Cross-App Launching

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Introduction

One of the more powerful features of webOS is the ability to send information back and forth between applications. The Application Manager service acts as the intermediary for passing messages between applications. It is up to developers to support launch detection. Some discussion already exists in the developer forums and on the developer reference page for alarms. This document lists the various interfaces available to non-native apps for handling cross-app launching and message passing. The interface for applications which ship on the phone are documented in the Services page. The interface for known 3rd-party services are documented on the 3rd-party Services page.

Example launch code

The following code snippet shows how to launch Palm's Facebook app to post a status.

var request = new Mojo.Service.Request("palm://com.palm.applicationManager", {
    method:      'launch',
    parameters:  {
        id: 'com.palm.app.facebook',
        params: { status: "Check this out: " + this.storyFeed.stories[this.storyIndex].title +
                                 " - " + this.storyFeed.stories[this.storyIndex].url }
    }
});

For Multiple Version of Apps

Here's a function to run through an array of app ids (different app versions):

function callApp(serviceParams, onFailure) {
 
	var appids = ['com.funkatron.app.spaz-sped', 'com.funkatron.app.spaz', 'com.funkatron.app.spaz-beta'], index = 0;
    //just change your app ids if you are using a different app.
	function makeCall() {
		if (index < appids.length) {
 
			Mojo.Log.info('Trying to launch with appid %s', appids[index]);
 
			var request = new Mojo.Service.Request("palm://com.palm.applicationManager", {
				method: 'launch',
				parameters: {
					id: appids[index],
					params: serviceParams
				},
				onFailure: function() {
					Mojo.Log.info('Failed to launch with appid %s', appids[index]);
					index++; // go to next appid
					makeCall(); // retry
				}.bind(this)
			});
 
		} else {
			Mojo.Log.error('Failed to launch');
			if (onFailure) {
			    onFailure(serviceParams);
			}                     
			// or alternatively you can prompt the user to download the app in question
			var currentScene = this.controller.stageController.activeScene();
			currentScene.showAlertDialog({title: $L("No MapTool installed"),
				onChoose: function(value) {
					if (value == "INSTALL") {
						this.controller.serviceRequest("palm://com.palm.applicationManager", {
							method: "open",
							parameters: {
								id: 'com.palm.app.browser',
								params: {target: "http://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?packageid=com.funkatron.app.spaz"}
							}
						});
					}
				}.bind(this),
				message: $L("Please install the free Spaz application from the App Catalog."),
				choices: [
					{label:$L('Install'), value:"INSTALL"},
					{label:$L('Continue'), value:"CLOSE"}
				]
			});
		}
 
	}
    makeCall();
}

Apps which support launch parameters

Twitter Apps

Bad Kitty

Bad Kitty (version 1.5+) is a twitter client that supports the following launch parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description	Code
action	yes	The flag that tells Bad Kitty what to expect	Available Methods: "user", "tweet"
name	no	The username of the profile you want to view	{ action: "user", name: "MyUsername" }
tweet	no	The text you want to tweet	{ action: "tweet", tweet: "Text to pass to Bad Kitty" }

AppID: com.superinhuman.badkitty

Carbon

dots & lines' Carbon is a multi-panel Twitter client and supports the following launch parameters as of v.1.2:

Compose a New Tweet

Using this method will open a Compose Card in Carbon in order to send a tweet with the parameters as shown below.

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"compose" - This is to indicate that Carbon is supposed to open up a Compose Card
body	yes	Text to be passed to Carbon as Tweet body

Search Twitter using Carbon

Using this method will open a Search Card in Carbon that starts searching Twitter with the keyword(s) that are passed as parameters as shown below.

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"search" - This is to indicate that Carbon is supposed to open up a Search Card
keywords	yes	Search keyword(s) that Carbon will use to launch a Search card for

AppID: com.dotsandlines.carbon or com.dotsandlines.carbonbeta

Spaz

Spaz added launch params in v1.5.+

Post a status

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"prepPost" or "post"
msg	yes	the message text
account	no	an account hash used by Spaz; otherwise last logged-in account is used

For compatibility, you can also send

Parameter	Required	Description
tweet	yes	the message text

View a user

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"user"
userid	yes	"username"

For compatibility, you can also send

Parameter	Required	Description
user	yes	"username"

Search

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"search"
query	yes	"search query string"

View a status

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"status"
statusid	yes	"STATUS_ID"

AppID: com.funkatron.app.spaz OR com.funkatron.app.spaz-beta

Twee

Twee by Delicious Morsel is a Twitter client which supports two actions:

Tweet:

Parameter	Required	Description
tweet	yes	Text of tweet

Follow:

Parameter	Required	Description
follow	yes	Name of user to follow

AppID: com.deliciousmorsel.twee

Quick Post

Quick Post allows users to post to multiple Twitter and Facebook accounts.

