open android settings from QT app(com.android.settings)

Question

I have an android application in QT. I would like to call android settings from a button.

I used this code in Java :

public void usb(View v){
    Intent intent = new Intent();  
    intent.setClassName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.DevelopmentSettings");  
    startActivity(intent);  
}

Is there a way to call android settings using QT C++?

jpo38 · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-31T06:32:23.907

QAndroidJniObject makes it possible to create JNI objects from Qt C++ code.

For example: to get the activity:

QAndroidJniObject activity =  QAndroidJniObject::callStaticObjectMethod("org/qtproject/qt5/android/QtNative", "activity", "()Landroid/app/Activity;");

For example: to create a new Intent:

QAndroidJniObject intent("android/content/Intent","()V");

You can then step by step translate execute your java code from C++....

To answer your specific question, just copy/paste this code:

QAndroidJniObject activity = QAndroidJniObject::callStaticObjectMethod("org/qtproject/qt5/android/QtNative", "activity", "()Landroid/app/Activity;");   //activity is valid
if ( activity.isValid() )
{
    // Equivalent to Jave code: 'Intent intent = new Intent();'
    QAndroidJniObject intent("android/content/Intent","()V");
    if ( intent.isValid() )
    {
        QAndroidJniObject param1 = QAndroidJniObject::fromString("com.android.settings");
        QAndroidJniObject param2 = QAndroidJniObject::fromString("com.android.settings.DevelopmentSettings");

        if ( param1.isValid() && param2.isValid() )
        {
            // Equivalent to Jave code: 'intent.setClassName("com.android.settings", "com.android.settings.DevelopmentSettings");'
            intent.callObjectMethod("setClassName","(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Landroid/content/Intent;",param1.object<jobject>(),param2.object<jobject>());

            // Equivalent to Jave code: 'startActivity(intent);'
            activity.callObjectMethod("startActivity","(Landroid/content/Intent;)V",intent.object<jobject>());
        }
    }
}

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Daniel Nicoletti · Answer 2 · 2019-11-19T13:56:09.673

The accepted answer does not work with custom Android Settings Applications, and also failed on my new Android One phone, besides that, it opens on the Developer page.

Below is a working code (Qt 5.12) that opens the default settings appplication on first page and can easily be changed to open on other pages:

const QAndroidJniObject ACTION_SETTINGS = QAndroidJniObject::getStaticObjectField("android/provider/Settings",
                                                                                  "ACTION_SETTINGS",
                                                                                  "Ljava/lang/String;");
if (ACTION_SETTINGS.isValid()) {
    const QAndroidIntent intent(ACTION_SETTINGS.toString());
    QtAndroid::startActivity(intent.handle(), 10101);
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 12 '15 at 11:43

This is how you can open details of specific application (by package id) in Application Manager using Qt:

QAndroidJniObject activity = QAndroidJniObject::callStaticObjectMethod("org/qtproject/qt5/android/QtNative", "activity", "()Landroid/app/Activity;");   //activity is valid
if (activity.isValid())
{
    QAndroidJniObject param = QAndroidJniObject::fromString("package:com.example.mycoolapp");
    // Equivalent to Jave code: 'Uri uri = Uri::parse("...");'
    QAndroidJniObject uri = QAndroidJniObject::callStaticObjectMethod("android/net/Uri", "parse", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Landroid/net/Uri;", param.object<jstring>());
    if (!uri.isValid()) {
        qWarning("Unable to create Uri object");
        return;
    }
    QAndroidJniObject packageName = QAndroidJniObject::fromString("android.settings.APPLICATION_DETAILS_SETTINGS");

    QAndroidJniObject intent("android/content/Intent","(Ljava/lang/String;)V", packageName.object<jstring>());
    if (!intent.isValid()) {
        qWarning("Unable to create Intent object");
        return;
    }
    intent.callObjectMethod("addCategory", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Landroid/content/Intent;", QAndroidJniObject::fromString("android.intent.category.DEFAULT").object<jstring>());
    intent.callObjectMethod("setData", "(Landroid/net/Uri;)Landroid/content/Intent;", uri.object<jobject>());

    activity.callObjectMethod("startActivity","(Landroid/content/Intent;)V",intent.object<jobject>());
}

open android settings from QT app(com.android.settings)

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