README.md
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2 Android DragAndDropAcrossApps-new Sample
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5 This sample demonstrates how data can be moved between views within an
6 app or between different apps via drag and drop.
7 This sample contains two separate Android applications, DragSource and
8 DropTarget that show how data can be dragged and dropped between
9 two separate apps.
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11 Introduction
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13
14 Android N introduces support for drag and drop between applications,
15 augmenting the existing APIs that have enabled this within a single
16 window before.
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18 To start a drag operation you need to call `View.startDragAndDrop`.
19 Which gesture or action triggers this is up to you as an app developer.
20 The API guide recommends doing this from
21 `View.OnLongClickListener.onLongClick` and this seems to be the de-facto
22 standard, but you are free to use other gestures (single tap, tap and drag
23 etc).
24 However, if you go for a unconventional drag start gesture, note that
25 the framework implementation assumes that the pointer (touch or mouse)
26 is down while the drag is starting, and the most recent touch/click
27 position is used as the original position of the drag shadow.
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29 See also `android.support.v13.view.DragStartHelper` which uses different
30 gestures for touch and mouse (click and drag works better for mouse
31 than a long click).
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33 By default a drag and drop operation is constrained by the window
34 containing the view that started the drag.
35 To enable cross-window and cross-app drag and drop add
36 `View.DRAG_FLAG_GLOBAL` to the flags passed to the `View.startDragAndDrop`
37 call.
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39 If a Uri requiring permission grants is being sent, then the
40 `android.view.View.DRAG_FLAG_GLOBAL_URI_READ` and/or the
41 `android.view.View.DRAG_FLAG_GLOBAL_URI_WRITE` flags must be used also.
42 To access content URIs requiring permissions on the receiving side, the target
43 app needs to request the `android.view.DropPermissions` from the activity via
44 `android.app.Activity.requestDropPermissions`. This permission will stay either
45 until the activity is alive, or until the `release()` method is called on the
46 `android.view.DropPermissions` object.
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48 Pre-requisites
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50
51 - Android SDK vandroid-N
52 - Android Build Tools v23.0.0
53 - Android Support Repository
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55 Screenshots
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58 <img src="screenshots/app.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/>
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60 Getting Started
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62
63 This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
64 "gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.
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66 Support
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68
69 - Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
70 - Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android
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72 If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
73 https://github.com/googlesamples/android-DragAndDropAcrossApps-new
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75 Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
76 submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.
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78 License
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80
81 Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.
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