Feature Request: Open App / URI via API call

[tringler]

Hello @quadportnick,

I don't if its possible at all, but would it be possible to implement that we can call an uri / app via the API? In my particular case our babyphones trigger a ffmpeg noise sensor and it would be great if I can run an automation to start VLC with the rtsp uri automatically to watch the current rtsp stream.

On my mobile phone I can call this uri rtsp://user:pass@ip:port/stream on in example a webpage and Android knows that it should be open that type of URI with VLC and plays it.

Maybe we can have an api call like {"launch": "<uri>"} where we send an URI and Android will open that with the pre-defined app for the uri or we will see that Android dialog where we need to choose an app and if we want to use that app everytime for that kind of protocol.

Unfortunately I don't have any Java/Android knowledge.

Regards, Thomas

[quadportnick]

Right so, looking for a means to launch other programs through app URIs? Seems like it shouuuuuld be trivial and would actually make sense on iOS as well (always like things that can be done in parallel). Marked it.