Features/Start activity from another activity: Difference between revisions

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[[Category:~~Feature~~]]

[[Category:FeatureLanded|Start activity from another activity]]

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== Current status ==

* Targeted release: 0.~~102~~

* Targeted release: 0.106

* Last updated: ~~Feb 31~~, ~~2014~~

* Last updated: May, 2015

* Percentage of completion: 99%

* Percentage of completion: 100%

== Detailed Description ==

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== How To Test ==

* Ensure Image Viewer activity is installed,

~~Links~~ to ~~GitHub branches here~~.

* Ensure Browse-157.1 is installed, if not use [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/downloads/file/29107/browse-157.1.xo browse-157.1.xo],

* Start Browse and navigate to the [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/ Wiki],

* Move the cursor over an image, such as [[Media:Sugarlabs_mainpage_01.png]], right-click and select ''Save Image As'', wait for the download to complete,

* Verify that the alert offers ''Open with Image Viewer'',

* Click on ''Open with Image Viewer'',

* Verify that the Image Viewer activity is started and the image is shown.

== User Experience ==

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The main similarities and differences are:

* Currently we can only have one action: "Start" that launches an activiy. Our activities are not made of components. If that were the case, we could be able to do neat things like "take a photo" from any activity, that would call the correspondent component of Record or other available activity to take a photo from the camera. This is a major change that implies a change in activities, so is out of the scope of this feature.

* Currently we can only have one action: "Start" that launches an activiy. Our activities are not made of components like Android apps. If that were the case, we could be able to do neat things like "take a photo" from any activity, that would call the correspondent component of Record or other available activity to take a photo from the camera. This is a major change that implies a change in activities, so is out of the scope of this feature.

* Android Intents use a URI for data, usually a content provider like "content://..". The current way to reference an object in Sugar is by its ID. Currently, we can't pass arbitrary data to an activity.

* In Android, the component to be called can be implied from the data. We do the same. Our components are the Sugar bundles.

* In Android, extra data can be passed. We can't do that in current activities.

* In Android, the mime type can be explicit or implied from the data. We do the same.

== Release Notes ==

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 == Current status ==
-* Targeted release: 0.102
+* Targeted release: 0.106
-* Last updated: Feb 31, 2014
+* Last updated: May, 2015
-* Percentage of completion: 99%
+* Percentage of completion: 100%
 == Detailed Description ==
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 == How To Test ==
+* Ensure Image Viewer activity is installed,
-Links to GitHub branches here.
+* Ensure Browse-157.1 is installed, if not use [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/downloads/file/29107/browse-157.1.xo browse-157.1.xo],
+* Start Browse and navigate to the [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/ Wiki],
+* Move the cursor over an image, such as [[Media:Sugarlabs_mainpage_01.png]], right-click and select ''Save Image As'', wait for the download to complete,
+* Verify that the alert offers ''Open with Image Viewer'',
+* Click on ''Open with Image Viewer'',
+* Verify that the Image Viewer activity is started and the image is shown.
 == User Experience ==
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 The main similarities and differences are:
-* Currently we can only have one action: "Start" that launches an activiy.  Our activities are not made of components.  If that were the case, we could be able to do neat things like "take a photo" from any activity, that would call the correspondent component of Record or other available activity to take a photo from the camera. This is a major change that implies a change in activities, so is out of the scope of this feature.
+* Currently we can only have one action: "Start" that launches an activiy.  Our activities are not made of components like Android apps.  If that were the case, we could be able to do neat things like "take a photo" from any activity, that would call the correspondent component of Record or other available activity to take a photo from the camera. This is a major change that implies a change in activities, so is out of the scope of this feature.
+* Android Intents use a URI for data, usually a content provider like "content://..".  The current way to reference an object in Sugar is by its ID.  Currently, we can't pass arbitrary data to an activity.
+* In Android, the component to be called can be implied from the data.  We do the same.  Our components are the Sugar bundles.
+* In Android, extra data can be passed.  We can't do that in current activities.
+* In Android, the mime type can be explicit or implied from the data.  We do the same.
 == Release Notes ==