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RemoteIntent

public class RemoteIntent
extends Object

java.lang.Object
   ↳ com.google.android.wearable.intent.RemoteIntent

Support for opening android intents on other devices.

The following example opens play store for the given app on another device: 

 RemoteIntent.startRemoteActivity(context, nodeId, new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
     .setData(Uri.parse("http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.example.myapp")),
     null);

Summary

Constants

int RESULT_FAILED

Result code passed to send(int, Bundle) when a remote intent failed to send.

int RESULT_OK

Result code passed to send(int, Bundle) when a remote intent was sent successfully.

Public constructors

RemoteIntent()

Public methods

static void startRemoteActivity(Context context, Intent intent, ResultReceiver resultReceiver, String nodeId)

Start an activity on another device.

static void startRemoteActivity(Context context, Intent intent, ResultReceiver resultReceiver)

Start an activity on another device.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object

Constants

RESULT_FAILED

int RESULT_FAILED

Result code passed to send(int, Bundle) when a remote intent failed to send.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

RESULT_OK

int RESULT_OK

Result code passed to send(int, Bundle) when a remote intent was sent successfully.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

Public constructors

RemoteIntent

RemoteIntent ()

Public methods

startRemoteActivity

void startRemoteActivity (Context context, 
                Intent intent, 
                ResultReceiver resultReceiver, 
                String nodeId)

Start an activity on another device. This api currently supports sending intents with action set to ACTION_VIEW, a data uri populated using setData(Uri), and with the category CATEGORY_BROWSABLE present.

Parameters
context Context: Context for sending the intent.
intent Intent: The intent to open on the remote device. Action must be set to ACTION_VIEW, a data uri must be populated using setData(Uri), and the category CATEGORY_BROWSABLE must be present.
resultReceiver ResultReceiver: An optional ResultReceiver to receive callbacks for the request.
nodeId String: Wear OS node id for the device where the activity should be started. If null, and the current device is a watch, the activity will start on the companion phone device. Otherwise, the activity will start on all connected watch devices.

startRemoteActivity

void startRemoteActivity (Context context, 
                Intent intent, 
                ResultReceiver resultReceiver)

Start an activity on another device. This api currently supports sending intents with action set to ACTION_VIEW, a data uri populated using setData(Uri), and with the category CATEGORY_BROWSABLE present. If the current device is a watch, the activity will start on the companion phone device. Otherwise, the activity will start on all connected watch devices.

Parameters
context Context: Context for sending the intent.
intent Intent: The intent to open on the remote device. Action must be set to ACTION_VIEW, a data uri must be populated using setData(Uri), and the category CATEGORY_BROWSABLE must be present.
resultReceiver ResultReceiver: An optional ResultReceiver to receive callbacks for the request.