I am developing a android application as a launcher that will open another application in different window like Taskbar( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farmerbb.taskbar&hl=en) application.
I tried to open another application using component name and reflection method. Issue is when new application opens in another window , my launcher application get killed. How can i stop to kill my launcher application.
This is the code snippet for launching a new application in new window :
public void launchApplication(String componentName) {
ActivityOptions options = getActivityOptions(AppConstants.FREEFORM_WORKSPACE_STACK_ID);
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setComponent(ComponentName.unflattenFromString(componentName));
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
try {
startActivity(intent, options.toBundle());
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public ActivityOptions getActivityOptions(int applicationType) {
ActivityOptions options = ActivityOptions.makeBasic();
Integer stackId = null;
switch (applicationType) {
case FULLSCREEN_WORKSPACE_STACK_ID:
stackId = FULLSCREEN_WORKSPACE_STACK_ID;
break;
case FREEFORM_WORKSPACE_STACK_ID:
stackId = FREEFORM_WORKSPACE_STACK_ID;
break;
case DOCKED_STACK_ID:
stackId = DOCKED_STACK_ID;
break;
}
if (stackId != null) {
try {
Method method = ActivityOptions.class.getMethod("setLaunchStackId", int.class);
method.invoke(options, stackId);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return options;
}