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Handle app communication with Intents - Android Tutorial
From the course: Android Development Essential Training: 3 Navigation
Handle app communication with Intents
- [Presenter] Intents allow you to send messages to request an action from another Android component. There're fundamental building block of the Android framework. There're two types of intents: Explicit and implicit. Explicit intent specify exactly which application will handle the intent. This is done by providing the package name or component name that you want to handle your intent. You will use explicit intent primarily when taking actions in your own application, like taking a user to a new screen when they click on a button, whereas implicit intent do not specify the specific application to be used. Instead, they declare a general action to be performed, in hopes that there's another capable app on the user's device that can do the work. For instance, you want to display a map when the user clicks on a button in your app, you could use an implicit intent that would take them to an external mapping application.…
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