I am able to start my Windows MAUI app using an URI, and I can get the URI itself. But, it appears that a NEW instance of the app is being created. This is not ideal for me -- if my app is already running, I want to use that instance.
I have done something like this for a Xamarin.Forms app. I override OnActivated in Application class.
Re: my MAUI app, I'm not even clear on whether the issue is how I've done the "protocol" in package.appxmanifest, or if it is how I respond to lifecycle events.
The default behaviour is to run multiple instances of your app. You can make the app single-instanced by defining a customized class with a Main method as suggested in this blog post:
[STAThread]
static async Task Main(string[] args)
{
WinRT.ComWrappersSupport.InitializeComWrappers();
bool isRedirect = await DecideRedirection();
if (!isRedirect)
{
Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Application.Start((p) =>
{
var context = new DispatcherQueueSynchronizationContext(
DispatcherQueue.GetForCurrentThread());
SynchronizationContext.SetSynchronizationContext(context);
new App();
});
}
return 0;
}
private static async Task DecideRedirection()
{
bool isRedirect = false;
AppActivationArguments args = AppInstance.GetCurrent().GetActivatedEventArgs();
ExtendedActivationKind kind = args.Kind;
AppInstance keyInstance = AppInstance.FindOrRegisterForKey("randomKey");
if (keyInstance.IsCurrent)
{
keyInstance.Activated += OnActivated;
}
else
{
isRedirect = true;
await keyInstance.RedirectActivationToAsync(args);
}
return isRedirect;
}
There is an open suggestion to simplify this process available on GitHub.
System-Environment:
Windows 10 Pro - Version: 1909 - OS System Build: 18363.752
Microsoft Outlook 2019 MSO - Version 1808 - 32-Bit
Microsoft Exchange 2016 15.1 Build (Build 1979.3)
-- Microsoft Exchange is installed on Microsoft Server 2016
Outlook Redemption COM-Library - Version 5.22.0.5498
Issue Summary:
The application sends emails via Outlook using the Outlook-Redemption COM-Library. The class "RedemptionHandler" is our Singleton-Class which interacts with the Outlook-Redemption COM-Library. During the construction of the RedemptionHandler we create a RDOSession with a static class named RedemptionLoader and call Logon() on the RDOSession. The RDOSession is used afterwards in Initialize() to retrieve the Folders for Drafts and mails which are sent.
public static class RedemptionLoader
{
public static RDOSession new_RDOSession()
{
return (RDOSession)NewRedemptionObject(new Guid("29AB7A12-B531-450E-8F7A-EA94C2F3C05F"));
}
}
public class RedemptionHandler
{
private static RedemptionHandler instance = null;
private static readonly object padlock = new object();
private RDOSession _rdoSession;
private RDOFolder _rdoSentFolder;
private RDOFolder _rdoDraftsFolder;
private RDOItems _sentItems = null;
public EventHandler<MailGesendetEventArgs> MailSuccessfullySent;
private RedemptionHandler()
{
_rdoSession = RedemptionLoader.new_RDOSession();
_rdoSession.Logon(null, null, false, null, null, null);
Initialize();
}
public static RedemptionHandler Instance
{
get
{
lock (padlock)
{
if (instance == null)
{
instance = new RedemptionHandler();
}
return instance;
}
}
}
private void Initialize()
{
try
{
if (isInitialized) return;
_rdoSentFolder = _rdoSession.GetDefaultFolder(Redemption.rdoDefaultFolders.olFolderSentMail);
_sentItems = _rdoSentFolder.Items;
_sentItems.ItemAdd += MailSent;
_rdoDraftsFolder = _rdoSession.GetDefaultFolder(Redemption.rdoDefaultFolders.olFolderDrafts);
isInitialized = true;
}
catch
{
//TODO
isInitialized = false;
}
}
}
At this point, we have a working instance from our RedemptionHandler. The COM-Object RDOSession is created and referenced within just as the RDOFolder for Drafts and Sent. We have also registrered an event-listener for the Sent-Folder to recognize new Mails in this folder.
In the next steps we want to send an email and recognize this email if its stored in the sent-folder. We use the RDOMail.Fields - Property to store custom data within the RDOMail-Object.
public RDOMail CreateMail(string recipient, string subject, string body, Guid gdSender, string storagePath)
{
RDOMail newMail = _rdoDraftsFolder.Items.Add(Redemption.rdoItemType.olMailItem);
newMail.Recipients.Add(recipient);
newMail.Recipients.ResolveAll();
newMail.Subject = subject;
newMail.HTMLBody = body;
newMail.BodyFormat = (int)rdoBodyFormat.olFormatHTML;
// Here we want to store an identifier in the RDOMail.Fields
int id = newMail.GetIDsFromNames(PropertyGuid, PropertyGdItemId);
newMail.Fields[id] = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
return newMail;
}
After the mail creation we want to display the mail to the user because we dont want to send data without letting the user know about it.
public void DisplayMail(RDOMail mail, bool modal = false)
{
mail.Display(modal, null);
}
The Outlook window now comes to front and the user checks the mail and clicks on send.
