Wholphin/Intents.md
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Parse intents to search, view, or play media (#1688)
## Description
Adds parsing for intents to search, view, or play media based on the
action and parameters. This allows for remotely opening Wholphin and
starting playback.

This is considered experimental, so the syntax or behaviors may change!

See the `Intents.md` file in this PR for syntax and examples.

### Related issues
Replaces https://github.com/damontecres/Wholphin/pull/738
Closes https://github.com/damontecres/Wholphin/discussions/1095

### Testing
Emulator with the test commands in the docs

## Screenshots
N/A

## AI or LLM usage
None
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# Intents
> [!WARNING]
> This feature is only available in the develop builds until the next release!
> [!IMPORTANT]
> This feature is experimental and the exact behaviors and/or parameters may change at any time
Wholphin accepts [intents](https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-filters) to load or play specified media.
Parameters can be specified as "extras" (eg `--es query value`) or as query parameters to the data URI (eg `-d wholphin://search?query=value`).
UUID parameters can be specified with or without hyphens.
If using data URI query parameters on the command line, you need to escape ampersands: `itemId=...\&userId=...`
## Server/user switching
You can choose a server and user to switch to with the `serverId` and `userId` UUID parameters. If the profile is not protected, the app will switch to it.
If not specified, the app will use the current user if auto sign in is enabled.
## Search
Action: `android.intent.action.SEARCH`
Shorthand action: `search`
Parameters:
- `query` - Optional, prepopulate the search field
### Examples
Full format
```bash
adb shell am start \
-a android.intent.action.SEARCH \
-n 'com.github.damontecres.wholphin/.MainActivity' \
--es query "Avengers"
```
URI based
```bash
adb shell am start -d 'wholphin://search?query=Avengers'
```
Multi-word query:
```bash
# Whole shell command is wrapped in double quotes
adb shell "am start \
-a android.intent.action.SEARCH \
-n 'com.github.damontecres.wholphin/.MainActivity' \
--es query 'Avengers Endgame'"
adb shell am start -d 'wholphin://search?query=Avengers+Endgame'
adb shell am start -d 'wholphin://search?query=Avengers%20Endgame'
```
## View
This opens the app to the specified item such as an episode or movie
Action: `android.intent.action.VIEW`
Shorthand action: `view`
Parameters:
- `itemId` - Required, the UUID of the media item
### Examples
Full format
```bash
adb shell am start \
-a android.intent.action.VIEW \
-n 'com.github.damontecres.wholphin/.MainActivity' \
--es itemId "5cf8f8e7-2a5f-4aa9-8c12-ddf63d42ee6d"
```
URI based
```bash
adb shell am start -d 'wholphin://view?itemId=5cf8f8e7-2a5f-4aa9-8c12-ddf63d42ee6d'
```
## Playback
Action: `com.github.damontecres.wholphin.PLAYBACK`
Shorthand action: `play`
Parameters:
- `itemId` - Required, the UUID of the media item
- `position` - Optional, the start position for playback in milliseconds
### Examples
Full format
```bash
adb shell am start \
-a com.github.damontecres.wholphin.PLAYBACK \
-n 'com.github.damontecres.wholphin/.MainActivity' \
--es itemId "5cf8f8e7-2a5f-4aa9-8c12-ddf63d42ee6d"
```
URI based
```bash
adb shell am start -d 'wholphin://play?itemId=5cf8f8e7-2a5f-4aa9-8c12-ddf63d42ee6d'
```
Start at 4m30s:
```bash
adb shell am start \
-a com.github.damontecres.wholphin.PLAYBACK \
-n 'com.github.damontecres.wholphin/.MainActivity' \
--es itemId "5cf8f8e7-2a5f-4aa9-8c12-ddf63d42ee6d" \
--el position 270000
adb shell am start -d 'wholphin://play?itemId=5cf8f8e7-2a5f-4aa9-8c12-ddf63d42ee6d\&position=270000'
```
## More examples
### Switch user
Full format
```bash
adb shell am start \
-a android.intent.action.VIEW \
-n 'com.github.damontecres.wholphin/.MainActivity' \
--es itemId "5cf8f8e7-2a5f-4aa9-8c12-ddf63d42ee6d" \
--es serverId "341880f9-ca88-4038-8718-f6b2407950b1" \
--es userId "5c8575e0-468d-44fb-8c70-00aa79160587"
```
URI based
```bash
adb shell am start -d 'wholphin://view?itemId=66c80aaac9c17d3761782d2205520229\&serverId=341880f9-ca88-4038-8718-f6b2407950b1\&userId=5c8575e0-468d-44fb-8c70-00aa79160587'
```
### Debug build
Debug builds have a different package, so you must specify the component by its full name:
```bash
adb shell am start \
-a android.intent.action.VIEW \
-n 'com.github.damontecres.wholphin.debug/com.github.damontecres.wholphin.MainActivity' \
--es itemId "5cf8f8e7-2a5f-4aa9-8c12-ddf63d42ee6d"
```