How to achieve interaction between Native and Hybrid Applications in Worklight?

Question

I will start with explaining the use case I am trying to implement. I have two different applications:

1. Native android application, and
2. Worklight-based hybrid application

The use case starts with opening native android application. On a particular event I am opening the Hybrid application with some parameters.

In the Hybrid application, I am getting the passed parameters in the native side it, and now I want to use that data in the webview of the application (JavaScript, HTML). How can I achieve that?

For example:
I opened the first android application. Which have one text box and a button. I entered my mobile number in text box and hit the button. On the button click I have code which starts the other hybrid application and passes the mobile number with it.

I am able to extract that mobile number parameter on native side of code. How to pass that to the Web (JavaScript) part of it?

Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

I will describe the solution using code snippets.

First Open the hybrid application from a native application.

Intent intent = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage(“URI Of Target Application”);
intent.putExtra("someData", someData);
startActivity(intent);

Now Worklight based hybrid application will start and from native part we will extract that passed data and store it in shared preferences:

Bundle dataBundle = getIntent().getExtras();
String someData = dataBundle.getString("someData");
sharedpreferences = getSharedPreferences(MyPREFERENCES, MODE_PRIVATE);
sharedpreferences.edit().putString("someData", someData);
sharedpreferences.commit();

Now make a plugin which you can call after the web part is ready for use.

SharedPreferences sharedpreferences = cordova.getActivity().getSharedPreferences(MyPREFERENCES,cordova.getActivity().MODE_PRIVATE);
if(sharedpreferences!=null) {
     String param = sharedpreferences.getString("someData", "-1");
     sharedpreferences.edit().remove("someData").commit();
     callbackContext.success(param); 
}

Call that plugin on web side of Worklight based hybrid application.

function onSuccessSharedData (param) {
     Param is the passed parameter
} 
Cordova.exec(onSuccessSharedData, onFailure, "pluginName", "action", []);