The Mail is now stored in the Sent-Folder.
The MailSent Event gets invoked by the RDOFolder.Items.Add Listener.
private void MailSent(RDOMail mail)
{
var test = mail.Fields[SenderId];
Console.WriteLine(test);
// test value is correct!
}
Difference between Exchange in Online-Mode and Cache-Mode:
If we use the Exchange with Cache-Mode, everything works fine. Everytime we send an email, the MailSent is triggered and we can read data from the RDOMail.Fields-Property. If we switch to Exchange without Cache, the MailSent Event is triggered only once, when the first mail is sent. All emails afterwars are sent but dont trigger the MailSent-Event. If we delete this line of code, everything works also fine without Cache-Mode.
var test = mail.Fields[SenderId];
This is because we think that reading data from the RDOMail.Fields - Property does something special if the cache-mode from exchange is deactivated.
We need to store custom data within the mails to check if new mails in the sent-folder are created by our application or not.
We highly appreciate help and hints.
I tried to fix this issue without success. I've set-up a new Project without any other code:
public partial class RedemptionTest : Form
{
static RDOSession _rdoSession;
static RDOFolder _rdoSentFolder;
static RDOFolder _rdoDraftsFolder;
static RDOItems _draftItems;
static RDOItems _sentItems;
public RedemptionTest()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnLoad(e);
_rdoSession = RedemptionLoader.new_RDOSession();
_rdoSession.Logon();
_rdoSentFolder = _rdoSession.GetDefaultFolder(rdoDefaultFolders.olFolderSentMail);
_rdoDraftsFolder = _rdoSession.GetDefaultFolder(rdoDefaultFolders.olFolderDrafts);
_sentItems = _rdoSentFolder.Items;
_draftItems = _rdoDraftsFolder.Items;
_draftItems.ItemAdd += DraftAdd;
_sentItems.ItemAdd += MailSent;
}
private void DraftAdd(RDOMail Item)
{
Console.WriteLine(Item.Subject);
}
private void MailSent(RDOMail Item)
{
Console.WriteLine(Item.Subject);
}
}
The Drafts-Folder Event is fired all the time, the MailSent Event is only fired the first time. I have stored all RDO-Objects in static variables to avoid them from being garbage collected.
The object raising the events (RDOItems) must be alive be able to fire the events. Your code is using multiple dot notation, which means the compiler creates an implicit variable to hold the RDOItems collection. As soon as that variable is released by the Garbage Collector, no events will be fired.
The line
_rdoSentFolder.Items.ItemAdd += MailSent;
must be changed to
RDOItems _sentItems; //global/class variable
..
_sentItems = _rdoSentFolder.Items;
_sentItems .ItemAdd += MailSent;
Have the same issue in Outlook VSTO add-in using Redemption. Happens for both Sent and Inbox folder. The same code works correctly in cached mode but fires events only once in Online mode.
Native Outlook object model Items.ItemAdd works correctly in Online mode for the same folder.
Currently, we were able to do a workaround for this by unsubscribing and resubscribing to event right in the event handler. Like this:
private void SentItems_ItemAdd(RDOMail rdoMail)
{
_sentItems.ItemAdd -= SentItems_ItemAdd;
_sentItems.ItemAdd += SentItems_ItemAdd;
Log.Debug("SentItems.ItemAdd");
SentMailItemAdd?.Invoke(rdoMail);
}
I am busy writing an application where the user needs to capture a lot of images and then they get packaged together with some text data and then they get uploaded to a local server. I want to implement the uploading on the Android platform through an Intent Service but I cannot find a good Xamarin Forms PCL example to show me how.
This is the method where I initialize the Intent to pass to the IntentService:
public async Task<bool> UploadAsync(Uri serviceAddress,
CaptureEntity capture,
List<ImageEntity> images)
{
try
{
Intent uploadIntent = new Intent();
uploadIntent.PutExtra("serviceAddress", serviceAddress.ToString());
uploadIntent.PutExtra("captureId", capture.WorkflowId.ToString());
StartService(uploadIntent);
return true;
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
App.logger.LogError(DateTime.Now, "Uploader", exc.ToString());
throw exc;
}
}
And this is the IntentService itself.
