Starting a new workflow

In the code below the test file is called android.pdf. This is the file that is to be attached to a workflow task - for example to be reviewed or signed off. The file can be named as convenient and can be in any format.

						
package com.alfresco.tutorials.workflowtest;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.alfresco.mobile.android.api.constants.WorkflowModel;
import org.alfresco.mobile.android.api.exceptions.AlfrescoSessionException;
import org.alfresco.mobile.android.api.model.Document;
import org.alfresco.mobile.android.api.model.Person;
import org.alfresco.mobile.android.api.model.ProcessDefinition;
import org.alfresco.mobile.android.api.services.WorkflowService;
import org.alfresco.mobile.android.api.session.RepositorySession;
import org.alfresco.mobile.android.api.utils.DateUtils;
import org.alfresco.mobile.android.api.model.Process;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

		// Modify to suit your SkyVault server installation
		String url = "http://localhost:8080/alfresco";
		String username = "admin";
		String password = "admin";

		new ConnectToRepo().execute(url, username, password);

	}

	class ConnectToRepo extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, String> {

		private static final String TAG = "ConnectToRepo";
		protected static final String DESCRIPTION = "Tutorial Adhoc Process";
		private WorkflowService workflowService;

		@Override
		protected String doInBackground(String... params) {

			Log.d(TAG, "doInBackground");
			Log.d(TAG, params[0] + ":" + params[1] + ":" + params[2]);

			String url = params[0];
			String username = params[1];
			String password = params[2];

			try {
				// connect to on-premise repo
				RepositorySession session = RepositorySession.connect(url,
						username, password);

				if (session != null) {

					// Get WorkflowService
					workflowService = session.getServiceRegistry()
							.getWorkflowService();

					// start an adhoc workflow

					Map<String, Serializable> variables = new HashMap<String, Serializable>();

					// Process Definition
					String processDefinitionIdentifier = "activitiAdhoc:1:4";
					ProcessDefinition adhoc = workflowService
							.getProcessDefinition(processDefinitionIdentifier);

					// Assignee
					Person user = session.getServiceRegistry()
							.getPersonService()
							.getPerson(session.getPersonIdentifier());
					List<Person> users = new ArrayList<Person>();
					users.add(user);

					// Items - Attachments
					String sampleDocumentName = "android.pdf";
					Document doc = (Document) session.getServiceRegistry()
							.getDocumentFolderService()
							.getChildByPath(sampleDocumentName);
					Log.d(TAG, "sample document id: " + doc.getIdentifier());
					List<Document> docs = new ArrayList<Document>();
					docs.add(doc);

					// Due date
					GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
					calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2013);
					variables.put(WorkflowModel.PROP_WORKFLOW_DUE_DATE,
							DateUtils.format(calendar));

					// Priority
					variables.put(WorkflowModel.PROP_WORKFLOW_PRIORITY,
							WorkflowModel.PRIORITY_HIGH);

					// Description
					variables.put(WorkflowModel.PROP_WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION,
							DESCRIPTION);

					// Notification
					variables.put(WorkflowModel.PROP_SEND_EMAIL_NOTIFICATIONS,
							"true");

					// START THE PROCESS
					Process adhocProcess = workflowService.startProcess(adhoc,
							users, variables, docs);

				} else {

					Log.d(TAG, "No Session available!");

				}

			} catch (AlfrescoSessionException e) {
				Log.e(TAG, "Failed to connect: " + e.toString());
			}

			Log.d(TAG, "doInBackground Complete");
			return "doInBackground Complete";
		}

		@Override
		protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
			super.onPostExecute(result);
			Log.d(TAG, "onPostExecute");
			Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, result, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
		}

		@Override
		protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... values) {
			super.onProgressUpdate(values);
			Log.d(TAG, "onProgressUpdate");

		}

	}

}

					

This code provides a starting point to which you will add code to in later tutorials.

The code will create a new workflow.

You will see something similar to the following: