is coming from the file path as you get with "answer file..." -> /Users/klaus/Desktop/bassist.jpg Best Klaus Klaus, Ah I see, have you used lau...
by Knoxf
Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:24 pm
Forum: Android Deployment
Topic: Option Menu (Modified Button) - Not for Android ?
Replies: 10
Views: 7838

Re: Option Menu (Modified Button) - Not for Android ?

Simon wrote:Stop banging head. :)
Use mobilePick.

Simon
Sorry in advance for my ignorance.... but what is mobilePick? :shock:
by Knoxf
Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:02 pm
Forum: Android Deployment
Topic: Using launch url to open another app
Replies: 11
Views: 10162

Re: Using launch url to open another app

Simon, I just noticed in one of your posts you used this syntax launch url "file://..." are the two forward slashes after the colon required because i have only been using one.... just wondering if maybe that might be part of my problem, I am going to go try with two slashes now and see if i get any...
by Knoxf
Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:18 pm
Forum: Android Deployment
Topic: Using launch url to open another app
Replies: 11
Views: 10162

Re: Using launch url to open another app

Simon, what was the full path and what kind of file do you include in the path for android apps, this is my issue i don't understand how the folder / file structure works on an android device.
by Knoxf
Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:36 pm
Forum: Android Deployment
Topic: Using launch url to open another app
Replies: 11
Views: 10162

Re: Using launch url to open another app

That is just it I am not doing it I have not got any successful paths to work on and android device, that is the part that is stopping me. I have searched the internet and cant find any examples of how to construct that path. The results that come up from searches are mostly from the stackoverflow s...
by Knoxf
Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:08 pm
Forum: Android Deployment
Topic: Using launch url to open another app
Replies: 11
Views: 10162

Using launch url to open another app

I was hoping that someone else has used "launch url" to open another app with a LiveCode app on an android device for example a phone, if so how does the syntax for the file path need to be constructed. I have tried many ways but i am very new to this and am not sure how to construct the path to an ...