I'm trying to create a windows store app that will launch the default mail app (WinJS 8.1). I haven't touched this for a while, but it was working correctly before 8 - 8.1 upgrade. The code looks like this:
var interval = setInterval(function () {
clearInterval(interval);
var formattedBodyText = bodyText.replace(/\n/g, '%0d');
var mailTask = Email.SendNewMail.sendEmail(emailAddress, subject, formattedBodyText);
}, 500);
And the sendEmail function:
sendEmail: function sendEmail(addess, subject, body) {
var mailto = new Windows.Foundation.Uri("mailto:?to=" + addess + "&subject=" + subject + "&body=" + body);
return Windows.System.Launcher.launchUriAsync(mailto);
}
Oddly, this seems to launch Chrome (I assume because that's my default browser). How can I get it to launch the mail app? Has this changed since the 8.1 upgrade?
EDIT:
It looks like the default program for opening mails was changed to Chrome. So, I suppose my question is now: is it possible to FORCE the mail app to open, rather than whatever is associated with the mailto: url? I noticed there was an ms-mail uri - would that be safer to use?
You can't determine which is default mail app in Windows Store app. Moreover there's no way to open Mail app forcefully in Windows Store app. It doesn't make sense. Some user (Like me!) might not like default mail app. So I would recommend to stick to share charm for sending emails.
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I am using google places api in ionic app.I places google places api script in index.html. The app allow the user to access wifi within specific place. User get internet access after login with our app. When application launch and user is connecting with our network, user do not have access to the internet. So i get error:
Application Error connection to the server was unsuccessful.
Is there anyway to call the google places api after user has access to the internet to avoid the error?
This has been quickly tested in ionic 1 and it works, no reason it shouldn't in ionic 2. But if you know a proper way to add the script tag in angular, just replace this part. The logic is simply to add your resource on the fly to index.html. Don't forget that connexion can appear while app is already started, and that you don't need to add the tag twice (verifications have to be done). Some edits might be done to adapt to ionic 2, sorry my version was made on the 1.
the function to add the script:
function addScriptTag(){
//STORE HERE VALUE TO VERIFY SCRIPT HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDED
var script = document.createElement('script');
script.src = 'http://maps.google.com...';
script.type = 'text/javascript';
document.head.appendChild(script);
}
in $ionicPlatform.ready (network is not available before that)
//CONNECTED AT APP LOADING
var networkState = navigator.connection.type;
if(networkState !== Connection.NONE){
addScriptTag();
}
//IN CASE CONNEXION ARRIVES LATER
$rootScope.$on('$cordovaNetwork:online', function(event, networkState){
if( /* VERIFY SCRIPT NOT ADDED BEFORE */ ){
addScriptTag();
}
}, false);
Just want to start off by saying I'm not a much of a Java dev or anything of an Android dev. The links I've found on SO for solving my issue aren't specific to WL, and I'm not sure where to place the 'solutions' in the build.
I've got simple email link to start this:
In Android (4.0.4) the app will crash saying it's not a supported protocol. That much is expected.
One of the solutions I have (below, from SO, lost the link) seems like the right way to go, but I'm not sure where this is supposed to go.
#Override
public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebViewClient view, String url) {
if( url.startsWith("http:") || url.startsWith("https:") ) {
return false;
}
// Otherwise allow the OS to handle it
else if (url.startsWith("tel:")) {
Intent tel = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, Uri.parse(url));
startActivity(tel);
return true;
}
else if (url.startsWith("mailto:")) {
String body = "Enter your Question, Enquiry or Feedback below:\n\n";
Intent mail = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
mail.setType("application/octet-stream");
mail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, new String[]{"email address"});
mail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
mail.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, body);
startActivity(mail);
return true;
}
return true;
}
Any help is obviously greatly appreciated!
In a Worklight hybrid application, you are not required to use native code in order to use features such as mailto:.
