Android-Intent

Android-Intent

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overview

intent:

n.
1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
2. the intended meaning of a communication
adj.
giving or marked by complete attention to

All in all , Intent is the tool to show preAction also some kind of announcement.
In Android development , Intent coould use as follow:

    1,Initiate Activity/Service/BoradcastReceiver
    2,Useing it's attribute value to specify more details 

dig deep

Intent[Component,Action,Category,Data,Type,Extra,Flag]

Component

def

specify in which package which class you want

use

set ComponentName -> set Intent.setComponent -> start activity

best practic

Intent([PROJECT].this,[ACTIVITY].class)

Action & Category

def

an abstract movement which haven’t specify to any Activity/Service/BoradcastReceiver(crap)
think these two attributes like two QA tags on activity which will help Intent to locat specified Activity(which also include system activities)

use

AndroidMainifest -> intent-filter -> (0~N) | (0~N) | 1

best practic

intent.setAction([Action]);
intent.addCategory([Category]);
startActivity(intent);

Data & Type

def

also the principles to catch one specified Activity , also privide data and type to start Activity , which give people freedome to customize activity

use

set Data -> set Action -> run Activity

best practic

Uri uri = Uri.prase(data);
intent.setData(uri);
intent.setAction([Action]);
startActivity(intent);

Extra

def

using to exchange data between Activities

use

Extra -> Bundle / Map -> key-value

best practic

1. sent:
   Bundle data = new Bundle();
   data.putSerialzable(“person”,p);
   Intent intent = new Intent(this,Result.class);
   intent.putExtras(data);
   startActivity(intent);

2. receive:
   Intent intent = getIntent();
   Person p = (Person) intent.getSerializableExtra(“person”);

Flag

def

controle flag

use

SDK

best practic

everywhere