Use adb to launch a page in OneNote APK on an Android tablet

.OpenOneNoteLink_on_Android.md

Motivation: it would be nice to open a specific page quickly in OneNote on an Android tablet.

Usage

In Zsh, upon loading the alias and function in .zshrc.snippet, use the following syntax to open the page-specific link obtained from the OneNote desktop app.

one "onenote:https://d.docs.live.net/...&section-id={xxx}&page-id={xxx}"

Assuming the tablet is connected through adb (to connect, use adb connect), the intent will go through and the page will be loaded on the Android tablet.

Note, of course, that for the link to work, one needs to set up the OneNote APK on Android appropriate, such that the page actually exists there.

WSL usage:

When setting up a new tablet with a new Win 10 computer, two things are needed:

# In cmd, initiate wireless connection over ADB, by:
adb tcpip 5555
# Then, in WSL, connect to the Android tablet throuhg this port (need to know the IP address of the tablet)
adb connect 192.168.0.195:5555

Sources

1. https://android.stackexchange.com/a/247336/295871

Future improvements

1. For now, even with the alias, I need to wrap the long OneNote string in quotes. It would be nice to directly use one URL to make things simpler.
2. Alternatively, it would be nice to have a fully functional AutoHotKey function that does all these steps: parse the URL, connect to an Android tablet, and send the intent using the OneNote link in clipboard.

onenote_link_open.py

import sys
import shlex
import subprocess


def compose_adb_command(onenote_url):
    onenote_url = onenote_url.replace("&section-id", "\&section-id")
    onenote_url = onenote_url.replace("&page-id", "\&page-id")
    onenote_url = onenote_url.replace("&end", "\&end")
    return onenote_url


def run_abd_to_URL(arg1):
    adb_sender = ' adb shell am start -a "android.intent.action.VIEW" -d '
    full_command = f'{adb_sender} "{compose_adb_command(arg1)}"'
    # Pattern to run things through command line is taken from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/26000498/3925312
    args = shlex.split(full_command)
    process = subprocess.Popen(args, shell=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    stdout, stderr = process.communicate()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    try:
        arg1 = sys.argv[1]
    except:
        arg1 = 1
    run_abd_to_URL(arg1)

zshrc.snippet

alias one=onenote_adb_opener
onenote_adb_opener(){
    # Send the link to Android tablet
    python $LL_Home/Dropbox/Wiki/MyScripts/adb_commander/onenote_link_open.py $1

    # Then, this is specific to Boox Lumi 2 tablet: to make sure the thing is unlocked.
    adb_screen_on
}

adb_screen_on(){
    # Note, "mActive=true" is specific to Boox Lumi 2 (may work for other Boox stuff?)
    result="$(adb shell dumpsys input_method | grep -c "mActive=true")"

    if test $result = 2 ; then
        echo "Screen is already on."
    else
        echo "Turning screen on."
        adb shell input keyevent 26
        # Note, keyevent 26 is blindly simulating the pressing of the power key. It may turn the screen off.
    fi
}

Renate commented on using adb shell input keyevent 26.

Don't send 26 (Power). Send 224 (Wakeup). FWIW 223 (Sleep).

Then, the Zsh function adb_screen_on() can be simplified into one line.