To get it working, i.e: to click a link that will open the email screen for the user to fill in the subject and message, you can follow the below. If you need greater functionality, elaborate on it in your question:
Make sure you are using the latest iFix available for the version of Worklight that you are using (due to recently fixed Cordova security bugs that affect this functionality). This can be obtained from either the Eclipse Marketplace or IBM Fix Central.
Follow these steps:
In native\res\xml\config.xml, remove and add the following lines:
- <access origin="*"/>
+ <access origin="mailto://*" launch-external="true" />
In common\index.html I then tried with:
Send email
The result was (depending on your phone setup): either to get an option to set up an email account, select from which account to send the mail to, or get the email compose screen.
My HoneyComb application runs on tablets and Google TV. I have setting to send email in my settings fragment, but it returns error of "No app can handle this function."
Is there a way to send email to browser through my application if there is no client (createChooser) available?
I also tried to display a summary of the customer service email, but summary is not working on HoneyComb. I was trying this so I could have disabled Intent on tv.
Is there a way to send email to browser through my application if there is no client (createChooser) available?
Not unless you know the specific email Web app and all of its details, and that email Web app supports some sort of direct-email-sending capability.
Either prompt the user to install an email app, or send the email yourself (e.g., JavaMail), or do not use email for communications on Google TV. I would expect few Google TV users to be using email on their televisions, so you need to plan accordingly.
Google TV includes a default, stub email app, so the system will appear to have an email app installed, even when there is none. There's a special check necessary to detect the stub:
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
emailIntent.setType("plain/text"); // special mime legacy for gmail; others work
List<ResolveInfo> match = getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(emailIntent, 0);
boolean hasEmailer = match.size() > 0;
Log.w("thuuz", "has plain/text Emailer: " + hasEmailer);
if (match.size() == 1) {
ResolveInfo info = match.get(0);
boolean real = true;
if (info.activityInfo.packageName.startsWith("com.google.android.tv.frameworkpackagestubs"))
real = false;
Log.w("thuuz", "has *real* Emailer: " + real);
}
I have web page where I have Button that either opens app (if it installed) or directs to App store if app isn't installed.
It all works if App is installed (I call into "MYAPP://"). However, if app is not installed Safari shows error message "Can not open URL" and that's it. Is there way to disable that message from JScript or is there another way to find out from JScript if app installed (instead of hitting app URL)?
To MODERATOR: I saw someone asked similar question and Moderator wrongly marked it as duplicate. Please understand that question was specifically about doing it from Browser.
Found somewhat suitable solution here
BTW if someone interested in how to do same thing for Android, here is code. We are using Dojo library:
dojo.io.iframe.send({
url: "yourApp://foo/bar",
load: function(resp) {
// nothing to do since it will automagically open App
},
error: function () {
window.location = "go to Android market";
}
});
At Branch we use a form of the code below--note that the iframe works on more browsers. Simply substitute in your app's URI and your App Store link. By the way, using the iframe silences the error if they don't have the app installed. It's great!
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
// Deep link to your app goes here
document.getElementById("l").src = "my_app://";
setTimeout(function() {
// Link to the App Store should go here -- only fires if deep link fails
window.location = "https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my.app/id123456789?ls=1&mt=8";
}, 500);
};
</script>
<iframe id="l" width="1" height="1" style="visibility:hidden"></iframe>
</body>
</html>
If others have better solutions to detect whether the URI scheme call actually failed, please post! I haven't seen one, and I've spent a ton of time looking. All existing solutions just rely on the user still being on the page and the setTimeout firing.
here is a code that works on iOs, even if the "Can not open URL" still show.
window.location = "yourApp://foo/bar";
clickedAt = +new Date;
setTimeout(function() {
if (+new Date - clickedAt < 2000) {
window.location = "go to Android market";
}
}, 500);
Thanks for the android solution.
