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Intent

public class Intent
extends Object implements Parcelable, Cloneable

java.lang.Object
↳	android.content.Intent

Known Direct Subclasses

LabeledIntent

An intent is an abstract description of an operation to be performed. It can be used with startActivity to launch an Activity, broadcastIntent to send it to any interested BroadcastReceiver components, and startService(Intent) or bindService(Intent, ServiceConnection, int) to communicate with a background Service.

An Intent provides a facility for performing late runtime binding between the code in different applications. Its most significant use is in the launching of activities, where it can be thought of as the glue between activities. It is basically a passive data structure holding an abstract description of an action to be performed.

Developer Guides

For information about how to create and resolve intents, read the Intents and Intent Filters developer guide.

Intent Structure

The primary pieces of information in an intent are:

action -- The general action to be performed, such as ACTION_VIEW, ACTION_EDIT, ACTION_MAIN, etc.
data -- The data to operate on, such as a person record in the contacts database, expressed as a Uri.

Some examples of action/data pairs are:

ACTION_VIEW content://contacts/people/1 -- Display information about the person whose identifier is "1".
ACTION_DIAL content://contacts/people/1 -- Display the phone dialer with the person filled in.
ACTION_VIEW tel:123 -- Display the phone dialer with the given number filled in. Note how the VIEW action does what is considered the most reasonable thing for a particular URI.
ACTION_DIAL tel:123 -- Display the phone dialer with the given number filled in.
ACTION_EDIT content://contacts/people/1 -- Edit information about the person whose identifier is "1".
ACTION_VIEW content://contacts/people/ -- Display a list of people, which the user can browse through. This example is a typical top-level entry into the Contacts application, showing you the list of people. Selecting a particular person to view would result in a new intent { ACTION_VIEW content://contacts/N } being used to start an activity to display that person.

In addition to these primary attributes, there are a number of secondary attributes that you can also include with an intent:

category -- Gives additional information about the action to execute. For example, CATEGORY_LAUNCHER means it should appear in the Launcher as a top-level application, while CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE means it should be included in a list of alternative actions the user can perform on a piece of data.
type -- Specifies an explicit type (a MIME type) of the intent data. Normally the type is inferred from the data itself. By setting this attribute, you disable that evaluation and force an explicit type.
component -- Specifies an explicit name of a component class to use for the intent. Normally this is determined by looking at the other information in the intent (the action, data/type, and categories) and matching that with a component that can handle it. If this attribute is set then none of the evaluation is performed, and this component is used exactly as is. By specifying this attribute, all of the other Intent attributes become optional.
extras -- This is a Bundle of any additional information. This can be used to provide extended information to the component. For example, if we have a action to send an e-mail message, we could also include extra pieces of data here to supply a subject, body, etc.

Here are some examples of other operations you can specify as intents using these additional parameters:

ACTION_MAIN with category CATEGORY_HOME -- Launch the home screen.
ACTION_GET_CONTENT with MIME type vnd.android.cursor.item/phone -- Display the list of people's phone numbers, allowing the user to browse through them and pick one and return it to the parent activity.
ACTION_GET_CONTENT with MIME type */* and category CATEGORY_OPENABLE -- Display all pickers for data that can be opened with ContentResolver.openInputStream(), allowing the user to pick one of them and then some data inside of it and returning the resulting URI to the caller. This can be used, for example, in an e-mail application to allow the user to pick some data to include as an attachment.

There are a variety of standard Intent action and category constants defined in the Intent class, but applications can also define their own. These strings use Java-style scoping, to ensure they are unique -- for example, the standard ACTION_VIEW is called "android.intent.action.VIEW".

Put together, the set of actions, data types, categories, and extra data defines a language for the system allowing for the expression of phrases such as "call john smith's cell". As applications are added to the system, they can extend this language by adding new actions, types, and categories, or they can modify the behavior of existing phrases by supplying their own activities that handle them.

Intent Resolution

There are two primary forms of intents you will use.

Explicit Intents have specified a component (via setComponent(ComponentName) or setClass(Context, Class)), which provides the exact class to be run. Often these will not include any other information, simply being a way for an application to launch various internal activities it has as the user interacts with the application.
Implicit Intents have not specified a component; instead, they must include enough information for the system to determine which of the available components is best to run for that intent.

