Cannot launch OpenXR game from other 2D activity or apps, Transitions fails and XR game crashes
Original issue: I am trying to create a normal 2D app to let the user perform some operations that are much easier to be maintained and handled in a Java/Kotlin app. Like fetch data and choosing some options, login and acquire a token, get location and etc. Then I want to send the user to an NativeActivity which starts OpenXR session and immersive part of the user experience starts. Unfortunately I can not start the native activity from the Kotlin code using Intents and startActivity. I managed to see the immersive mode for a sec but then it crashes shortly after creating XR session. I figured that there might be extra complications having native and Kotlin activities in the same app or issues in my OpenXR app itself, so I tried a simpler approach that can be reproduced easily to get help. Simplified Issue, easy to reproduce: I have `XrSpaceWarp` sample from Oculus OpenXRSDK. No change to manifest-xml or the code, It works on it's own and I can run it via `adb` : adb shell am start -n com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp/android.app.NativeActivity Then I have a simple android app from project templates of AndroidStudio, and on click event of a button I create an Intent and try to launch the XrSpaceWarp example. val myIntent: Intent? = this.packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp"); // Or alternatively //val myIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN) //myIntent.setComponent(ComponentName("com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp", "android.app.NativeActivity")) // Also tried setting all and some combination of the flags if (myIntent != null) { myIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK) myIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION) myIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK) } try { startActivity(myIntent) } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) { Log.d("dummy_app", "starting activity failed") } Then the XrSpaceWarp app starts and I can see the scene (yellow floating cubes) for half a second, and then it crashes. The manifest of the XrSpaceWarp sample app is: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" android:installLocation="auto" > <!-- Tell the system this app requires OpenGL ES 3.1. --> <uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00030001" android:required="true"/> <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.vr.headtracking" android:required="true" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <!-- Volume Control --> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" /> <application android:allowBackup="false" android:label="xrspacewarp" android:hasCode="false"> <meta-data android:name="com.oculus.supportedDevices" android:value="all" /> <!-- The activity is the built-in NativeActivity framework class. --> <!-- launchMode is set to singleTask because there should never be multiple copies of the app running. --> <!-- Theme.Black.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen gives solid black instead of a (bad stereoscopic) gradient on app transition. --> <!-- If targeting API level 24+, configChanges should additionally include 'density'. --> <!-- If targeting API level 24+, android:resizeableActivity="false" should be added. --> <activity android:name="android.app.NativeActivity" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:screenOrientation="landscape" android:configChanges="screenSize|screenLayout|orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|navigation|uiMode"> <!-- Tell NativeActivity the name of the .so --> <meta-data android:name="android.app.lib_name" android:value="xrspacewarp" /> <!-- This filter lets the apk show up as a launchable icon. --> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="com.oculus.intent.category.VR" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> </manifest> I have tried this with different flags, adding more intent filters in the XR app with other actions than MAIN and categories and also other apps (like other games on the headset that I installed from the store) and same thing happens. I can see the other activity starts and also the XR-session and GLES context and everything, but it can not maintain the focus and the session. There are some permission errors I can see in all cases: VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.SET_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.READ_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.SET_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.READ_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.SET_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.READ_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS TREX com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E Interface version 3 was not found. Check debug build for more information. VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.SET_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.READ_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.SET_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.READ_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.SET_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.READ_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS InputDispatcher system_server E But another display has a focused window FocusedWindows: displayId=0, name='4af4f2f Shell.EventInterceptor' VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.SET_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS VrDeviceManagerService vrdevicemanagerserver E Permission denied: process 5393 (uid 10108) doesn't have the required permission: com.oculus.permission.READ_VR_DEVICE_PARAMS OVRMediaServiceManager com.oculus.horizon E LivestreamingManager Not initialized OVRMediaServiceManager com.oculus.horizon E LivestreamingManager Not initialized OVRMediaServiceManager com.oculus.horizon E LivestreamingManager Not initialized OsSdk com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E error getting shared memory region, memory type: HeadTracker, failed with Status(-1, EX_SECURITY): 'requested shared memory region when not registered/focused' OsSdk com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E error getting shared memory region, memory type: HeadTracker, failed with Status(-1, EX_SECURITY): 'requested shared memory region when not registered/focused' OsSdk com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E error getting shared memory region, memory type: HeadTracker, failed with Status(-1, EX_SECURITY): 'request throttled' OsSdk com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E error getting shared memory region, memory type: HeadTracker, failed with Status(-1, EX_SECURITY): 'request throttled' OsSdk com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E error getting shared memory region, memory type: HeadTracker, failed with Status(-1, EX_SECURITY): 'request throttled' OsSdk com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E error getting shared memory region, memory type: HeadTracker, failed with Status(-1, EX_SECURITY): 'request throttled' AnalyticsEvent com...us.identitymanagement.service E could not set key=selection_args value=null QplClient com.oculus.systemux:SystemUX E com.oculus.systemux: init() called multiple times. QplClient com.oculus.systemux:SystemUX E com.oculus.systemux: init() called multiple times. XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: r = xrPollEvent(app->Instance, &eventDataBuffer): ??_t XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroySwapchain(frameBuffer->ColorSwapChain.Handle): XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroySwapchain(frameBuffer->MotionVectorSwapChain.Handle): XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroySwapchain(frameBuffer->MotionVectorDepthSwapChain.Handle): XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroySwapchain(frameBuffer->ColorSwapChain.Handle): XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroySwapchain(frameBuffer->MotionVectorSwapChain.Handle): XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroySwapchain(frameBuffer->MotionVectorDepthSwapChain.Handle): XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroySwapchain(scene->QuadSwapChain.Handle): XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroySpace(appState.HeadSpace): XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroySpace(appState.LocalSpace): XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroySpace(appState.FakeStageSpace): XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroySession(appState.Session): `-Jt OpenXR-Loader com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E Error [GENERAL | xrDestroyInstance | OpenXR-Loader] : Instance handle is XR_NULL_HANDLE. XrSpaceWarp com.oculus.sdk.xrspacewarp E OpenXR error: xrDestroyInstance(appState.Instance): oyInstance BpTransact...edListener surfaceflinger E Failed to transact (-32) I have tried the same thing with AndroidStudio's template projects of Native activity and Native GameActivity (that draws some simple android logo with OpenGL) and they work, so its definitely not because its a native activity or trouble with GL context, its the Immersive mode causing the problem and the fact that I am starting it from a 2D app. I would apricate if someone could help me to make this solution work or share their experience. Is it even possible to switch to OpenXR app from a 2D app at all?