NativeScript / NativeScript/android

Action android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEX doesn't send any data selected by user

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Description

Environment
Provide version numbers for the following components (information can be retrieved by running tns info in your project folder or by inspecting the package.json of the project):

  • NS: "7.0.8",
  • CLI: 10.1.7

To Reproduce

  1. create new app: tns create app-name -ng
  2. Add next intent-filter to activity in AndroidManifest.xml
(...)
<intent-filter>
   <action android:name="android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEXT" />
   <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
   <data android:mimeType="text/plain" />
</intent-filter>
(...)
  1. Add to main.ts code below:
application.android.on(
    application.AndroidApplication.activityCreatedEvent,
    function (args) {
        const activity = args.activity;
        // Get intent, action and MIME type
        const intent = activity.getIntent();
        const action = intent.getAction();
        const type = intent.getType();

        if (action === "android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEXT" && type != null) {
            console.log("Ok");
            if (type.startsWith("text/")) {
                console.log("Ok");
                    let sharedText = intent.getStringExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT);
                    console.log("sharedText", sharedText); // Not ok -> null
            }
        }
    }
);

  1. run: tns run android
  2. Open android browser and select some text
  3. Context menu is showing properly in context menu -> click
  4. User app is opened but console log is not showing selected text

Additional context

{
  "name": "@nativescript/template-hello-world-ng",
  "main": "main.js",
  "version": "7.0.8",
  "author": "NativeScript Team <oss@nativescript.org>",
  "description": "NativeScript Application",
  "license": "SEE LICENSE IN <your-license-filename>",
  "publishConfig": {
    "access": "public"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "nativescript",
    "mobile",
    "angular",
    "{N}",
    "template"
  ],
  "repository": "<fill-your-repository-here>",
  "bugs": {
    "url": "https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@angular/animations": "~11.0.0",
    "@angular/common": "~11.0.0",
    "@angular/compiler": "~11.0.0",
    "@angular/core": "~11.0.0",
    "@angular/forms": "~11.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser": "~11.0.0",
    "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~11.0.0",
    "@angular/router": "~11.0.0",
    "@nativescript/angular": "~11.0.0",
    "@nativescript/core": "~7.0.0",
    "@nativescript/theme": "~3.0.0",
    "reflect-metadata": "~0.1.12",
    "rxjs": "^6.6.0",
    "zone.js": "~0.11.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@angular/compiler-cli": "~11.0.0",
    "@nativescript/android": "7.0.1",
    "@nativescript/types": "~7.0.0",
    "@nativescript/webpack": "~3.0.0",
    "@ngtools/webpack": "~11.0.0",
    "typescript": "~4.0.0"
  },
  "gitHead": "41a7254d3bc134fd3c258761f3c6e1c3d54e6d41",
  "private": "true",
  "readme": "NativeScript Application"
}

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Research direction

The reproduction uses AndroidManifest.xml and the activityCreatedEvent handler in main.ts; start by running the listed PROCESS_TEXT steps and checking the intent data. Done means the selected browser text is available through EXTRA_TEXT when the app opens.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, typescript
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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