Android Intents

Mobile Application Development

 ● Asynchronous messages which
Intent allow the application to request
functionality from other services
or activities.
Android Application Components

● Activity
● Services
● Broadcast Receiver
Intent types

●Explicit Intent
Intent types

● Implicit Intent

Intent Components :
● Action
● Data
● Categories
● Extras
Working with Multiple Activities - Explicit Intent Example

● Create a new empty application.

● Create second activity.
● Add button to the activity_main interface.
● Add text-view to second activity.
● Use an intent to start second activity.
Working with Multiple Activities - Example
Working with Multiple Activities - Interfaces
Working with Multiple Activities - Example
Working with Multiple
Activities
Explicit Intent Example

Demo
Implicit Intent Example

● In the same project go to the SecondActivity.xml file.

● Add text (plain text).
● Add butten .
● Use an intent to open url page.
Implicit Intent Example

Demo
Implicit Intent Example

Demo
Reference

Look at slide 6 and 7 to create new activity

Note: the project start at the time 50 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCSlZIUj18Y

Good luck