@ohos.app.ability.ActionExtensionAbility (ExtensionAbility for Custom Actions)

The ActionExtensionAbility module, inherited from UIExtensionAbility, provides a custom action service template. An ActionExtensionAbility is used to view and process the content in a host application. For example, you can add a bookmark, translate the selected text into another language, or edit an image on the current page.

NOTE

The initial APIs of this module are supported since API version 10. Newly added APIs will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version.

The APIs of this module can be used only in the stage model.

When to Use

The following uses text translation as an example. You must create a request initiator and then an ActionExtensionAbility. The request initiator sends the text to be translated to the ActionExtensionAbility. The ActionExtensionAbility translates the text and sends the translated text to the request initiator.

Modules to Import

import ActionExtensionAbility from '@ohos.app.ability.ActionExtensionAbility';

Attributes

System capability: SystemCapability.Ability.AbilityRuntime.AbilityCore

ActionExtensionAbility.onCreate

onCreate(): void

Called to initialize the service logic when an ActionExtensionAbility is being created.

System capability: SystemCapability.Ability.AbilityRuntime.AbilityCore

Example

See Creating an ActionExtensionAbility.

ActionExtensionAbility.onSessionCreate

onSessionCreate(want: Want, session: UIExtensionContentSession): void

Called when a UIExtensionContentSession instance is created for this ActionExtensionAbility.

System capability: SystemCapability.Ability.AbilityRuntime.AbilityCore

Parameters

Example

See Creating an ActionExtensionAbility.

ActionExtensionAbility.onForeground

onForeground(): void

Called when this ActionExtensionAbility is switched from the background to the foreground.

System capability: SystemCapability.Ability.AbilityRuntime.AbilityCore

Example

See Creating an ActionExtensionAbility.

ActionExtensionAbility.onBackground

onBackground(): void

Called when this ActionExtensionAbility is switched from the foreground to the background.

System capability: SystemCapability.Ability.AbilityRuntime.AbilityCore

Example

See Creating an ActionExtensionAbility.

ActionExtensionAbility.onSessionDestroy

onSessionDestroy(session: UIExtensionContentSession): void

Called when a UIExtensionContentSession instance is destroyed for this ActionExtensionAbility.

System capability: SystemCapability.Ability.AbilityRuntime.AbilityCore

Parameters

Example

See Creating an ActionExtensionAbility.

ActionExtensionAbility.onDestroy

onDestroy(): void | Promise<void>

Called when this ActionExtensionAbility is destroyed to clear resources.

After the onDestroy() lifecycle callback is executed, the application may exit. Consequently, the asynchronous function (for example, asynchronously writing data to the database) in onDestroy() may fail to be executed. You can use the asynchronous lifecycle to ensure that the subsequent lifecycle continues only after the asynchronous function in onDestroy() finishes the execution.

System capability: SystemCapability.Ability.AbilityRuntime.AbilityCore

Returns

Example

See Creating an ActionExtensionAbility.

Creating an ActionExtensionAbility

To manually create an ActionExtensionAbility in the DevEco Studio project, perform the following steps:

1. In the ets directory of a module in the project, right-click and choose New > Directory to create a directory named ActionExtAbility.

2. In the actionextability directory, right-click and choose New > ArkTS File to create a file named ActionExtAbility.ets.

   ├── ets
   │ ├── actionextability
   │ │   ├── ActionExtAbility.ets
   └
   

3. In the ActionExtAbility.ets file, import the ActionExtensionAbility module. Customize a class that inherits from ActionExtensionAbility and implement the lifecycle callbacks.

   import ActionExtensionAbility from '@ohos.app.ability.ActionExtensionAbility';
   import Want from '@ohos.app.ability.Want';
   import UIExtensionContentSession from '@ohos.app.ability.UIExtensionContentSession';
   
   const TAG: string = "[ActionExtAbility]";
   
   export default class ActionExtAbility extends ActionExtensionAbility {
     onCreate() {
       console.info(TAG, `onCreate`);
     }
   
     onSessionCreate(want: Want, session: UIExtensionContentSession) {
       console.info(TAG, `onSessionCreate, want: ${want.abilityName}`);
       if (want.parameters) {
         let obj: Record<string, UIExtensionContentSession | object> = {
           'session': session,
           'messages': want.parameters.shareMessages
         }
         let storage: LocalStorage = new LocalStorage(obj);
         session.loadContent('pages/Index', storage);
       }
     }
   
     onForeground() {
       console.info(TAG, `ononForeground`);
     }
   
     onBackground() {
       console.info(TAG, `onBackground`);
     }
   
     onSessionDestroy(session: UIExtensionContentSession) {
       console.info(TAG, `onSessionDestroy`);
     }
   
     onDestroy() {
       console.info(TAG, `onDestroy`);
     }
   }
   

4. Register the ActionExtensionAbility in the module.json5 file of the module in the project. Set type to action and srcEntry to the code path of the ActionExtensionAbility component.

   {
     "module": {
       ...
       "extensionAbilities": [
         {
           "name": "ActionExtAbility",
           "icon": "$media:icon",
           "description": "action",
           "type": "action",
           "exported": true,
           "srcEntry": "./ets/actionextability/ActionExtAbility.ets"
         }
       ]
     }
   }