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Android Intent

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Created on September 27, 2023

Intents, in general, are used for navigating among various activities within the same application, but note, is not limited to one single application, i.e., they can be utilized from moving from one application to another as well.

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Android Intents

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Definition

An intent is to perform an action on the screen. It is mostly used to start activity, send broadcast receiver,start services and send message between two activities.

Android intents are mainly used to:

* Start the service * Launch an activity * Display a web page * Display a list of contacts * Broadcast a message * Dial a phone call etc.

Types of Android Intents

Implicit Intent :doesn't specifiy the component. In such case, intent provides information of available components provided by the system that is to be invoked. Explicit Intent: specifies the component. In such case, intent provides the external class to be invoked.

Example:

Implicit Intent

Intent intent=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); intent.setData(Uri.parse("https://www.javatpoint.com/")); startActivity(intent);

Example:

Explicit Intent

Intent i = new Intent(ActivityOne.class, ActivityTwo.class); startActivity(i);

Bundle in Android

Android Bundles are generally used for passing data from one activity to another.

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