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How to intercept `onActivityResult` in Compose if `startActivityForResult` is triggered by an external SDK and we don't have direct access to it?

Unfortunately, `rememberLauncherForActivityResult` only allows for launching activities and doesn't provide the option to register for result notifications directly.

I also tried to use `ActivityResultRegistry.register()` with `LocalActivityResultRegistryOwner.current.activityResultRegistry`, but we cannot do this in Compose due to the application being in the wrong state `RESUMED` instead of `STARTED`
&gt; java.lang.IllegalStateException: LifecycleOwner com.app.main.MainActivity@f90bdab is attempting to register while the current state is RESUMED. LifecycleOwners must call register before they are STARTED.

The impl of `rememberLauncherForActivityResult` looks to call register from a DisposableEffect <https://cs.android.com/androidx/platform/frameworks/support/+/androidx-main:activity/activity-compose/src/main/java/androidx/activity/compose/ActivityResultRegistry.kt;l=103-104?q=rememberLauncherForActivityResult&amp;ss=androidx%2Fplatform%2Fframeworks%2Fsupport|https://cs.android.com/androidx/platform/frameworks/support/+/androidx-main:activity[…]rActivityResult&amp;ss=androidx%2Fplatform%2Fframeworks%2Fsupport>, do you do the same and get this error that you are describing?

If an external SDK is directly calling the deprecated `startActivityForResult`, the only way to get the result from that is from `onActivityResult` up at the activity (or fragment, depending on how the SDK works) layer. The Activity Result APIs will only send you a response if you `launch` them - they cannot intercept other activity result requests. You should ask that SDK to provide an Activity Result Contract, which would ensure it could be used in an activity, fragment, or composable