Using Intents and Intent Filters in your apps: A tutorial

Our tutorial app shows you how to use intents and intent filters in your apps.

Here’s a quick overview of what we’ll cover. We’ll show you how to:

• use explicit intents to:
  • start a new activity
  • start an activity to get a result
  • start a service
  • broadcast an intent
  • start a new activity from within a broadcast receiver
• use implicit intents to:
  • use other app’s components to:
    • send an email
    • pick a contact from the contacts list
    • make a phone call
• use a pending intent to send a notification
• use intent filters for:
  • a broadcast receiver
  • an activity