When using implicit intents, given such an arbitrary intent we need to know what to do with it. This is handled by the process of Intent resolution, which maps an Intent to an Activity, BroadcastReceiver, or Service (or sometimes two or more activities/receivers) that can handle it.

The intent resolution mechanism basically revolves around matching an Intent against all of the <intent-filter> descriptions in the installed application packages. (Plus, in the case of broadcasts, any BroadcastReceiver objects explicitly registered with registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver, IntentFilter).) More details on this can be found in the documentation on the IntentFilter class.

There are three pieces of information in the Intent that are used for resolution: the action, type, and category. Using this information, a query is done on the PackageManager for a component that can handle the intent. The appropriate component is determined based on the intent information supplied in the AndroidManifest.xml file as follows:

The action, if given, must be listed by the component as one it handles.
The type is retrieved from the Intent's data, if not already supplied in the Intent. Like the action, if a type is included in the intent (either explicitly or implicitly in its data), then this must be listed by the component as one it handles.
For data that is not a content: URI and where no explicit type is included in the Intent, instead the scheme of the intent data (such as http: or mailto:) is considered. Again like the action, if we are matching a scheme it must be listed by the component as one it can handle.
The categories, if supplied, must all be listed by the activity as categories it handles. That is, if you include the categories CATEGORY_LAUNCHER and CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE, then you will only resolve to components with an intent that lists both of those categories. Activities will very often need to support the CATEGORY_DEFAULT so that they can be found by Context.startActivity().

For example, consider the Note Pad sample application that allows user to browse through a list of notes data and view details about individual items. Text in italics indicate places were you would replace a name with one specific to your own package.

 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
       package="com.android.notepad">
     <application android:icon="@drawable/app_notes"
             android:label="@string/app_name">

         <provider class=".NotePadProvider"
                 android:authorities="com.google.provider.NotePad" />

         <activity class=".NotesList" android:label="@string/title_notes_list">
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.EDIT" />
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.PICK" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.google.note" />
             </intent-filter>
             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.GET_CONTENT" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note" />
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>

         <activity class=".NoteEditor" android:label="@string/title_note">
             <intent-filter android:label="@string/resolve_edit">
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.EDIT" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note" />
             </intent-filter>

             <intent-filter>
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.INSERT" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.google.note" />
             </intent-filter>

         </activity>

         <activity class=".TitleEditor" android:label="@string/title_edit_title"
                 android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Dialog">
             <intent-filter android:label="@string/resolve_title">
                 <action android:name="com.android.notepad.action.EDIT_TITLE" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.ALTERNATIVE" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE" />
                 <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note" />
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>

     </application>
 </manifest>

The first activity, com.android.notepad.NotesList, serves as our main entry into the app. It can do three things as described by its three intent templates:

```
 <intent-filter>
     <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
     <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
 </intent-filter>
```
This provides a top-level entry into the NotePad application: the standard MAIN action is a main entry point (not requiring any other information in the Intent), and the LAUNCHER category says that this entry point should be listed in the application launcher.
```
 <intent-filter>
     <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
     <action android:name="android.intent.action.EDIT" />
     <action android:name="android.intent.action.PICK" />
     <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
     <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.google.note" />
 </intent-filter>
```
This declares the things that the activity can do on a directory of notes. The type being supported is given with the <type> tag, where vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.google.note is a URI from which a Cursor of zero or more items (vnd.android.cursor.dir) can be retrieved which holds our note pad data (vnd.google.note). The activity allows the user to view or edit the directory of data (via the VIEW and EDIT actions), or to pick a particular note and return it to the caller (via the PICK action). Note also the DEFAULT category supplied here: this is required for the Context.startActivity method to resolve your activity when its component name is not explicitly specified.
```
 <intent-filter>
     <action android:name="android.intent.action.GET_CONTENT" />
     <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
     <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note" />
 </intent-filter>
```
This filter describes the ability to return to the caller a note selected by the user without needing to know where it came from. The data type vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note is a URI from which a Cursor of exactly one (vnd.android.cursor.item) item can be retrieved which contains our note pad data (vnd.google.note). The GET_CONTENT action is similar to the PICK action, where the activity will return to its caller a piece of data selected by the user. Here, however, the caller specifies the type of data they desire instead of the type of data the user will be picking from.