With the following launch parameter, post message to the default account(s) set up in the Quick Post app. If the "quickPost" param starts with "z ", the text following the "z " will be sent to all accounts set up in the Quick Post app (not just the default ones):

Parameter	Required	Description
quickPost	yes	Status message to post to the default account(s)

AppID: com.hedami.quickpost

Tachyon

Tachyon is a Twitter app for HP webOS by Pocket Imagination which supports a variety of launch actions. Developers that implement cross-app launching support for Tachyon are entitled to a free copy of the app (either for themselves to test with, or to redistribute to a user). See here for details.

Search

Parameter	Values	Required	Description
action	search	Yes	Informs Tachyon you wish to Search
query	Any string	No	The search term. If unprovided, Tachyon will open the Search & Trends scene showing the user current global trends.
searchType	"global", "nearby", "people" or unprovided	No	The type of search you wish to take place. global: search all tweets worldwide for $query nearby: search all tweets for $query using geolocation. If $geoCode is unprovided, Tachyon will autolocate the user. It is recommended that you provide your own $geoCode if possible in order to ensure a smooth user experience. people: search all users for $query. If there is only one result, the user will automatically be taken to that profile. If unprovided, the user will be taken to the Search & Trends scene pre-populated by $query with the ability to choose which type of search they wish to make.
geoCode	Any string in the format lat,long,dist	No	Recommended if using "nearby" as $searchType; ignored for other search types. Must be in the format lat,long,dist (no spaces) where lat and long are valid latitudes/longtitudes respectively. Distance must be in the format of a positive integer followed by either "mi" or "km" to indicate miles or kilometers respectively. A valid example would be 55.86246,-4.253709,25mi which would search within 25 miles of Glasgow, Scotland.

View Profile

Parameter	Values	Required	Description
action	user	Yes	Informs Tachyon you wish to view a profile.
screen_name	Any valid Twitter screen_name	No	Takes the user to the profile provided. If left blank, the user will be taken to the profile of the currently logged-in user.

View a Tweet

Parameter	Values	Required	Description
action	status	Yes	Informs Tachyon you wish to view a tweet.
id	Any valid Twitter status ID, in string format	Yes	Shows the user the status specified.

View a List

Parameter	Values	Required	Description
action	list	Yes	Informs Tachyon you wish to view a Twitter list.
id	Any list ID	Yes, if viewing by ID	The ID of the list to be viewed.
slug	Any list slug	Yes, in conjunction with $screen_name	The slug (name) of the list to be viewed.
screen_name	Any Twitter screen_name	Yes, in conjunction with $slug	The screen_name of the list owner. The owner must own a list with $slug as a valid slug.

Compose a Tweet

Parameter	Values	Required	Description
action	tweet	Yes	Informs Tachyon you wish to compose a tweet.
text	Any string	No	The body of the tweet. Can be any length. If over 140 characters, the user will be presented with the option to post via TwitLonger assuming they are posting from an unprotected account.
account	Any valid Twitter screen_name	No	If set, Tachyon will attempt to post from the account provided. If the user has no account by that name in Tachyon, it will default to the currently logged in account.
geo	"force_locate", "last_known" or [Object]	No	force_locate: forces Tachyon's geolocation feature to request the user's location. last_known: will tag the location as the user's last known location, or switch off if user prefers to not be located. JSON object: provide your own location to tag the user with. This is recommended if known as it provides a smoother user experience. See the definition for 'geo' below for valid objects.
onPost	"view" or "return"	No	If set to "view", Tachyon will show the user the Tweet they have just posted. If set to "return", then Tachyon will close the app and return to the calling application to ensure a smooth user experience. If Tachyon was open before crosslaunching, then Tachyon will ignore a "return" value. If the parameter is undefined or ignored, the user will be returned to whatever they were doing before crosslaunching.

geo

The 'geo' object for the tweet action takes a pair of values. If either possible pair is incomplete or invalid, the geo preference will revert to last_known. Valid pairs:

A lat/long pair: Pass as {lat: "", long: ""} -- will tag the tweet with this location, after determining that Twitter recognises the location.
A Twitter place name/id pair: This is the recommended pair as it is the quickest, although unlikely to be known by any application that does not interact with the Twitter API. Pass as {place_id: "", place_name: ""} where place_id is a valid Twitter place_id. place_name will appear on the UI, so ensure it is a valid and recognisable place name.

