That made total sense and I was able to launch my app after that change. I totally missed the "/" that I needed. Thanks for the example component name string.
On Feb 11, 5:11 pm, "A. Elk" <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks as if your component name is incomplete. It looks as if you > provided a Java package name, but not the Android package name for > your application. > > A component name is not a "path" to the application, nor is it an > Android package name or a Java package ID. It *looks like* a Java > package ID, because Android chose to use that form as a way of > uniquely identifying application packages. > Though this is confusing, it does make sense. Just as it's easy to > build a unique URI just by using a name that's unique to you, so is it > easy to build a unique Java package ID or Android package name. > > I prefer to use "Java package ID" to refer to the string that comes > after an "import" statement, and Android package name to refer to the > value of the "package" attribute in the <manifest> element of > AndroidManifest.xml. They have the same syntax, but they mean > different things. > The Java ID is a fully-qualified class identifier; the package name is > a unique identifier for your *application*. > > The "component" parameter to startActivity has to be the fully- > qualified name of an Android Activity in your application. Fully- > qualified means that it has to contain the package name for your > application and the fully-qualified class name for your Activity. > The form is > > <packagename> + "/" + <activityname>. > > For example, if your <packagename> (the value of the "package" > attribute of the <manifest> element in your AndroidManifest.xml) is > "com.example.test.application" and > your main Activity class name "MainActivity" in the Java package > "com.example.myapp" then the component name is > > com.example.test.application/com.example.myapp.MainActivity > > Component names are not discussed all that much in Android, but > they're very important, since they are a complete and unique > identifier for an Android component (Activity, content provider, etc.) > in the system. > > If you want to learn a bit more, look at the javadoc for > android.content.ComponentName. > > kle. > > On Feb 4, 4:23 pm, RonQ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Good information. Thanks. I'm not using a specific notepad example > > to launch my app. Instead I'm using our own internal app. I have > > access to the code, but how do you know what path to provide to the > > application? I've tried some that I thought would work, such as our > > SplashScreen, but my app never comes up. It does the navigation on > > the device, but just without my app running. I just navigates though > > my phone menu. > > > I'm making the same call like this > > device.startActivity(component='com.myapp.SplashScreen') > > > How does one know what can actually be called with the startActivity > > component call? Any help would be appreciated. > > > On Jan 11, 10:30 pm, "Hakbong Kim [email protected]" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Your code works. > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > On 1월7일, 오전6시10분, "A. Elk" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Uh, I think the beginning example in theMonkeyRunnerdocumentation is > > > > wrong. The initial snippet is very misleading. Someone should report > > > > that as a bug. > > > > > Your code listing doesn't show that you installed the package that > > > > contains the component you want to start. I assume that you either > > > > installed it before you ranMonkeyRunner, or that you left this out of > > > > your listing. > > > > > The syntax of the "component" parameter is the same as that for an > > > > Android ComponentName: package_name/class_name. Package_name is the > > > > Android package name of the .apk containing your application. In your > > > > example, assuming that you're using the Note Pad sample app as your > > > > application, it's com.example.android.notepad. Class_name is the name > > > > of a class that Android can start; it's almost always an extension of > > > > android.app.Activity. For the Note Pad sample app, you would probably > > > > use com.example.android.notepad.NotesList. > > > > > To ensure you're not doing something wrong, remember to install the > > > > package, then try using this code snippet: > > > > > packagename = "com.example.android.notepad" > > > > classname = "com.example.android.notepad.NotesList" > > > > componentname = packagename + "/" + classname > > > > device.StartActivity(component=componentname) > > > > > On Jan 6, 12:28 am, "Hakbong Kim [email protected]" > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I tried to usemonkeyrunner. > > > > > A target is Android vmware image. > > > > > I checked that press(), takeSnopshot() and drag() are normally > > > > > executed. > > > > > But, startActivity() is not executed. > > > > > > The first source code is > > > > > > from com.android.monkeyrunnerimportMonkeyRunner, MonkeyDevice > > > > > device =MonkeyRunner.waitForConnection() > > > > > > device.startActivity(component='com.example.android.notepad.NotesList') > > > > > > The second is > > > > > ( I modified a third line referring to a writing of this group ) > > > > > > from com.android.monkeyrunnerimportMonkeyRunner, MonkeyDevice > > > > > device =MonkeyRunner.waitForConnection() > > > > > device.startActivity(component='com.example.android.notepad > > > > > \.NotesList') > > > > > > In two cases, the result is same > > > > > > 110106 17:13:42.168:I [main] [com.android.monkeyrunner.MonkeyManager] > > > > > Monkey Command: wake. > > > > > 110106 17:13:42.310:I [main] [com.android.monkeyrunner.MonkeyManager] > > > > > Monkey Command: quit. > > > > > > I tried using startActivity() with other activities. But, the result > > > > > is same. > > > > > What is right arguments for startActivity() ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
