Configuring the Start App

Configuring the Start App

Configure the Start App button sing the GUI.
Start Application defines a button to launch another application on the device. When the button is pressed, Zebra Voice minimizes running in the background, and the defined application launches. For example, a button can be placed in the Dashboard to open an email application.
  1. In
    UI Settings
    , select
    Edit Dashboard
    or
    Edit In-Call
    Add
    .
  2. Select the new button. A yellow box appears around the selected button.
  3. Touch
    Edit
    .
  4. Select the check box next to
    Confirm On Click
    to enable this (the default is Disabled).
  5. Touch
    Action
    and select
    START_APP
    .
  6. Touch
    Select App Package
    and select the application from the
    Select App Package
    menu.
  7. In the
    Title
    field, enter the application name.
  8. In the
    Description
    field, enter a short description of the button function.
  9. Touch
    Icon
    and select an icon from the
    Select Icon
    menu. See Icons.
  10. Touch
    BG
    to set the background color. See Setting Button Background Color.
  11. Touch
    FG
    to set the foreground text color. See Setting Button Text Color.
  12. Touch the
    Back
    button to return to the Zebra Voice home screen.
Opening the music application example is shown in the following XML example.
<Dashboard> or <CallButtons> ... <Button> <title>Email</title> <action>START_APP</action> <value>com.android.email</value> <enabled>true</enabled> <confirm>false</confirm> <description>Open email application</description> <icon>email.png</icon> </Button> ... </Dashboard> or </CallButtons>