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/*!
    \title Android Custom Activity
    \ingroup examples-qtandroidextras
    \example customactivity
    \brief Demonstrates working with custom Android activities.

    \image customactivity.png

    This example demonstrates how to create an Android Activity and run it from
    your Qt application. The activity is composed of a Java class and an Android
    XML layout which is started from the main app. The activity can send back data
    after finishing which can be used in QML.

    When you click the \uicontrol{"Start custom Android activity"} button, the
    activity is started, and the activity has a text view and a button to exit.
    The activity can either use the button or the back gesture to go back.

    \include examples-run.qdocinc

    \section1 Create Activity Class

    Define an Android class called \c CustomActivity in the CustomActivity.java
    file as follows:

    \quotefromfile customactivity/android/src/org/qtproject/example/activityhandler/CustomActivity.java
    \skipto package
    \printuntil /^\}/

    The Activity's layout is defined at \e {customactivity/android/res/layout/second_activity.xml}.

    To use this Activity, it must be defined in the \e AndroidManifest.xml file
    as follows:

    \quotefromfile customactivity/android/AndroidManifest.xml
    \skipto :custom_activity
    \printuntil </activity>

    \note To use any native JNI calls, you must extend \c QtActivity instead of
    \c Activity.

    \section1 Start the Activity

    To start an Activity from Qt, you need to create an intent using \l{QAndroidIntent},
    then call \l{QtAndroid::startActivity} providing the intent, a custom request
    code, and a callback function. The latter is called after the activity has
    finished. You can start the activity as follows:

    \quotefromfile customactivity/activityhandler.cpp
    \skipto showSecondActivity
    \printuntil });
    \printline }

    Then, define the callback function that is called directly after the activity
    is done:

    \quotefromfile customactivity/activityhandler.cpp
    \skipto ActivityHandler::activityReceiver
    \printuntil }

    \note You can first check that the \c requestCode and \c resultCode are correct.

    To connect C++ with QML, add an instance of the C++ class that is handling
    the JNI logic as a QML property in the \e main.cpp file:

    \quotefromfile customactivity/main.cpp
    \skipto ActivityHandler
    \printuntil setContextProperty

    Then, add a \l Connections element to watch for messages from C++ in the
    \e main.qml file:

    \quotefromfile customactivity/main.qml
    \skipto Connections
    \printuntil /^\ {4}\}/

    And set the \c onClicked for the \uicontrol{"Start custom Android activity"}
    button to:

    \quotefromfile services/common/main.qml
    \skipto onClicked
    \printline onClicked

    \sa {Qt for Android}, {Qt Android Extras}
*/