[FIXED] How to share data once an activity has started from another function?

Issue

I would like know how to send a command to an activity which has started from inside another function. More precisely I want to send a pause intent to com.google.vr:sdk... the view is started like this:

class VRPlayer {

    private void playVideo(int sourceType, Context context) {
        Intent intent = new Intent(context, VrVideoActivity.class);
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        context.startActivity(intent);
    }

    private void pauseVideo(Context context, JSONArray args) {
        VrVideoActivity.class.toggleVideoPlay(); <------------- NOT WORKING ¯\_(-_- )_/‾
    }

}

once the activity has started there should be a way to execute other function, ex: toggleVideoPlay() which are inside the VrVideoAcitivity from the but I can't get the right way to do it... If you want to try it you can find the Android project here: https://github.com/StarStep/android-help-vr

Solution

VrVideoActivity vrVideoActivity = new VrVideoActivity();
vrVideoActivity.toggleVideoPlay();

a simple way -> (new VrVideoActivity).toggleVideoPlay();

another way -> set the toggleVideoPlay(); to static as following

public static void toggleVideoPlay()
{
//Your Code
}

and call it VrVideoActivity.toggleVideoPlay();

Answered By - Raed Ghazal
Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (JavaFixing Admin)