thesaurus & dictionary > Support > Launch the online dictionary Android app via an Intent? |
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Robert Nekic 3 post(s) |
I love the ability to launch the single-language offline dictionary apps via an Android intent with the word to look-up in the extras. Is it possible to launch the multi-language online app in this manner? Does it accept a language value in the Intent extras? If so, what is the name of the extra it expects to contain the language code? Thanks! |
05-Sep-14, 22:32:24 | Rispondi | Citazione | Report spam |
admin 145 post(s) Web site |
The online dictionary is not designed to be launched via intent. The Intent.ACTION_SEARCH includes only the SearchManager.QUERY extra, as described in the Android developer guide: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_SEARCH |
06-Sep-14, 12:45:40 | Rispondi | Citazione | Report spam |
Robert Nekic 3 post(s) |
Hi, thanks for the fast reply. True, but it's simple enough to send other values in the intent with Intent.putExtra(String, String). http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#putExtra(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) Something like this could work, no? As long as you document the language extra you are expecting: Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEARCH); intent.setPackage("livio.dictionary"); intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, word); intent.putExtra("langauge", "it_IT"); Anyway, just a suggestion. Thanks for the nice apps! |
08-Sep-14, 16:37:54 | Rispondi | Citazione | Report spam |
Robert Nekic 3 post(s) |
Oops, I suppose technically the extra should include the package name. So, something like intent.putExtra("livio.dictionary.Langauge", "it_IT"); |
08-Sep-14, 16:46:59 | Rispondi | Citazione | Report spam |
admin 145 post(s) Web site |
Good idea, but as I already wrote the online dictionary is not designed for this. May be that in a future release I'll add your request to the online dictionary, but currently the focus is on the offline dictionaries. Thanks for your suggestion. |
08-Sep-14, 19:35:35 | Rispondi | Citazione | Report spam |
admin 145 post(s) Web site |
The Android online dictionary will support the launch via intent in release 2.6. The following code can be used as template: String word = "pace"; Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEARCH); intent.setPackage("livio.dictionary"); intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY, word); intent.putExtra("language", "it_IT"); if (isIntentAvailable(this, intent)) startActivity(intent); else Log.d("HelloWebView", "Intent is not available!"); |
04-Oct-14, 15:51:02 | Rispondi | Citazione | Report spam |