pomsky Asked: 2016-10-20 06:27:21 +0800 CST2016-10-20 06:27:21 +0800 CST 2016-10-20 06:27:21 +0800 CST How to launch another app from my Ubuntu Touch app? 772 I want to have a button in a Ubuntu Touch app I'm planning to create which will launch another app (say camera-app). How can this be done? ubuntu-touch 1 Answers Voted Best Answer Mateo 2016-10-20T07:08:46+08:002016-10-20T07:08:46+08:00 This can be achieved using the Url dispatcher:https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/phone/platform/guides/url-dispatcher-guide/ You can put these urls in the code just like you were going to open other urls/external websites. For example, I can use this to call the terminal like: appid://com.ubuntu.terminal/terminal/current-user-version But, if since you say the camera I assume you may want to use the picture it takes in some way instead of just launching the app, In this case you should look into the content hub: https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/phone/platform/guides/content-hub-guide/
This can be achieved using the Url dispatcher:https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/phone/platform/guides/url-dispatcher-guide/
You can put these urls in the code just like you were going to open other urls/external websites.
For example, I can use this to call the terminal like:
But, if since you say the camera I assume you may want to use the picture it takes in some way instead of just launching the app, In this case you should look into the content hub: https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/phone/platform/guides/content-hub-guide/