Given these capabilities, the following intents will resolve to the NotesList activity:

{ action=android.app.action.MAIN } matches all of the activities that can be used as top-level entry points into an application.
{ action=android.app.action.MAIN, category=android.app.category.LAUNCHER } is the actual intent used by the Launcher to populate its top-level list.
{ action=android.intent.action.VIEW data=content://com.google.provider.NotePad/notes } displays a list of all the notes under "content://com.google.provider.NotePad/notes", which the user can browse through and see the details on.
{ action=android.app.action.PICK data=content://com.google.provider.NotePad/notes } provides a list of the notes under "content://com.google.provider.NotePad/notes", from which the user can pick a note whose data URL is returned back to the caller.
{ action=android.app.action.GET_CONTENT type=vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note } is similar to the pick action, but allows the caller to specify the kind of data they want back so that the system can find the appropriate activity to pick something of that data type.

The second activity, com.android.notepad.NoteEditor, shows the user a single note entry and allows them to edit it. It can do two things as described by its two intent templates:

```
 <intent-filter android:label="@string/resolve_edit">
     <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
     <action android:name="android.intent.action.EDIT" />
     <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
     <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note" />
 </intent-filter>
```
The first, primary, purpose of this activity is to let the user interact with a single note, as decribed by the MIME type vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note. The activity can either VIEW a note or allow the user to EDIT it. Again we support the DEFAULT category to allow the activity to be launched without explicitly specifying its component.
```
 <intent-filter>
     <action android:name="android.intent.action.INSERT" />
     <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
     <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.dir/vnd.google.note" />
 </intent-filter>
```
The secondary use of this activity is to insert a new note entry into an existing directory of notes. This is used when the user creates a new note: the INSERT action is executed on the directory of notes, causing this activity to run and have the user create the new note data which it then adds to the content provider.

Given these capabilities, the following intents will resolve to the NoteEditor activity:

{ action=android.intent.action.VIEW data=content://com.google.provider.NotePad/notes/{ID} } shows the user the content of note {ID}.
{ action=android.app.action.EDIT data=content://com.google.provider.NotePad/notes/{ID} } allows the user to edit the content of note {ID}.
{ action=android.app.action.INSERT data=content://com.google.provider.NotePad/notes } creates a new, empty note in the notes list at "content://com.google.provider.NotePad/notes" and allows the user to edit it. If they keep their changes, the URI of the newly created note is returned to the caller.

The last activity, com.android.notepad.TitleEditor, allows the user to edit the title of a note. This could be implemented as a class that the application directly invokes (by explicitly setting its component in the Intent), but here we show a way you can publish alternative operations on existing data:

 <intent-filter android:label="@string/resolve_title">
     <action android:name="com.android.notepad.action.EDIT_TITLE" />
     <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
     <category android:name="android.intent.category.ALTERNATIVE" />
     <category android:name="android.intent.category.SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE" />
     <data android:mimeType="vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note" />
 </intent-filter>

In the single intent template here, we have created our own private action called com.android.notepad.action.EDIT_TITLE which means to edit the title of a note. It must be invoked on a specific note (data type vnd.android.cursor.item/vnd.google.note) like the previous view and edit actions, but here displays and edits the title contained in the note data.

In addition to supporting the default category as usual, our title editor also supports two other standard categories: ALTERNATIVE and SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE. Implementing these categories allows others to find the special action it provides without directly knowing about it, through the queryIntentActivityOptions(ComponentName, Intent[], Intent, int) method, or more often to build dynamic menu items with addIntentOptions(int, int, int, ComponentName, Intent[], Intent, int, MenuItem[]). Note that in the intent template here was also supply an explicit name for the template (via android:label="@string/resolve_title") to better control what the user sees when presented with this activity as an alternative action to the data they are viewing.

Given these capabilities, the following intent will resolve to the TitleEditor activity:

{ action=com.android.notepad.action.EDIT_TITLE data=content://com.google.provider.NotePad/notes/{ID} } displays and allows the user to edit the title associated with note {ID}.

