Task & Document API (en)
summary
Explains Android’s Task API (taskAffinity, launchMode, intent flags) and the Android 5.0 Document Task API, focusing on their differing behaviors across Android versions. Walks through concrete use cases such as apps that restrict content to signed-in users and apps that open multiple documents in parallel, showing how to apply the APIs to manage those scenarios.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Start
- 2:58Task API
- 4:10Start from launcher
- 6:35Start from within the app
- 6:47Start from overview
- 9:13Opening an Url
- 15:09Taking a picture
- 15:59Sharing via mail
- 30:05Create new document
- 32:04Limiting the history
- 32:36Starting in background
- 33:25Managing documents
- 34:43Removing a document
- 35:42Overview screen customisation (5.0+)
- 37:00Persistance behaviours (5.0+)
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