I've combined a few things and used the following code to check if it's an iOS device before using the try/catch method from chazbot. Unfortunately, the device still throws a pop-up box to the user saying the address is invalid...anyone know if this is expected behavior for trying to open an invalid URL within a "try" block?
var i = 0,
iOS = false,
iDevice = ['iPad', 'iPhone', 'iPod'];
for ( ; i < iDevice.length ; i++ ) {
if( navigator.platform === iDevice[i] ){ iOS = true; break; }
}
try {
//run code that normally breaks the script or throws error
if (iOS) { window.location = "myApp://open";}
}
catch(e) {
//do nothing
}
There are a few things you can do to improve on other answers. Since iOS 9, a link can be opened in a UIWebView or in a SFSafariViewController. You might want to handle them differently.
The SFSafariViewController shares cookies across apps, and with the built in Safari. So in your app you can make a request through a SFSafariViewController that will set a cookie that says "my app was installed". For instance you open your website asking your server to set such cookie. Then anytime you get a request from a SFSafariViewController you can check for that cookie and redirect to MYAPP:// if you find it, or to the app store if you don't. No need to open a webpage and do a javascript redirection, you can do a 301 from your server. Apps like Messages or Safari share those cookies.
The UIWebView is very tricky since it is totally sandboxed and shared no cookies with anything else. So you'll have to fallback to what has been described in other answers:
window.onload = function() {
var iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
var uri = 'MYAPP://';
var interval = setInterval(function() {
// Link to the App Store should go here -- only fires if deep link fails
window.location = "https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my.app/id123456789?ls=1&mt=8";
}, 500);
iframe.onload = function() {
clearInterval(interval);
iframe.parentNode.removeChild(iframe);
window.location.href = uri;
};
iframe.src = uri;
iframe.setAttribute("style", "display:none;");
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
};
I've found it annoying that this will prompt the user if they want to leave the current app (to go to your app) even when your app is not installed. (empirically that seems only true from a UIWebView, if you do that from the normal Safari for instance that wont happen) but that's all we got!
You can differentiate the UIWebView from the SFSafariViewController from your server since they have different user agent header: the SFSafariViewController contains Safari while the UIWebView doesn't. For instance:
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 10_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/603.1.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/14E269
-> UIWebView
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 10_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/603.1.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/10.0 Mobile/14E269 Safari/602.1
-> SFSafariViewController
Other considerations:
in the first approach, you might want to handle uninstalls: if the user uninstalls your app, you still have a cookie that says that the app is there but it's not, so you might end up with the "Can not open URL" message. I've handled it by removing the cookie after a few tries that didn't end up opening the app (which I know because at every app open I'm resetting this failed tries cookie)
In the second case, it's unclear if you're better off using a setInterval or setTimeout. The issue with the timeout is that if it triggers while a prompt is on, it will be ignored. For instance if you open the link from Messenger, the os will ask you "Leave Messenger? You're about to open another app" when the iframe tries to load your app. If you don't respond either way within the 500ms of the timeout, the redirection in the timeout will be ignored.
Finally even though the UIWebView is sandboxed, you can give it a cookie to identify it, pass it in your deeplink, and save this id as corresponding to device with your app in your server when your app opens. Next time, if you see such a cookie in the request coming from the UIWebView, you can check if it matches a known device with the app and redirect directly with a 301 as before.
I think you can still use the app url as a test. Try wrapping it in a try...catch block,
try {
//run code that normally breaks the script or throws error
}
catch(e) {
//do nothing
}
How do you start the Mail app from a Titanium app?
I am looking for the equivalent of an HTML mailto: link where I can specify the email and maybe the subject from with in a windowView.
I am not using a webView.
Will
Try this one:
var emailDialog = Titanium.UI.createEmailDialog();
emailDialog.subject = "Sending email from Titanium";
emailDialog.toRecipients = ['name#gmail.com'];
emailDialog.messageBody = 'Appcelerator Titanium - Testing sending email';
emailDialog.open();
But remember that you cannot test this send email feature from iPhone Simulator (because iPhone simulator lacks of setting email account). Try to check in real phone.