I am trying to get my android app invoke HP ePrint PDF Preview Activity.
Intent intent = newIntent();
intent.setPackage("com.hp.android.print");intent.setClassName("com.hp.android.print","com.hp.android.print.preview.PdfPreviewActivity");
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://www.pdf995.com/samples/pdf.pdf");
intent.setDataAndType( uri,"application/pdf");
if(intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager())!=null)
getBaseContext().startActivity(intent);
I am getting the below error (taken from Logcat of the device):
2014-03-1303:02:20.915 D 11119/AndroidRuntime:Shutting down VM2014-03-1303:02:20.915 W 11119/dalvikvm: threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40a491f8)2014-03-1303:02:20.925 E 11119/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main**java.lang.RuntimeException:Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.hp.android.print/com.hp.android.print.preview.PdfPreviewActivity}:** java.lang.NullPointerException at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1956) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1981) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:123) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1147) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4424) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(NativeMethod) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:784) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:551) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(NativeMethod)**Causedby: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.hp.android.print.utils.UriUtils.normalizeIntent(UriUtils.java:133)** at com.hp.android.print.preview.PdfPreviewActivity.onContinueCreate(PdfPreviewActivity.java:123) at com.hp.android.print.preview.PrintPreview.handleExternalReceivedIntent(PrintPreview.java:261) at com.hp.android.print.preview.PrintPreview.onCreate(PrintPreview.java:181) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:4465) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1049) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1920)...11 more2014-03-1303:02:20.935 W 132/ActivityManager:Force finishing activity com.hp.android.print/.preview.PdfPreviewActivity2014-03-1303:02:20.955 W 132/ActivityManager:Force finishing activity com.example.droidprinttest/.MainActivity
HP ePrint works fine when used manually. Any idea about a fix?