Learning Android Intents

Book Description

Explore and apply the power of intents in Android application development

Overview

• Understand Android Intents to make application development quicker and easier
• Categorize and implement various kinds of Intents in your application
• Perform data manipulation within Android applications

In Detail

Android is an emerging technology with loads of apps in the Google Play Market. Till date, it is the biggest marvel in Smartphone technology, propelling a larger number of developers into Android application development. Intent is an essential part of any Android Application and no Android application is complete without using them. Features such as listening broadcasts, sending messages, sharing via social networks, notifications, hardware components including camera, sensors, Wi-Fi, and more, can be used in your applications by using Intents.

This practical guide focuses on using intents to make the best use of various features of Android platform. It is ideal for those developers who want to understand the backbone and the domain of Android Intents, its power, and the need for it inside an Android application. Practical, in-depth examples are used throughout the book, to help you understand the key concepts.

The book starts with introducing the very basic concepts of Android, and its various facts and figures such as different Android versions, their release dates, evolution of Android phones and so on. While covering the basic technical concepts, it proceeds from the easiest route of introducing Android Intents towards the more practical view of Android Intents in terms of components and features.

You will learn how to use different components and features such as transfer data between activities, invoke various features and components of Android, execute different in-built and custom-made services, use hardware and software components of Android device, and start Pending Intents & notifications. You will gain better theoretical knowledge of what is running behind the concepts of Android Intents, and practical knowledge of the mobile-efficient ways to perform a certain task using Android Intents.

Towards the end, you will have a clear vision and a practical grip on Android intents and its features. Learning Android Intents is a proper guide to give you the best knowledge of Intents.

What you will learn from this book

• Understand Android Intents and their importance in Android apps
• Get to grips with the different types of Intents and their implementation
• Discover data transfer methods in Android Intents along with their optimization and performance comparisons
• Explore the implementation of Intents while invoking Android Features in an application.
• Use Intent Filters and their sub-domains in order to perform various actions and sorting categories in Android Intents
• Catch different events while working with Broadcast Receiver and perform various actions
• Implement pending Intents and Intent Service, sending text to the Notification Panel, and much more

Approach

The book will take an easy-to-follow and engaging tutorial approach, providing a practical and comprehensive way to learn Android intents.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Understanding Android
Chapter 2: Introduction to Android Intents
Chapter 3: Intent and Its Categorization
Chapter 4: Intents for Mobile Components
Chapter 5: Data Transfer Using Intents
Chapter 6: Accessing Android Features Using Intents
Chapter 7: Intent Filters
Chapter 8: Broadcasting Intents
Chapter 9: Intent Service and Pending Intents

中文：

书名：学习Android的意图

探索和应用意图在Android应用程序开发中的力量

概述

• 了解Android意图，使应用程序开发更快、更容易
• 在您的应用程序中分类并实现各种意图
• 在Android应用程序中执行数据操作

In Detail

Android是一项新兴技术，在Google Play市场上有大量应用程序。到目前为止，它是智能手机技术中最大的奇迹，推动了更多的开发者进入Android应用程序开发。意图是任何Android应用程序的重要组成部分，没有一个Android应用程序不使用它们就不完整。通过使用Intent，可以在您的应用程序中使用收听广播、发送消息、通过社交网络共享、通知、包括摄像头、传感器、Wi-Fi等硬件组件等功能。

本实用指南重点介绍如何使用Intents来充分利用Android平台的各种功能。对于那些想要了解Android意图的主干和领域、它的功能以及Android应用程序中对它的需求的开发人员来说，它是理想的选择。整本书都使用了实用的、深入的例子，帮助您理解关键概念。

这本书首先介绍了Android非常基本的概念，以及它的各种事实和数字，如不同的Android版本，它们的发布日期，Android手机的演变等。在涵盖基本技术概念的同时，它从介绍Android意图的最简单途径出发，从组件和功能方面更实际地看待Android意图。

您将学习如何使用不同的组件和功能，如在活动之间传输数据、调用Android的各种功能和组件、执行不同的内置和定制服务、使用Android设备的硬件和软件组件以及启动待定意图和通知。您将获得更好的理论知识，了解Android意图的概念背后是什么，以及使用Android意图执行特定任务的移动高效方式的实践知识。

到最后，您将对Android的意图及其功能有一个清晰的愿景和实际的把握。学习Android Intents是一个恰当的指南，可以让你对Intents有最好的了解。

What you will learn from this book

• 了解Android意图及其在Android应用程序中的重要性
• 掌握不同类型的意图及其实现
• 发现Android意图中的数据传输方法以及它们的优化和性能比较
• 探索在应用程序中调用Android功能时意图的实现。
• 使用意图过滤器及其子域来执行各种操作并对Android意图中的类别进行排序
• 在使用广播接收器时捕捉不同的事件并执行各种操作
• 实施挂起意向和意向服务、将文本发送到通知面板等

Approach

这本书将采取一种易于遵循和引人入胜的教程方法，提供一个实用和全面的方式来学习Android的意图。

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Understanding Android
Chapter 2: Introduction to Android Intents
Chapter 3: Intent and Its Categorization
Chapter 4: Intents for Mobile Components
Chapter 5: Data Transfer Using Intents
第6章：使用意图访问Android功能
Chapter 7: Intent Filters
Chapter 8: Broadcasting Intents
Chapter 9: Intent Service and Pending Intents