Question
Need to access a third party android app from Pega 7
We need to access a third party android app (This opens the camera to do some stuff) from Pega 7 mobile platform. It can be triggered by the event "On Click" of a button. I need a proper documentation on the steps I need to perform to integrate my already built Pega Mobile App with the already built android app. Please let me know if I can use any OOTB approach or javascript to open the third party application on click and return back to the section when the app is closed.
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Hi James,
Thank you very much for your prompt reply.
Actually, we have built a custom Android app for Augmented Reality in Unity using Vuforia. Now since we have the .apk file with us to install it on the Android platform we were planning to integrate the custom built app with our Pega 7 mobile app.
One approach which we were suggested was to expose a service in our Android app and then to call that service from our Pega 7 app. I just wanted to know, if this is the only approach available or can we think of any other approach?
Please do let me know if you have anything else in mind. It would be really helpful.
Best Regards,
Sumit
Sumit,
Were you able to find solution for this. If yes could you please share some information on this.
Regards,
Prem
Hello Prem Kumar,
I did not get any authentic solution from the community as fo now. If I get it I will definitely share. Meanwhile, if you get any solution to cater the need mentioned in my post, please do post it here.
Thanks in advance!
-Sumit
Sumit, have you reviewed the Pega Mobile SDK? https://pdn.pega.com/products/pega-mobile-sdk
This should allow you to embed a special Pega WebView into your application. This will give you mobile snapstart capabilities to jump into specific screens and actions within Pega. It will provide a simple JavaScript bridge to communicate with your native app, and gives Pega access to certain native capabilities.
- James
Hi Sumit,
We cannot advise on a third-party application without knowing which third-party application and what kind of public API it might have. You will need to contact the vendor.
The Pega Mobile Client's public API (which includes camera and other media) and how to use it from JavaScript can be found in the following PDN articles:
https://pdn.pega.com/sites/pdn.pega.com/files/mobileclient/690/api/client_api/container_object_media.html
https://pdn.pega.com/pega-mobility/tutorial-using-the-hybrid-client-api-within-a-pega-application
- James