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    This document discusses Android Intents and Intent Filters. An Intent specifies an operation and associated data to be performed, and can be broadcast between app components. Intent Filters in the app manifest allow activities to register which Intents they can handle. When an Intent is broadcast without an explicit target, Android uses Intent resolution to match it to a component with a matching Intent Filter.

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    This document discusses Android Intents and Intent Filters. An Intent specifies an operation and associated data to be performed, and can be broadcast between app components. Intent Filters in the app manifest allow activities to register which Intents they can handle. When an Intent is broadcast without an explicit target, Android uses Intent resolution to match it to a component with a matching Intent Filter.

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    Intents

    & Intent Filters

    An Intent is a data structure that species


    An operation to be performed
    An event that has occurred

    Broadcast by one component


    Received by 0 or more components

    This lectures focuses on using Intents to

    represent operations, rather than events

    String representing the operation


    Examples:

    Setting the Intent Action


    new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    Intent newInt = new Intent();
    newInt.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

    Data associated with the Intent


    Formatted as a Uniform Resource Identier (URI)

    Examples:
    Data to view on a map
    geo:0,0?q=1600+Pennsylvania+Ave
    +Washington+DC
    Number to dial in the phone dialer
    tel:+15555555555

    Setting the Intent data

    new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
    Uri.parse("tel:+15555555555"));
    Intent newInt = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    newInt.setData(Uri.parse("tel:+15555555555"));

    Additional information about the

    components that handle the intent


    Examples:

    Sets the MIME type of the Intent data


    E.g., image/*

    If unspecied, Android will infer the type


    Setting the mime type

    Intent.setType(String type)
    Intent.setDataAndType(Uri data, String type)

    The component to receive this intent


    Setting the component
    Intent(Context packageContext, Class<?> cls);
    Intent newInt = new Intent ();
    newInt.setComponent(ComponentName) ;
    newInt.setClass(Context, Class));

    Additional information associated with Intent


    Treated as a map (key-value pairs)

    Setting the Extra attribute


    Several forms depending on data types, e.g.,
    putExtra(String name, String value);
    putExtra(String name, oat[] value);

    EXTRA_EMAIL: List of email recipients


    Intent newInt= new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    newInt.putExtra ( android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,
    new String[]{
    [email protected], [email protected],
    [email protected], [email protected]
    }
    );

    Specify how Intent should be handled


    Examples:
    FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY
    Dont put this Activity in the History stack
    FLAG_DEBUG_LOG_RESOLUTION
    Causes extra logging information to be printed when
    this Intent is processed

    Intent newInt= new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);


    newInt.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY);

    Intents can be used to activate Activities


    startActivity(Intent intent)
    startActivityForResult(Intent intent, )

    The target Activity can be

    Named explicitly in the Intent, or


    Determined implicitly via intent resolution

    HelloWorldWithLogin
    Users must authenticate before they can view the

    Hello, Android screen

    LoginActivity

    Accepts username & password


    If password correct, starts HelloAndroid Activity

    public class LoginScreen extends Activity {


    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    loginButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View v) {
    if (checkPassword(uname.getText(), passwd.getText())){
    Intent helloAndroidIntent =
    new Intent(LoginScreen.this, HelloAndroid.class);
    startActivity(helloAndroidIntent);
    }
    }
    });
    }

    When the Activity to be activated is not

    named, the system attempts to nd Activities


    that match the Intent
    Called Intent Resolution

    A process for matching Intents with Activities

    that want to receive them


    Intent Filters describe which Intents an
    Activity can handle

    Usually specied in an AndroidManifest.xml le

    Intent Resolution only matches


    Action

    Data (both URI and mime data type)


    Category

    <activity .>
    <intent-lter
    android:icon="drawable resource
    android:label="string resource
    android:priority="integer
    . . .
    <action android:name=actionName" />

    </intent-lter>

    </activity>

    android:icon Icon representing the activity


    android:label - User-readable label for the

    parent component
    android:priority Priority given to the parent
    component when handling matching Intents
    Causes Android to prefer one activity over another
    Higher values represent higher priorities

    <intent-lter >

    <data android:host="string"
    android:mimeType="string"
    android:path="string"
    android:pathPattern="string"
    android:pathPrex="string"
    android:port="string"
    android:scheme="string" />

    </intent-lter>

    <intent-lter >
    . . .
    <category android:name="string" />

    </intent-lter>

    <intent-lter >
    <action android:name=

    "android.intent.action.VIEW" />
    <category android:name=

    "android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
    <category android:name=

    "android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
    <data android:scheme="geo/>
    <intent-lter>

    Note: to receive implicit intents an Activity

    must specify an IntentFilter with the category


    "android.intent.category.DEFAULT category

    public class CheckIntents extends Activity {



    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    checkButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View v) {
    List<String> acts = CheckIntents.getActivitiesForAction(
    CheckIntents.this,
    intentText.getText().toString())
    // output results
    }
    });
    }

    public static List<String> getActivitiesForAction(


    Context context,String action) {
    nal PackageManager packageManager =
    context.getPackageManager();
    nal Intent intent = new Intent(action);
    nal List<ResolveInfo> list =
    packageManager.queryIntentActivities(intent, 0);
    nal List<String> acts = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (ResolveInfo ri : list) { acts.add(ri.activityInfo.name); }
    return acts;
    }

    Show application info


    % adb shell dumpsys package

    HelloAndroidWithLogin
    CheckActivityIntents

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