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Version: 2026

Specific features of Android applications
The development of Android and WINDEV Mobile applications is different in the following fields...
Deploying an Android application
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop Android applications. Then, these applications can be easily deployed.
Android 11: Changes to application behavior
After each new version of Android is deployed, Google requires a higher target API level ("TargetSdkVersion") to publish applications on Google Play...
Android and Java: WLanguage procedure calls
Modifies the location of log files corresponding to an HFSQL data file.
Android permission functions
The following functions are used to manage permissions in Android applications
Managing the calendars (Android/iOS)
WINDEV Mobile allows you to easily access the calendars and appointments found on the phones and tablets in Android and iOS...
Testing and debugging an application on an Android device
All developers appreciate the possibility to debug an application directly on the device...
Android 10: Changes in the behavior of applications
Starting with Android 10, Google no longer allows an application running in the background to open a window
Generating an Android application
The generation of a WINDEV Mobile application for Android groups all project elements (windows, code, etc.
<Camera>.VideoStart (Function)
Starts recording a video via a Camera control in an Android or iOS application.
InAndroidMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in Android mode.
File download functions
The following functions are used to manage downloads...
<Camera>.VideoStop (Function)
Stops the video recording previously started by CameraVideoStart.
URI functions
The following functions are used to manage URIs
CameraVideoStop (Function)
Stops the video recording previously started by CameraVideoStart.
Using Kotlin code
Kotlin is a programming language mainly used for Android development...
SysAndroidVersion (Function)
Returns information about the Android version used by the application.
URISelect (Function)
Opens a system window to select a resource from:
  • the device file system,
  • the Cloud (Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, etc.)
  • one of the content managers installed on the device.
SysIMEI (Function)
Returns the IMEI number of an Android phone.
Execution platform
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for different families of products...
Managing custom fonts in a WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile project
Both WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile projects support custom fonts, including Google Fonts...
Application in kiosk mode
A kiosk application is an application from which the user cannot exit...
SysIdentifier (Function)
Returns the unique identifier of the current mobile device.
fCacheDir (Function)
Returns the path of directory that will be used to store the data in cache on the internal storage space of application.
SysNbExternalStorage (Function)
Returns the number of external storage spaces found on an Android device.
EmailRunApp (Function)
Starts the native email application on the current computer:
  • Computer running Windows,
  • Mobile device (Android, iPhone, iPad).
Using Java code
You have the ability to enter Java code:
  • in Java applications generated with WINDEV.
  • in Android applications generated with WINDEV Mobile.
This allows you to create global procedures in Java.
CameraVideoStart (Function)
Starts recording a video via a Camera control in an Android or iOS application.
Camera control in a mobile application
The Camera control is used to...
InAndroidEmulatorMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in the Android emulator.
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