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Android - Reacting to assist request

I am programming a tiny app which opens the camera as it is opened via assist-request. In the onCreate method, it simply opens the camera via intent. But if the app is opened "the regular way" I'd like to display a little instruction instead of the camera.

Is there an easy solution for checking if the app was started by an assist-request?

extract from my Manifest:

<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <action android:name="android.intent.action.ASSIST" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
Solution

  • If you want to determine which sort of Intent was used to start MainActivity, use getIntent().getAction() and compare it to the possible values (e.g., Intent.ACTION_MAIN).