Sparrow

Sparrow is a TouchPad twitter client supporting the following launch parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description	Code
windowType	yes	The flag so Sparrow knows what to do	"newTweet"
tweetText	no	The text you want to tweet	{ windowType: "newTweet", tweetText: "Text to have the user tweet" }

AppID: com.appstuh.sparrow

Other Social Networking Apps

Facebook

Palm's Facebook app supports the following launch parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
status	yes?	Text of status update

TODO: Find other launch parameters

AppID: com.palm.app.facebook

Foursquare

Launch Foursquare with passed 4sq.com URL:

(launches into Venue View if it's a venue URL, otherwise opens the URL in the web browser)

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"url"
url	yes	4SQ.COM URL (e.g http://4sq.com/1rNJ8N)

Set the notification alert sound

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"saveAlertFile"
alertFile	yes	fullPath to local audio file
alertName	yes	name of the file

Launch Foursquare into User View:

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"user"
user	yes	user ID (not username)

Launch Foursquare into Venue View:

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"venue"
venue	yes	venue ID

View the source code at http://github.com/foursquare/foursquare-palmpre/

AppID: com.foursquare.foursquare

Glimpse

Glimpse gives you the ability to run several mini apps (aka widgets) at the same time using a split screen interface:

Load a url in the Web Widget:

Parameter	Required	Description
query	yes	Pass the following as the value: "web/" + url (where url is the link you want to open)

Search for video in the Youtube Widget:

Parameter	Required	Description
query	yes	Pass the following as the value: "youtube/" + string (where string is what you what to search )

Post a tweet with the Twitter Widget:

Parameter	Required	Description
query	yes	Pass the following as the value: "tweet/" + text (where text is the text you want to tweet )

Add a url to Read It Later using the Read It Later Widget:

Parameter	Required	Description
query	yes	Pass the following as the value: "read/" + url + "," + title (where url is the link, and title is the page title )

Load a url in the Advanced Browser Widget:

Parameter	Required	Description
query	yes	Pass the following as the value: "ab/" + url (where url is the link you want to open)

AppID: com.ingloriousapps.glimpse or com.palm.ingloriousapps.glimpseunrateddevcut (for the Developer's Cut)

For example, to launch a url in the web widget, you can use the following code.

var url = "www.something.com";
this.controller.serviceRequest(“palm://com.palm.applicationManager”, {
method: “launch”,
parameters: {
id: “com.ingloriousapps.glimpse”,
params: {query: "web/" + url }
},
});

Lithium Messenger

Lithium Messenger is the first application that allows you to create a link between your various social networks, email & SMS

Parameter	Required	Description
query	yes	"Check that great Website !"
url	yes	"http://bit.ly" Provide a short URL

AppID: com.scienceapps.lithium

In order to pass a URL and a status, you can use the following code.

this.controller.serviceRequest(“palm://com.palm.applicationManager”, {
method: “launch”,
parameters: {
id: “com.scienceapps.lithium”,
params: {query:”hello”,url:”http://bit.ly/"}
},
});

Ping.fm for webOS

A simple and free client for the popular Ping.fm service.

View the source code at http://vc.thauvin.net/svn/webos/Ping.fm/.

Parameter	Required	Description
method	No	The service, trigger or group to post to. (e.g.: microblog, @tt, #group, etc.)
title	No	Title of the posted message, if required or supported. (e.g.: blog)
message	No	The message body.

AppID: net.thauvin.erik.webos.pingfm

In order to post to Ping.fm, you can use the following:

var args = {
  appId: "net.thauvin.erik.webos.pingfm",
  name: "main"
}
var params = {
  method: "blogs",
  title: "This is a test title",
  message: "This is a test message"
}
this.controller.stageController.pushScene(args, params);

Location and Maps

Go To Tool

Display Map:

Parameter	Required	Description
import-waypoints	yes	Array with data (sendArray in this example)

sendArray.unshift({ latitude: latitude, longitude: longitude, time: time, name: name, desc: desc });

AppID: com.longbeachit.gototooldemo (Demo) or com.longbeachit.gototool (Full Version)

See the FAQ at http://gototool.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=31&Itemid=91

MapTool

MapTool (free or pro) by Henk Jonas is a tool to display maps with POIs and tracks.

