Question

I have 2 apps, one of them is calling an activity from the second one through an intent filter like so:

Call in App1 (Parent app)

Intent openApp = new Intent("com.app.intent.Activity2");
startActivity(openApp );

Intent filter in App2 (child app)

    <activity
        android:name=".app.activity.Activity2"
        android:label="@string/app_name" 
        android:launchMode="singleInstance"
        >

        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="com.app.intent.Activity2" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/> 
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/> 
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

At one point the Parent application has to close but the problem is the Activity2 from the second application gets killed as well. I can see that Activity2 is actually running under the same package, is there any way to have the Activity2 persist and run even after the parent applicaiton is closed ?

Thank you

Answer 1

This discussion seems to have what you need. Seems like you need to get the launch intent from the package you want to launch and use that in your intent.

Launch an application from another application on Android