anyone know if there is a way of launching an app via script without using an item?

in my case i’m specify trying to run the google search activity (like if you made a shortcut with “add Item” > “Shortcut” > “Lighting Action” > “search”) and then via script invoke it when i scroll past a y value. 

so far i can only get it to work by adding an item and then via script invoking the item with launch 

var searchItem = LL.getItemById(0x10002);

searchItem.launch();

while there’s nothing wrong with this i guess i was hoping to do it directly with out the need for the item at all as i don’t need to see it. 

thanks in advance!

#> Any way to get the value from dynamic text?

For example you could then change the background color a phone icon from say black to read if the number is larger than one.

The icing on the cake would be an event that triggered the script on dynamic text value change.

If i’m missing something and this can be done already someone should let me know.

If not – well its just a thought! 

Can anyone good with the scripting help me out (not too much as i’m trying to learn – lol). 

But in short I want a horizontal panel that will move up and down the screen following your finger as if it was pulled. 

So far I have the following which is both broken and won’t do what I want even if it did work.  Horray!

Self.SetPosition(0,500);

var y = self.getPositionY();

Andriod.makeNewToast(y,true).show();

So i guess i’m probably using self incorrectly. I would try using a var set to getItemById()  and then try and use it to set the position, but am not sure how to find out the ID of my container. 

I also have no idea how to get the Y position of the last coordinates. I have looked through the API guide but am a little lost. 

Any help appreciated!