You can either send a query, a position or a list of POIs which are displayed on the map.

The query directly opens the search dialog with the query prefilled.

The location is a string containing lat and lon in decimal coords: "35.12345, 56.12345". Even a format like this is allowed: "Location: 23.3456, -23.45623". After launch, the view is centered around this position.

The POIs are saved in MapTool's target list and the initial view is zoomed to fit all POIs on the screen. The parameters are actually an array with objects as follows:

Parameter	Required	Description
name	yes	the name of the spot
lat	yes	latitude
lon	yes	longitude
image	no	an optional image url for the symbol displayed on the map
id	no	an optional id from geocaching.com
url	no	an optional url to read more about this target

case "do-maptool":
	var params = [{
		// convert the coordinates (from German into international format)
		lat: this.lat.replace(/,/g, "."),
		lon: this.lng.replace(/,/g, "."),
		// give the spot a name and optional specify an url and icon
		name: this.title,
		url: this.Url
	}];
	// var params = {"query": "56.2345, 12.3456"}
	// var params = {"query": "Housten, TX"}
	// first try maptoolpro if not found try maptool (free)
	this.controller.serviceRequest("palm://com.palm.applicationManager", {
		method: "open",
		parameters: {
			id: 'de.metaviewsoft.maptoolpro',
			params: params
		},
		onFailure: function() {
			this.controller.serviceRequest("palm://com.palm.applicationManager", {
				method: "open",
				parameters: {
					id: 'de.metaviewsoft.maptool',
					params: params
				},
				onFailure: function() {
					var currentScene = this.controller.stageController.activeScene();
					currentScene.showAlertDialog({title: $L("No MapTool installed"),
						onChoose: function(value) {
							if (value == "INSTALL") {
		this.controller.serviceRequest("palm://com.palm.applicationManager", {
			method: "open",
			parameters: {
				id: 'com.palm.app.browser',
				params: {target: "http://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?packageid=de.metaviewsoft.maptool"}
			}
		});
							}
						}.bind(this),
						message: $L("Please install the free MapTool application from the AppCatalog."),
						choices: [{label:$L('Install'), value:"INSTALL"},
							  {label:$L('Continue'), value:"CLOSE"}]
					});
				}.bind(this)
			});
		}.bind(this)
	});
	break;

You can read more details about it here: http://metaviewsoft.de/wordpress/?p=352

Music Apps

Koto Player

Koto Player is a music player for the platform. As of version 0.6.3, it supports one launch method, "getNowPlayingData". Apps can call Koto to get what the user is currently listening to. For example, Spaz has a button to get the currently playing music for people to tweet.

Get Now Playing Data

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	send "getNowPlayingData"
callback.id	yes	app id, typically Mojo.Controller.appInfo.id
callback.action	yes	the action for Koto to callback on

This will "callback" your app with a launchMethod of the following object:

Parameter	Value	Description
action	string	this will be the action you sent in your callback object
returnValue	boolean	true for success, false for failure. (no music playing is false)
nowPlaying.title	string	Title of Now Playing track.
nowPlaying.artist	string	Artist of Now Playing track.
nowPlaying.album	string	Album of Now Playing track.
nowPlaying.path	string	Path to Now Playing track file.

If returnValue is false, the nowPlaying object will not be passed.

AppIDs in order of precedence: "com.tibfib.app.koto.alt", "com.tibfib.app.koto", "com.tibfib.app.koto.lite"

Some sample code

//sample sent launch params
var params = {
        action: "getNowPlayingData", 
	callback: {
		id: Mojo.Controller.appInfo.id,
		action: "tweetNowPlaying"
	}
}
//sample returned launch params
var returnedLaunchParams = {
        "returnValue": true, 
        "nowPlaying": {
                "title": "Activation Theme",
                "artist": "Bit Shifter", 
                "album": "Information Chase", 
                "path": "/media/internal/music/Information Chase/2 - Activation Theme.mp3"
        }, 
        "action": "tweetNowPlaying", 
}

To-Do/Notes/Lists

Outline Tracker

Outline Tracker is a task list (to-do list) manager and outliner. http://outlinetracker.com/outlinetracker/index.html

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
quickAction	yes	string	Creates a new Task or Note; splits text into summary and content; attempts to extract date from first part of text

or

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
searchStr	yes	string	Switches to All Items view and displays all matching items.

