It took me quite some time to figure this out. All solutions found online were only partly complete. Below is the full solution for launching a Unity application from another android application using a custom implicit Intent and also how to access the extra data sent with the Intent inside Unity.
To accomplish this you need to create a Android plugin that will be used by Unity to access the Intent extra data.
ANDROID PLUGIN:
You need to copy the classes.jar from Unity installation folder to the android plugin folder /lib/classes.jar
public class MainActivity extends UnityPlayerActivity {
@Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
super.onNewIntent(intent);
handleNewIntent(intent);
}
private void handleNewIntent(Intent intent){
String text = intent.getStringExtra("KEY");
UnityPlayer.UnitySendMessage("AccessManager","OnAccessToken", text);
}
}
AndroidManifest.xml
Important here is the package name used: com.company.plugin
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.company.plugin">
<application
android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true" android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Gradle build file:
Add the following to the app gradle build file to be able to create a .jar to be used with Unity
android {
compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.2"
sourceSets {
main {
java {
srcDir 'src/main/java'
}
}
}
...
...
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.2.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:23.2.1'
compile files('libs/classes.jar')
}
//task to delete the old jar
task deleteOldJar(type: Delete) {
delete 'release/AndroidPlugin.jar'
}
//task to export contents as jar
task exportJar(type: Copy) {
from('build/intermediates/bundles/release/')
into('release/')
include('classes.jar')
///Rename the jar
rename('classes.jar', 'AndroidPlugin.jar')
}
exportJar.dependsOn(deleteOldJar, build)
Copy the created AndroidPlugin.jar to Unity Assets/Plugins/Android
UNITY APP:
Set the bundle identifier in PlayerSettings to be the same as set in the Android Plugin - com.company.plugin
Create custom AndroidManifest.xml file in Assets/Plugins/Android
Important here is to use the same package name as used in the plugin.
Also note the Intent name: com.company.plugin.do
AndroidManifest.XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.company.plugin"
android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="9" />
<application android:label="@string/app_name">
<activity android:name=".MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name"
android:launchMode="singleTask" android:configChanges="fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|locale|mnc|mcc|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|uiMode|touchscreen" android:screenOrientation="sensor">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.company.plugin.do" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:mimeType="text/plain"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
Create a unity script named AccessManager and attach the script to a game object in the scene. OnAccessToken is the method that will receive the message sent from the android plugin and will contain the extra data sent from the intent.
public class accessManager : MonoBehaviour {
public void OnAccessToken(string accessToken)
{
Debug.Log("Message Received!!!! :" + accessToken);
}
}
ANDROID APP:
Create a standard Android application that will launch the Unity Application and send the Intent extra data
public void LaunchUnityApp(){
Intent i=new Intent();
i.setAction("com.company.plugin.do");
i.setType("text/plain");
i.putExtra("KEY","This is the text message sent from Android");
startActivity(i);
}