Standard Activity Actions

These are the current standard actions that Intent defines for launching activities (usually through startActivity(Intent). The most important, and by far most frequently used, are ACTION_MAIN and ACTION_EDIT.

Standard Broadcast Actions

These are the current standard actions that Intent defines for receiving broadcasts (usually through registerReceiver(BroadcastReceiver, IntentFilter) or a <receiver> tag in a manifest).

Standard Categories

These are the current standard categories that can be used to further clarify an Intent via addCategory(String).

Standard Extra Data

These are the current standard fields that can be used as extra data via putExtra(String, Bundle).

Flags

These are the possible flags that can be used in the Intent via setFlags(int) and addFlags(int). See setFlags(int) for a list of all possible flags.

Summary

Nested classes
`class`	`Intent.FilterComparison` Wrapper class holding an Intent and implementing comparisons on it for the purpose of filtering.
`class`	`Intent.ShortcutIconResource` Represents a shortcut/live folder icon resource.

Constants
`String`	`ACTION_AIRPLANE_MODE_CHANGED` Broadcast Action: The user has switched the phone into or out of Airplane Mode.
`String`	`ACTION_ALL_APPS` Activity Action: List all available applications.
`String`	`ACTION_ANSWER` Activity Action: Handle an incoming phone call.
`String`	`ACTION_APPLICATION_PREFERENCES` An activity that provides a user interface for adjusting application preferences.
`String`	`ACTION_APPLICATION_RESTRICTIONS_CHANGED` Broadcast Action: Sent after application restrictions are changed.
`String`	`ACTION_APP_ERROR` Activity Action: The user pressed the "Report" button in the crash/ANR dialog.
`String`	`ACTION_ASSIST` Activity Action: Perform assist action.
`String`	`ACTION_ATTACH_DATA` Used to indicate that some piece of data should be attached to some other place.
`String`	`ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED` Broadcast Action: This is a sticky broadcast containing the charging state, level, and other information about the battery.
`String`	`ACTION_BATTERY_LOW` Broadcast Action: Indicates low battery condition on the device.
`String`	`ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY` Broadcast Action: Indicates the battery is now okay after being low.
`String`	`ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED` Broadcast Action: This is broadcast once, after the user has finished booting.
`String`	`ACTION_BUG_REPORT` Activity Action: Show activity for reporting a bug.
`String`	`ACTION_CALL` Activity Action: Perform a call to someone specified by the data.
`String`	`ACTION_CALL_BUTTON` Activity Action: The user pressed the "call" button to go to the dialer or other appropriate UI for placing a call.
`String`	`ACTION_CAMERA_BUTTON` Broadcast Action: The "Camera Button" was pressed.
`String`	`ACTION_CHOOSER` Activity Action: Display an activity chooser, allowing the user to pick what they want to before proceeding.
`String`	`ACTION_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS` Broadcast Action: This is broadcast when a user action should request a temporary system dialog to dismiss.
`String`	`ACTION_CONFIGURATION_CHANGED` Broadcast Action: The current device `Configuration` (orientation, locale, etc) has changed.
`String`	`ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT` Activity Action: Allow the user to create a new document.
`String`	`ACTION_CREATE_SHORTCUT` Activity Action: Creates a shortcut.
`String`	`ACTION_DATE_CHANGED` Broadcast Action: The date has changed.
`String`	`ACTION_DEFAULT` A synonym for `ACTION_VIEW`, the "standard" action that is performed on a piece of data.
`String`	`ACTION_DELETE` Activity Action: Delete the given data from its container.
`String`	`ACTION_DEVICE_STORAGE_LOW` Broadcast Action: A sticky broadcast that indicates low memory condition on the device This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.
`String`	`ACTION_DEVICE_STORAGE_OK` Broadcast Action: Indicates low memory condition on the device no longer exists This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.
`String`	`ACTION_DIAL` Activity Action: Dial a number as specified by the data.
`String`	`ACTION_DOCK_EVENT` Broadcast Action: A sticky broadcast for changes in the physical docking state of the device.
`String`	`ACTION_DREAMING_STARTED` Broadcast Action: Sent after the system starts dreaming.
`String`	`ACTION_DREAMING_STOPPED` Broadcast Action: Sent after the system stops dreaming.
`String`	`ACTION_EDIT` Activity Action: Provide explicit editable access to the given data.
`String`	`ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE` Broadcast Action: Resources for a set of packages (which were previously unavailable) are currently available since the media on which they exist is available.
`String`	`ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_UNAVAILABLE` Broadcast Action: Resources for a set of packages are currently unavailable since the media on which they exist is unavailable.
`String`	`ACTION_FACTORY_TEST` Activity Action: Main entry point for factory tests.