AppID: com.outlinetracker.outlinetracker/com.outlinetracker.outlinetrackerfree

Notes

Notes (version 1.1.7+) is an app for taking notes and adding media (pictures, video clips, audio clips) to your notes:

Parameter	Required	Description
newNote	yes	Launches the app and creates a new note containing the text passed
media	no	an optional array of media to attach to the note. This is the local path to the media on the phone (e.g. [ "/media/internal/pic1.jpg", "/media/internal/pic2.png"...])

AppID: com.ingloriousapps.notes

TapNote

TapNote is a Dropbox-synchronized note-taking app, and allows you to create new notes or append text to existing notes (as of version 1.3). It is a "fat app" that is available on all WebOS devices (including TouchPad).

New document

This method will create a new document in TapNote and open it in a new card.

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"new"
text	no	The string that will be used as the contents of the new note
title	no	The string that will be used as the title for the new note (if omitted, title will be automatically generated based on the first few words of the text)

Append to document

This method will open a card prompting the user to choose a TapNote document to append with the passed text.

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"append"
text	no	The string that will be appended to an existing note

AppID: com.onecrayon.tapnote

You can use Quick Text abbreviations to insert the current date and/or time automatically in your text or title. Although the list of options may grow, currently you can use @d (date), @t (time), or @dt (datetime). For instance, if you pass "@t: Did something great in another app!" what will show up in TapNote is something like "9:30 AM: Did something great in another app!"

Relego

Relego is the webosRoundup Community Hackathon app. It is a Read It Later client which allows you to save URLs to the client and read them later.

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	Must be 'addtorelego'
url	yes	URL of the page to save for reading later
title	no	Title of the webpage or Descriptive Name

Read More on the official Hackathon Cross App Page: http://webos101.com/HackathonCrossApp

DataJog

DataJog is a cross-platform data transfer app. It allows the user to enter data from another device and move it to their webOS device. It can also send data from webOS to the other device.

Parameter	Required	Value	Description
action	yes	send	send the data to the other device
		save	save the data to the DataJog item list
data	yes	text	URL or text to send or save

AppID: com.datajog.webos

Uncategorized (Help us out!)

Pack 'n' Track

Pack 'n' Track (version 1.1.27+) is a shipment tracking application that supports the following launch parameters:

Track A Package:

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"addPackage"
trackingNumber	yes	Tracking number of the package
packageTitle	no	Optional title for package, if not provided tracking number is used

AppID: com.gosyntactix.paid.packntrack

neato!

Send text data from phone to user's PC via neato!:

Parameter	Required	Description
send	yes	{"a":"text","c":"text to send via neato!"}
send	yes	{"a":"url","c":"url to send via neato!"}

AppID: com.zhephree.neato

In order to pass a URL from the browser the following code can be used:

// Lets Neato! that URL
					try{
						this.neatoappid = "com.zhephree.neato";
						this.controller.serviceRequest("palm://com.palm.applicationManager", {
							method: 'open',
							parameters: {
								id: this.neatoappid,
								params: {send: '{"a":"url","c":"'+this.currentUrl+'"}'}
							},

Anonymous Texter

Anonymous Texter is an app that allows you to send a text message to anyone on any network, anonymously.

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	Must be 'sendText'
txtNumber	no	The Phone Number to send the Text Message to
txtCarrier	no	The carrier that the phone number is on
txtMessage	no	The actual message that is to be sent

AppID: com.jamesharris.anonymoustexter

Internalz

You can open files in Internalz very easily:

Parameter	Required	Description
target	yes	Can be a local filepath or an online URL.

If the target is an online URL image file, it will stream the image in the Image Viewer (with a Download image menu option available). All other online URL files will be downloaded.

Local image files load in the Internalz Image Viewer. All other files Internalz can handle (aka plain text files) will open in the Internalz Text Editor.

AppID: ca.canuckcoding.internalz

Internalz Pro

You can open files in Internalz Pro very easily:

Parameter	Required	Description
target	yes	Can be a local filepath or an online URL.

If the target is an online URL image file, it will stream the image in the Image Viewer (with a Download image menu option available). All other online URL files will be downloaded.

Local image files load in the Internalz Pro Image Viewer. Ipk files load into the Internalz Pro Ipk Installer. Patch and diff files load into the Internalz Pro Text Editor with patching options. All other files Internalz Pro can handle (aka plain text files) will open in the Internalz Pro Text Editor.

Lastly, if the target uses the view-source:// URI scheme, that webpage source will open read-only in the Internalz Pro Text Editor.

AppID: ca.canucksoftware.internalz

Scale Tool

Lazy tool for scaling dimensions. Formula is c * b / a = d ... a:b is scaled up/down to c:d.

