Android Programming with Intents
Virtually all interactivity between Android components occurs through a special messaging concept known as intents. In this course you will learn how to work effectively with and capitalize on the many capabilities of the Android platform provided through intents.
What you'll learn
Three of the core components of an application - activities, services, and broadcast receivers - are activated through messages, called intents. Intent messaging is a facility for late run-time binding between components in the same or different applications. In this course you will learn how to work effectively with and capitalize on the many capabilities of the Android platform provided through intents.
Table of contents
- Introduction 2m
- Activating components with Intents 6m
- Demo: Activating components with Intents 9m
- Implicit intents and intent filters 4m
- Intent action tests 6m
- Demo: Intent action tests 16m
- Intent category and data tests 8m
- Demo: Intent category and data tests 10m
- Getting a closer look at intent resolution 4m
- Summary 2m
- Introduction 3m
- Changes in system state 9m
- Demo: Changes in system state 13m
- Scheduling app components 6m
- Demo: Scheduling app components 6m
- Using platform activities, browser and telephone 4m
- Demo: Using platform activities, browser and telephone 3m
- Using platform activities, camera and contacts 6m
- Demo: Using platform activities, camera and contacts 12m
- Summary 1m
About the author
Jim Wilson is president of JW Hedgehog, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in solutions for the Android, iOS, and Microsoft platforms. Jim has over 30 years of software engineering experience, with the past 15 years heavily focused on creating mobile device and location-based solutions. He has co-founded multiple software-related startups and has served in a consulting role at several more. After nearly a decade as a Microsoft Device Application Development MVP, Jim now focuses on developing A... more