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Apps Forward view/input to/from arbitrary activity

scone

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Aug 12, 2014
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So I know this is something way "out of the box." For my purposes, I don't mind having to make changes in the firmware/OS to make this possible. I can see many reasons why this would and should be impossible on standard Android images.

Let me explain a bit about what I'm trying to do. I'd like to create a Unity app where the player character has a phone, and you can use that phone like a regular Android. You should be able to see any app like gmail or Astro file manager or whatever, and interact with it.

I've hunted around for a way to do the display side of things like figuring out where activities get a graphics context and try to swap that for a texture in my game, but I've gotten nowhere fast. I'm really open to any suggestions at this point since I haven't really found anything of use.

Thanks!
 

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