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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.app;
+
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
+
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
+import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.util.Xml;
+import com.android.internal.util.XmlUtils;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Stub activity that launches another activity (and then finishes itself)
+ * based on information in its component's manifest meta-data. This is a
+ * simple way to implement an alias-like mechanism.
+ *
+ * To use this activity, you should include in the manifest for the associated
+ * component an entry named "android.app.alias". It is a reference to an XML
+ * resource describing an intent that launches the real application.
+ */
+public class AliasActivity extends Activity {
+ /**
+ * This is the name under which you should store in your component the
+ * meta-data information about the alias. It is a reference to an XML
+ * resource describing an intent that launches the real application.
+ * {@hide}
+ */
+ public final String ALIAS_META_DATA = "android.app.alias";
+
+ @Override
+ protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+ super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+
+ XmlResourceParser parser = null;
+ try {
+ ActivityInfo ai = getPackageManager().getActivityInfo(
+ getComponentName(), PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
+ parser = ai.loadXmlMetaData(getPackageManager(),
+ ALIAS_META_DATA);
+ if (parser == null) {
+ throw new RuntimeException("Alias requires a meta-data field "
+ + ALIAS_META_DATA);
+ }
+
+ Intent intent = parseAlias(parser);
+ if (intent == null) {
+ throw new RuntimeException(
+ "No <intent> tag found in alias description");
+ }
+
+ startActivity(intent);
+ finish();
+
+ } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
+ throw new RuntimeException("Error parsing alias", e);
+ } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+ throw new RuntimeException("Error parsing alias", e);
+ } catch (IOException e) {
+ throw new RuntimeException("Error parsing alias", e);
+ } finally {
+ if (parser != null) parser.close();
+ }
+ }
+
+ private Intent parseAlias(XmlPullParser parser)
+ throws XmlPullParserException, IOException {
+ AttributeSet attrs = Xml.asAttributeSet(parser);
+
+ Intent intent = null;
+
+ int type;
+ while ((type=parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT
+ && type != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
+ }
+
+ String nodeName = parser.getName();
+ if (!"alias".equals(nodeName)) {
+ throw new RuntimeException(
+ "Alias meta-data must start with <alias> tag; found"
+ + nodeName + " at " + parser.getPositionDescription());
+ }
+
+ int outerDepth = parser.getDepth();
+ while ((type=parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT
+ && (type != XmlPullParser.END_TAG || parser.getDepth() > outerDepth)) {
+ if (type == XmlPullParser.END_TAG || type == XmlPullParser.TEXT) {
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ nodeName = parser.getName();
+ if ("intent".equals(nodeName)) {
+ Intent gotIntent = Intent.parseIntent(getResources(), parser, attrs);
+ if (intent == null) intent = gotIntent;
+ } else {
+ XmlUtils.skipCurrentTag(parser);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return intent;
+ }
+
+}