Parameter	Required	Description
a	yes	integer
b	yes	integer
c	yes	integer

Basic Ping

Send a simple HTTP GET to a URL and see if it was successful.

Parameter	Required	Description
url	yes	It should include an http:// in the front

Voogle

Voogle is a native Google Voice client for webOS.

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	Currently only supports 'dial'
number	yes	The number you want the user to call

AppID: com.kandutech.voogle

Sports Live!

The Sports Live! suite offers real-time scores in the dashboard area or a full scoreboard for many of the most popular sports.

Parameter	Required	Description
action	yes	"saveAlertFile"
alertFile	yes	The path to a file to use as a score alert ringtone
alertName	yes	The name of the ringtone to display to the user

Goo.gly

Goo.gly (version 1.2+) is a goo.gl URL shortener that supports the following launch parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description	Code
action	yes	The flag that tells Goo.gly what to do	Available Methods: "shorten"
url	yes	The url to be shortened	{ action: "shorten", url: "http://www.somesite.com/somefile.html" }
onshorten	no	A single action to be taken once the URL has been shortened	{ action: "shorten", url: "http://www.somesite.com/somefile.html", onshorten:"actionID" }

The onshorten parameter can be any one of the following values: detailweb, copylink, tweet, detailshare, detailsharesms, facebookshare, sendneato, getqrcode, sendrelego, sendsparetime.

AppID: com.nelsun.googly

Mundu IM

An instant messaging client for Yahoo, MSN, AIM, Gtalk XMPP and Facebook. Supports multiple accounts.

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
[pass a string instead of an object]	yes	string	Service:Username:Buddyname

Common name	Service value
Yahoo	yah
GTalk	jab
MSN	msn ("msn:username@hotmail.com:yourbuddy@hotmail.com")
AIM	aim
Facebook	xmpp
XMPP	xmpp

AppId: com.geodesic.im

Example: If you are using Yahoo service, you can use the following code in your assistant file to launch mundu IM:

this.controller.serviceRequest('palm://com.palm.applicationManager',
{
   method: 'open',
   parameters:
   {
       id: 'com.geodesic.im',
       params: "yah:username:buddyname"
   }
});

Also, the application needs to be running and the buddy must be logged into the IM account in order to push the particular buddy's chat window. If the application is not running or not logged into any IM accounts, then passing parameters will launch the application showing just the home screen.

Note: The current version of mundu IM mandates to use "IM Service:Username:Buddyname" format. Hence, you will need to know the username with which the user has logged into mundu IM.

Multiple App Launcher

Multiple App Launcher allows you to start multiple applications at once, avoiding tap, flick and gestures.

Parameter	Required	Description
message	yes	"App group number"

AppID: com.scienceapps.multipleapplauncher

In order to launch app group number 1, you can use the following code.

this.controller.serviceRequest(“palm://com.palm.applicationManager”, {
method: “launch”,
parameters: {
id: “com.scienceapps.multipleapplauncher”,
params: {message:”1”}
},
});

WikiXplorer

WikiXplorer allows to browse, download and share articles from Wikipedia and Wiktionay (english, spanish, german, french).

Parameter	Required	Description
query	yes	"your query"

AppID: com.scienceapps.wikibrowseshare

You can use the following code for a query.

this.controller.serviceRequest(“palm://com.palm.applicationManager”, {
method: “launch”,
parameters: {
id: “com.scienceapps.wikibrowseshare”,
params: {query:”enter your query”}
},
});

Cross-App Launching

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Contents

Introduction

Example launch code

For Multiple Version of Apps

Apps which support launch parameters

Twitter Apps

Bad Kitty

Carbon

Compose a New Tweet

Search Twitter using Carbon

Spaz

Post a status

View a user

Search

View a status

Twee

Quick Post

Tachyon

Search

View Profile

View a Tweet

View a List

Compose a Tweet

geo

Sparrow

Other Social Networking Apps

Facebook

Foursquare

Glimpse

Lithium Messenger

Ping.fm for webOS

Location and Maps

Go To Tool

MapTool

Music Apps

Koto Player

Get Now Playing Data

To-Do/Notes/Lists

Outline Tracker

Notes

TapNote

New document

Append to document

Relego

DataJog

Uncategorized (Help us out!)

Pack 'n' Track

neato!

Anonymous Texter

Internalz

Internalz Pro

Scale Tool

Basic Ping

Voogle

Sports Live!

Goo.gly

Mundu IM

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