[Service]
public class ServiceIntent : IntentService
{
public ServiceIntent() : base("ServiceIntent")
{
}
//[return: GeneratedEnum]
public override StartCommandResult OnStartCommand(Intent intent, [GeneratedEnum] StartCommandFlags flags, int startId)
{
return base.OnStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
}
public override void OnCreate()
{
base.OnCreate();
}
protected override void OnHandleIntent(Intent intent)
{
Uri serviceAddress = new Uri(intent.GetStringExtra("serviceAddress"));
Guid captureId = Guid.Parse(intent.GetStringExtra("captureId"));
CaptureEntity capture = new DatabaseConnection_Android().CreateConnection().Query<CaptureEntity>("SELECT * FROM [CaptureEntity]").Single(c => c.WorkflowId == captureId);
var images = new DatabaseConnection_Android().CreateConnection().Query<ImageEntity>("SELECT * FROM [ImageEntity]").Where(i => i.CaptureEntityId == capture.Id);
try
{
MultipartFormDataContent content = new MultipartFormDataContent();
StringContent strContent = new StringContent(
capture.XmlData,
Encoding.UTF8,
"text/xml");
IImageHandler handler = new ImageHandler_Droid();
HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage();
request.Headers.Add("workflow", capture.WorkflowId.ToString());
request.Method = HttpMethod.Post;
request.RequestUri = serviceAddress;
foreach (var image in images)
{
byte[] imageByte = handler.ReadAllBytes(image.ImagePath);
ByteArrayContent byteContent = new ByteArrayContent(imageByte);
byteContent.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "image/jpeg");
content.Add(byteContent, "file", image.ImageName);
}
content.Add(strContent, "text/xml");
request.Content = content;
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
{
client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(180);
var response = client.SendAsync(
request,
HttpCompletionOption.ResponseContentRead).Result;
var readResponse = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
if (readResponse == "File uploaded.")
MessagingCenter.Send<CaptureEntity, string>(
capture,
"Completed",
"Success");
else if (readResponse.Contains("An error has occurred."))
MessagingCenter.Send<CaptureEntity, string>(
capture,
"Uploader",
String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
"Failed: {0}",
readResponse));
else
MessagingCenter.Send<CaptureEntity, string>(
capture,
"Uploader",
String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
"Failed: {0}",
readResponse));
}
}
catch (WebException webExc)
{
MessagingCenter.Send<string, string>("Uploader", "Failed",
String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
"{0} upload failed.\n{1}",
capture.DisplayName,
webExc.Message));
}
catch (TimeoutException timeExc)
{
MessagingCenter.Send<string, string>("Uploader", "Failed",
String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
"{0} upload failed.\n{1}",
capture.DisplayName,
timeExc.Message));
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
MessagingCenter.Send<string, string>("Uploader", "Failed",
String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
"{0} upload failed.\n{1}",
capture.DisplayName,
exc.Message));
}
}
}
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong as I am getting the following error when I want to start the service:
Java.Lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.content.ComponentName android.content.Context.startService(android.content.Intent)' on a null object reference
In your Intent declaration you need to tell the service you want to call
Something like this:
var uploadIntent = new Intent(this, typeof(ServiceIntent));
Note: this represents the Context.
Update:
As mentioned in the comments your interface implementation cannot derive from Activity class. In order to have access to the Context to be able to call the StartService method and also create your Intent you can make it in two ways:
Using the Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Context:
public async Task<bool> UploadAsync(Uri serviceAddress,
CaptureEntity capture,
List<ImageEntity> images)
{
try
{
var context = Xamarin.Forms.Forms.Context;
var uploadIntent = new Intent(context, typeof(ServiceIntent));
uploadIntent.PutExtra("serviceAddress", serviceAddress.ToString());
uploadIntent.PutExtra("captureId", capture.WorkflowId.ToString());
context.StartService(uploadIntent);
return true;
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
App.logger.LogError(DateTime.Now, "Uploader", exc.ToString());
throw exc;
}
}
If you are using latest versions of Xamarin.Forms this global context was deprecated and they suggest to you local context instead. You can still use it though but in future updates of XF your app might break.
using CurrentActivity plugin:
public async Task<bool> UploadAsync(Uri serviceAddress,
CaptureEntity capture,
List<ImageEntity> images)
{
try
{
var context = CrossCurrentActivity.Current.Activity;
var uploadIntent = new Intent(context, typeof(ServiceIntent));
uploadIntent.PutExtra("serviceAddress", serviceAddress.ToString());
uploadIntent.PutExtra("captureId", capture.WorkflowId.ToString());
context.StartService(uploadIntent);
return true;
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
App.logger.LogError(DateTime.Now, "Uploader", exc.ToString());
throw exc;
}
}
This plugin can be installed from nugget and the setup is very straight forward. Basically it gives you access to the current activity and you can use it as your context to call the IntentService
Hope this helps.-
Here is the IntentService.
