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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7  *
8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14  * limitations under the License.
15  */
16 
17 package android.app;
18 
19 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
20 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
21 
22 import android.content.Intent;
23 import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
24 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
25 import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
26 import android.os.Bundle;
27 import android.util.AttributeSet;
28 import android.util.Xml;
29 import com.android.internal.util.XmlUtils;
30 
31 import java.io.IOException;
32 
33 /**
34  * Stub activity that launches another activity (and then finishes itself)
35  * based on information in its component's manifest meta-data.  This is a
36  * simple way to implement an alias-like mechanism.
37  *
38  * To use this activity, you should include in the manifest for the associated
39  * component an entry named "android.app.alias".  It is a reference to an XML
40  * resource describing an intent that launches the real application.
41  */
42 public class AliasActivity extends Activity {
43     /**
44      * This is the name under which you should store in your component the
45      * meta-data information about the alias.  It is a reference to an XML
46      * resource describing an intent that launches the real application.
47      * {@hide}
48      */
49     public final String ALIAS_META_DATA = "android.app.alias";
50 
51     @Override
onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)52     protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
53         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
54 
55         XmlResourceParser parser = null;
56         try {
57             ActivityInfo ai = getPackageManager().getActivityInfo(
58                     getComponentName(), PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
59             parser = ai.loadXmlMetaData(getPackageManager(),
60                     ALIAS_META_DATA);
61             if (parser == null) {
62                 throw new RuntimeException("Alias requires a meta-data field "
63                         + ALIAS_META_DATA);
64             }
65 
66             Intent intent = parseAlias(parser);
67             if (intent == null) {
68                 throw new RuntimeException(
69                         "No <intent> tag found in alias description");
70             }
71 
72             startActivity(intent);
73             finish();
74 
75         } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
76             throw new RuntimeException("Error parsing alias", e);
77         } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
78             throw new RuntimeException("Error parsing alias", e);
79         } catch (IOException e) {
80             throw new RuntimeException("Error parsing alias", e);
81         } finally {
82             if (parser != null) parser.close();
83         }
84     }
85 
parseAlias(XmlPullParser parser)86     private Intent parseAlias(XmlPullParser parser)
87             throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
88         AttributeSet attrs = Xml.asAttributeSet(parser);
89 
90         Intent intent = null;
91 
92         int type;
93         while ((type=parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT
94                 && type != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
95         }
96 
97         String nodeName = parser.getName();
98         if (!"alias".equals(nodeName)) {
99             throw new RuntimeException(
100                     "Alias meta-data must start with <alias> tag; found"
101                     + nodeName + " at " + parser.getPositionDescription());
102         }
103 
104         int outerDepth = parser.getDepth();
105         while ((type=parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT
106                && (type != XmlPullParser.END_TAG || parser.getDepth() > outerDepth)) {
107             if (type == XmlPullParser.END_TAG || type == XmlPullParser.TEXT) {
108                 continue;
109             }
110 
111             nodeName = parser.getName();
112             if ("intent".equals(nodeName)) {
113                 Intent gotIntent = Intent.parseIntent(getResources(), parser, attrs);
114                 if (intent == null) intent = gotIntent;
115             } else {
116                 XmlUtils.skipCurrentTag(parser);
117             }
118         }
119 
120         return intent;
121     }
122 
123 }
124