I am getting Cannot find symbol method startActivityForResult(Intent,int)

Question

I want to stream an URL in the MX video player and in VLC. When the URL ends with comx, the MX Video Player handles the work well but when it ends with covlc, it gives me an error. The error is:

cannot find symbol method startActivityForResult(Intent,int)

Here is the class:

public class MyAppWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
    @Override
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
        String str=new String(url);
        if(str.endsWith("comx")){
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
            Uri videoUri = Uri.parse(url.replace("?comx", ""));
            intent.setClassName("com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad","com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad.ActivityScreen");
            intent.setDataAndType(videoUri, "application/x-mpegURL");
            intent.putExtra("secure_uri", true);
            intent.putExtra("title", "Kung Fury");
            intent.setPackage("com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad");
            view.getContext().startActivity(intent);
            //view.goBack();
            return true;
        }
        else {
            if(str.endsWith("covlc")){
                Uri uri = Uri.parse(url.replace("?covlc", ""));
                int vlcRequestCode = 42;
                Intent vlcIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
                vlcIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName("org.videolan.vlc", "org.videolan.vlc.gui.video.VideoPlayerActivity"));
                vlcIntent.setDataAndType(uri, "video/*");
                vlcIntent.putExtra("title", "Kung Fury");
                vlcIntent.putExtra("from_start", false);
                vlcIntent.putExtra("subtitles_location", "/sdcard/Movies/Fifty-Fifty.srt");
                view.getContext().startActivityForResult(vlcIntent, vlcRequestCode);
                return true;
            }
            else {
                    //Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
                    //view.getContext().startActivity(intent);
                    return false;
            }
        }

    }
}

`startActivityForResult` is a method on the `Activity` class, not a `Context`. Check the API documentation — OneCricketeer, Jun 22 '16 at 17:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 22 '16 at 17:20

startActivityForResult() is a method on Activity, not Context. Probably the Context returned by getContext() is an Activity, so you can cast it and call startActivityForResult():

((Activity)view.getContext()).startActivityForResult(vlcIntent, vlcRequestCode);

It would be safer to pass the Activity into the MyAppWebViewClient more directly (e.g., constructor parameter) and use it that way.

I am getting Cannot find symbol method startActivityForResult(Intent,int)

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