Intent && Bundle

What is Intent?

1. Launch Activity
2. Start Service
3. Message Broadcast
4. Display Web Page
5. Display Contact List

Implicit && Explicit

• Implicit

  Component can’t be specifying. The system will filter out component which will response to the action.

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
    startActivity(intent);
  

• Explicit

  Component can be specified. The specified target component will be invoked.

    Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), ActivityTwo.class);
    startActivity(i);
  

Bundle

Bundles are used to pass the required data between various Android activities.

Bundle b = new Bundle();
b.putString("Email","abc@xyz.com");
i.putExtras(b); // where i is intent