AppOpenForm (Function)

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Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10

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AppOpenForm (Function)

In french: AppliOuvreFiche

Opens:

the form of an application on Android (Play Store), iOS (App Store) or Windows (Windows Store) in order for the user to give a mark to it and/or to comment it.
the form for configuring the In-App purchases of an application.

Example

// Open the application form
AppOpenForm("com.pcsoft.wm_expense_account")

// Open the form of current application
AppOpenForm()

// Open the application form
AppOpenForm("47232570")

Syntax

AppOpenForm([<Application> [, <Type of form>]])

<Application>: Optional character string

Full name of application for which the form will be opened. This name has the following format: <package>.<application name> (for example: com.pcsoft.wm_expense_account). If this parameter is not specified, the form of current application will be opened.
iTunes identifier of application. To get this identifier:
1. Go to http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/us/.
2. Type the application name. The number is found in the returned URL.
For example, for the WB Quizz application of PC Soft, the address is "https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wb-quizz/id473232570?mt=8&uo=4" target="itunes_store"" and the identifier is 473232570.
Application identifier. To get this identifier:
1. Go to the Windows store.
2. Find the requested application and display its form. The number is found in the returned URL.

<Type of form>: Optional Integer constant

Indicates the type of form to open:
formApplication
(Default value) Opens the application form.
formInAppPurchase Opens the window for configuring In-App purchases.
Opens the same form as when using the formApplication constant.

Remarks

Necessary conditions

The application for which the form must be opened must have been published on the store beforehand.

Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10

From Android 10, it is no longer possible to open a window when the application is in the background.

AppOpenForm can open a window. If this function is used while the application is in the background, a fatal error will occur.

Tips:

It is possible to determine if the application is in the background using InBackgroundMode.
If an application needs to interact with the user while it is in the background, the solution is to display a notification (via the Notification type). The application will be brought back to the foreground when the notification is clicked, if the ActivateApplication property is set to True. You can also open a window from the procedure passed to the ActionClick property.

For more details, see Android 10: Behavior of applications in the background.

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