RemoteActivityHelper

public final class RemoteActivityHelper

Support for opening android intents on other devices.

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

val remoteActivityHelper = RemoteActivityHelper(context, executor)

val result = remoteActivityHelper.startRemoteActivity(
    new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW).setData(
        Uri.parse("http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.example.myapp")
    ),
    nodeId
)

startRemoteActivity returns a ListenableFuture, which is completed after the intent has been sent or failed if there was an issue with sending the intent.

nodeId is the opaque string that represents a node in the Android Wear network. For the given device, it can obtained by NodeClient.getLocalNode() and the list of nodes to which this device is currently connected can be obtained by NodeClient.getConnectedNodes(). More information about this can be found here.

Summary

Nested types
RemoteActivityHelper.Companion
RemoteActivityHelper.RemoteIntentException

Public constructors

Public methods
final @NonNull ListenableFuture<@NonNull Void>
startRemoteActivity(
    @NonNull Intent targetIntent,
    @Nullable String targetNodeId
)

Start an activity on another device.

Public constructors

RemoteActivityHelper

public final RemoteActivityHelper(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull Executor executor)
Parameters
@NonNull Context context

The Context of the application for sending the intent.
@NonNull Executor executor

Executor used for getting data to be passed in remote intent. If not specified, default will be Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor().

Public methods

startRemoteActivity

@NonNull
public final ListenableFuture<@NonNull Void> startRemoteActivity(
    @NonNull Intent targetIntent,
    @Nullable String targetNodeId
)

Start an activity on another device. This api currently supports sending intents with action set to android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW, a data uri populated using android.content.Intent.setData, and with the category android.content.Intent.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
@NonNull Intent targetIntent

The intent to open on the remote device. Action must be set to android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW, a data uri must be populated using android.content.Intent.setData, and the category android.content.Intent.CATEGORY_BROWSABLE must be present.
@Nullable String targetNodeId

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.
Returns
ListenableFuture<@NonNull Void>

The ListenableFuture which resolves if starting activity was successful or throws Exception if any errors happens. If there's a problem with starting remote activity, RemoteIntentException will be thrown.