ONLINE HELP
 WINDEVWEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE

Version: 2025

Installing Android development tools
To develop Android applications with WINDEV Mobile, you must install...
Non-maximized windows for Android
A non-maximized window can be resized by the user and it can occupy a section of the screen only...
Generating an Android application
The generation of a WINDEV Mobile application for Android groups all project elements (windows, code, etc.
Android permission functions
The following functions are used to manage permissions in Android applications
Android and Java: WLanguage procedure calls
Modifies the location of log files corresponding to an HFSQL data file.
Developing applications for Android
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for the Android operating system...
Specific features of Android applications
The development of Android and WINDEV Mobile applications is different in the following fields...
Maximized windows for Android
A maximized window occupies the entire screen of the mobile device.
Testing and debugging an application on an Android device
All developers appreciate the possibility to debug an application directly on the device...
Android 11: Changes to application behavior
After each new version of Android is deployed, Google requires a higher target API level ("TargetSdkVersion") to publish applications on Google Play...
Android 10: Changing application behavior
Starting with Android 10, Google no longer allows an application running in the background to open a window
Storing files in Android
The file system on the devices running Android is divided into two main storage areas...
Using Java code
You have the ability to enter Java code:
  • in Java applications generated with WINDEV.
  • in Android applications generated with WINDEV Mobile.
This allows you to create global procedures in Java.
geoRunApp (Function)
Starts the device's native maps application to display:
  • a specific geographical location,
  • a route between two locations.
CameraVideoStop (Function)
Stops the video recording previously started by CameraVideoStart.
Sensor functions
The following functions are used to manage the compass and the accelerometer in an application run on a mobile device (phone or tablet).
InAndroidMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in Android mode.
File download functions
The following functions are used to manage downloads...
Action Bar of a window
Action Bars replace the title bar of a window and display different types of information...
AppointmentDisplay (Function)
Displays an appointment in the native application for managing appointments found on the mobile device (Android or iOS).
SysAndroidVersion (Function)
Returns information about the Android version used by the application.
<Camera>.VideoStop (Function)
Stops the video recording previously started by CameraVideoStart.
InKioskMode (Function)
Indicates whether the Android application is in kiosk mode.
SysIMEI (Function)
Returns the IMEI number of an Android phone.
CameraVideoStart (Function)
Starts recording a video via a Camera control in an Android or iOS application.
<Camera>.VideoStart (Function)
Starts recording a video via a Camera control in an Android or iOS application.
Execution platform
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for different families of products...
URI functions
The following functions are used to manage URIs
Using Kotlin code
Kotlin is a programming language mainly used for Android development...
Application in kiosk mode
A kiosk application is an application from which the user cannot exit...
SysIdentifier (Function)
Returns the unique identifier of the current mobile device.
InAndroidEmulatorMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in the Android emulator.
fCacheDir (Function)
Returns the path of directory that will be used to store the data in cache on the internal storage space of application.
SysNbExternalStorage (Function)
Returns the number of external storage spaces found on an Android device.
InDeviceOwnerMode (Function)
Indicates whether the Android application is in "Device owner" mode.
Summary table: Managing application directories by platform
Returns the list of continents.
Camera control in a mobile application
The Camera control is used to...
fExtractResource (Function)
Extracts a resource from the application into a physical device location.
SchedulerInfoXY (Function)
Returns the appointment, the resource or the date found at given position in a Scheduler control.
ControlExecuteModification (Function)
Considers that the control has been modified by the user (the Modified property is set to True...
TelemetryIsEnabled (Function)
Used to find out whether the telemetry is enabled.
CoordinateImageControlToImage (Function)
Converts the coordinates of a rectangle in the Image control to the corresponding coordinates...
CoordinateImageToImageControl (Function)
Converts the coordinates of a rectangle in the image to the corresponding coordinates in the Image...
LineHeight (Property)
The LineHeight property is used to get and change the height of the rows: in a List Box...
FontItalic (Property)
The FontItalic property is used to: Determine if the text is italicized. Apply or remove...
InitialVisible (Property)
The InitialVisible property is used to determine if: a control was visible during the first...
fDirAttribute (Function)
Returns or modifies the attributes of a directory.
Extension procedure
By using extension procedures, you can add your own WLanguage procedures to different types...
SQLExec (Function)
Names and runs an SQL query.
AppParameter (Function)
Returns information about the mechanism for automatic application update.
Scheduler control functions
List of functions that can be used with a Scheduler control....
iChangeSubReportSource (Function)
Modifies through programming the report associated with a sub-report in a composite report.
AppVersionInfo (Function)
Returns information about a version available on the setup server.
PDFReaderHighlight (Function)
Finds a text in the document displayed by a PDF Reader control and highlights the occurrences...
PDFReaderSeekPrevious (Function)
Sets the position on the previous result of a search started with PDFReaderSeekFirst in the content...
SysPowerStatus
Used to get various information about the battery (main or secondary) of the device...
<String type>.ExtractString (Function)
Allows you to: extract a substring from a string based on a specified string separator....
Initialization (Property)
The Initialization property is used to handle the initialization of certain processes.
AnimationPlayOnControlProperty (Function)
Animates the modification of an integer property between 2 values.
OrganizerAddAppointment (Function)
Adds a new appointment to an Organizer control.
OrganizerListAppointment (Function)
Returns: the list of appointments found between two dates in an Organizer control,...
OrganizerTimeDisplayed (Function)
Defines the time range displayed by the Organizer control in Day mode or in Week mode.
inAppListPurchase (Function)
Returns the list of application products purchased by the user and not consumed.