Overview Button URL/Link Call



With this control element, any URL (opened with the standard browser) or standard apps can be opened.



Display
TextText to be displayed. The size of the text is scaled automatically with the control element. Line breaks can be inserted with the special character "\n", for example "Line1\nLine2", a maximum of 2 lines is possible.
BackgroundBackground color
FontFont color

Graphic
Graphic
Graphic selection, see Project graphics
Alignment hor. Horizontal alignment of the graphic (left, centered, right).
Alignment ver. Vertical alignment of the graphic (top, middle, bottom).
Zoom Zoom of the graphic in percent, adjustable from 1 to 200.

Program
Windows/Linux Web address or program to be called. External programs (exe files) can only be entered here, this is not possible under IOs and Android.

Examples:

https://www.google.at/
file:///c:/Download/pdfdocument.pdf
file:///c:/Download/file.exe
Call as Defines how the entered target is called:
  • URL: Call via the standard browser or the associated app.
  • Application: Call as an external program (e.g. exe file under Windows).
IOs Web address or the URL scheme of the app to be called, e.g. "spotify://".

The button inside the input field opens a searchable list of known apps – the selected entry is filled in. The field remains freely editable, so an app that is not in the list can be entered by hand.
Android package/scheme Three entries are possible here:
  • Package name (recommended, e.g. "com.spotify.music"). Android looks up the start screen of the app itself. This is the most reliable way under Android.
  • URL scheme (e.g. "spotify://"). Note: a scheme that works under IOs is not necessarily the same under Android – YouTube for instance uses "youtube://" under IOs but "vnd.youtube:" under Android. When in doubt use the package name.
  • Web address (e.g. "http://192.168.1.1"), opened in the default browser.
In all three cases the field "Android activity" stays empty.

The button inside the input field opens a searchable list of known apps – both the schemes and the package names are offered.
Android activity Only needed if the app cannot be started via scheme or package name alone. In that case the package name and the activity are entered.

Both can be read out with the Android app "Apk Analyzer": the package name in the "GENERAL" tab under "Package name", the name of the activity in the "ACTIVITIES" tab (it consists of both texts shown there). Only activities with a play symbol can be called; those can also be tested directly in the app.

Example Sonos: package name "com.sonos.acr2", activity "com.sonos.acr.SonosLaunchActivity"
Trigger If a variable has been connected, the link can also be called automatically without pressing the button; this parameter sets the trigger behavior.
  • Rising edge
  • Falling edge
  • Change

Frame
Frame See general properties

Connected variables
Trigger
Optional variable for calling via variable.


See also General properties of all control elements