Use Custom url to call b4a external can't retrieve param dat

[BarrySumpter]

Hi all,
I'm trying to use the Custom URL on android where I can call a b4a app to retrieve the GPS speed or a barcode number.
But can't seem to find a way to pass the data back.
Anyone have a suggestion on a work around?

Already proven:
From a LC app I can custom url call a b4a app that I can retrieve the GPS Speed or a barcode number
and then custom url call a LC app that receives the speed or barcode number via the url parameters.

But the Android process thread keeps the
original LC app and the b4a app and the second LC app from exiting.
The only way you can get rid of the apps is to back button out of each one.
So when I back out of the 2nd LC app it wakes up the b4a speed or barcode app.
Which is not what I want to do.

So its pretty much Custom Call forward with parameter data.
And back button out of the process thread without data.

So I don't know how to send the data from my callee app back to my caller app.

I've tried to trap the wakeup kinda focus on the caller app once the callee app was exited - but with no success.
Otherwise it would have to be something like having the callee app write the data to a file.
And have the caller app Repeat loop cheking the file for an update.

This would be considered a kind of a workaround for calling external functions or apps. Maybe.

Any positive construction suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

tia

[BarrySumpter]

Here they seem to be quite adament about NOT using custom URL schemes.

http://groups.google.com/group/android- ... f3e4b9f86b

[BarrySumpter]

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<activity android:name=".activities.AppsUrlHandlerActivity">

    <intent-filter>

        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>

        <data android:scheme="http"
            android:host="BGS.mobile.com" android:pathPrefix="/details" />
        <data android:scheme="http"
            android:host="BGS.mobile.com" android:pathPrefix="/apps" />
        <data android:scheme="http"
            android:host="BGS.mobile.com" android:pathPrefix="/search" />
        

        <data android:scheme="https"
            android:host="BGS.mobile.com" android:pathPrefix="/BarCode" />
        <data android:scheme="https"
            android:host="BGS.mobile.com" android:pathPrefix="/Speed" />
        <data android:scheme="https"
            android:host="BGS.mobile.com" android:pathPrefix="/QuickCalls" />
            
    </intent-filter>

</activity>