IntentService is a base class for Services that handle asynchronous requests (expressed as Intents) on demand. Clients send requests through startService(Intent) calls; the service is started as needed, handles each Intent in turn using a worker thread, and stops itself when it runs out of work.
In Android, we usually use IntentService to do asynchronous operator. As we all know, thread is also used to do asynchronous operator. The difference between IntentService and Thread is IntentService is Service which belongs to Android Component. So, the priority of IntentService is higher than Thread.
For example, there is a ActivityA which has a IntentService, and there is a ActivityB which has a Thread, both IntentService and Thread are working, and both ActivityA and ActivityB are al background Activity. Now, if your phone's system doesn't have extra resources, your ActivityB will be killed firstly.
About the Exception:
Java.Lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.content.ComponentName android.content.Context.startService(android.content.Intent)' on a null object reference
That means you should use android.content.Context to call the StartService method. In Android, there are three kinds of Context. Application, Activity and Service. So you can call the StartService method in these three classes directly. If you are not in these three classes, you need pass the Context to your class, and then use the Context to call StartService.
I added Activity for this class' inheritance.
If you do this, your class will be a Activity, and you need to register it in your manifiest, add layout for your class, and it should have the lifecycle, and etc. It will not be what you want to get class. In Android, Activity is a Component, not normal class, so you can't inherit it unless you want your class to be a Activity.
Demo:
I have made a demo for you,
I know that I cannot make a true synchronous call in Windows Phone 7. However, I'm trying to at least block the threads from processing until the async call is made or there is a timeout. I've tried the following, but it seems like my app just ignores it, abandons the call, and doesn't return back. Any ideas why?
I'm trying to update a value using a Value Converter during binding.
public ManualResetEvent _event;
public void GetSync()
{
_event = new ManualResetEvent(false);
var wc = new WebClient();
wc.OpenReadCompleted += new OpenReadCompletedEventHandler(ReadCompleted);
wc.OpenReadAsync(new Uri("My URL"));
// block until async call is complete
_event.WaitOne(5000);
}
private void ReadCompleted(object sender, OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e)
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyFormatter));
// The property below is accessed back in the Value Converter for binding
StronglyTypedObject = (StObject)serializer.Deserialize(e.Result);
_event.Set();
}
I tried to create a windows service which will allow to interact with Skype Client.
I'm using SKYPE4COM.DLL lib.
When I create a simple console or win32 aplication all works ok (I have the Skype request for this application and it works well). But when I try to run this application as a service,
I have an error
Service cannot be started. System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040201): Wait timeout.
at SKYPE4COMLib.SkypeClass.Attach(Int32 Protocol, Boolean Wait)
at Commander.Commander.OnStart(String[] args)
at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.ServiceQueuedMainCallback(Object state)
And I have no notification about process connecting to Skype.
Can you give me an advice how to attach service to Skype client or maybe I need to change my Skype settings?
I think it is not possible due to Windows User Id security restrictions. You have to run your application under the same user as Skype otherwise it won't be able to attach.
I had the same issue.
Resolved it by converting it to Windows Application and using it as System Tray App:
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Log.Info("starting app");
//facade that contains all code for my app
var facade = new MyAppFacade();
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
using (ProcessIcon icon = new ProcessIcon(facade))
{
icon.Display();
Application.Run();
}
}
public class ProcessIcon : IDisposable
{
private readonly MyAppFacade facade;
private NotifyIcon ni;
public ProcessIcon(MyAppFacade facade)
{
this.facade = facade;
this.ni = new NotifyIcon();
}
public void Display()
{
ni.Icon = Resources.Resources.TrayIcon;
ni.Text = "Skype soccer";
ni.Visible = true;
// Attach a context menu.
ni.ContextMenuStrip = new ContextMenuStrip();
var start = new ToolStripMenuItem("Start");
start.Click += (sender, args) => facade.Start();
ni.ContextMenuStrip.Items.Add(start);
var stop = new ToolStripMenuItem("Stop");
stop.Click += (sender, args) => facade.Stop();
ni.ContextMenuStrip.Items.Add(stop);
var exit = new ToolStripMenuItem("Exit");
exit.Click += (sender, args) => Application.Exit();
ni.ContextMenuStrip.Items.Add(exit);
}
public void Dispose()
{
ni.Dispose();
}
}