`String`	`ACTION_GET_CONTENT` Activity Action: Allow the user to select a particular kind of data and return it.
`String`	`ACTION_GET_RESTRICTION_ENTRIES` Broadcast to a specific application to query any supported restrictions to impose on restricted users.
`String`	`ACTION_GTALK_SERVICE_CONNECTED` Broadcast Action: A GTalk connection has been established.
`String`	`ACTION_GTALK_SERVICE_DISCONNECTED` Broadcast Action: A GTalk connection has been disconnected.
`String`	`ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG` Broadcast Action: Wired Headset plugged in or unplugged.
`String`	`ACTION_INPUT_METHOD_CHANGED` Broadcast Action: An input method has been changed.
`String`	`ACTION_INSERT` Activity Action: Insert an empty item into the given container.
`String`	`ACTION_INSERT_OR_EDIT` Activity Action: Pick an existing item, or insert a new item, and then edit it.
`String`	`ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE` Activity Action: Launch application installer.
`String`	`ACTION_LOCALE_CHANGED` Broadcast Action: The current device's locale has changed.
`String`	`ACTION_LOCKED_BOOT_COMPLETED` Broadcast Action: This is broadcast once, after the user has finished booting, but while still in the "locked" state.
`String`	`ACTION_MAIN` Activity Action: Start as a main entry point, does not expect to receive data.
`String`	`ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_ADDED` Broadcast sent to the primary user when an associated managed profile is added (the profile was created and is ready to be used).
`String`	`ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_AVAILABLE` Broadcast sent to the primary user when an associated managed profile has become available.
`String`	`ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_REMOVED` Broadcast sent to the primary user when an associated managed profile is removed.
`String`	`ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_UNAVAILABLE` Broadcast sent to the primary user when an associated managed profile has become unavailable.
`String`	`ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_UNLOCKED` Broadcast sent to the primary user when the credential-encrypted private storage for an associated managed profile is unlocked.
`String`	`ACTION_MANAGE_NETWORK_USAGE` Activity Action: Show settings for managing network data usage of a specific application.
`String`	`ACTION_MANAGE_PACKAGE_STORAGE` Broadcast Action: Indicates low memory condition notification acknowledged by user and package management should be started.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_BAD_REMOVAL` Broadcast Action: External media was removed from SD card slot, but mount point was not unmounted.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON` Broadcast Action: The "Media Button" was pressed.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_CHECKING` Broadcast Action: External media is present, and being disk-checked The path to the mount point for the checking media is contained in the Intent.mData field.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_EJECT` Broadcast Action: User has expressed the desire to remove the external storage media.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED` Broadcast Action: External media is present and mounted at its mount point.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_NOFS` Broadcast Action: External media is present, but is using an incompatible fs (or is blank) The path to the mount point for the checking media is contained in the Intent.mData field.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_REMOVED` Broadcast Action: External media has been removed.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_FINISHED` Broadcast Action: The media scanner has finished scanning a directory.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE` Broadcast Action: Request the media scanner to scan a file and add it to the media database.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_STARTED` Broadcast Action: The media scanner has started scanning a directory.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_SHARED` Broadcast Action: External media is unmounted because it is being shared via USB mass storage.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_UNMOUNTABLE` Broadcast Action: External media is present but cannot be mounted.
`String`	`ACTION_MEDIA_UNMOUNTED` Broadcast Action: External media is present, but not mounted at its mount point.
`String`	`ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED` Broadcast Action: A new version of your application has been installed over an existing one.
`String`	`ACTION_NEW_OUTGOING_CALL` Broadcast Action: An outgoing call is about to be placed.
`String`	`ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT` Activity Action: Allow the user to select and return one or more existing documents.
`String`	`ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE` Activity Action: Allow the user to pick a directory subtree.
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGES_SUSPENDED` Broadcast Action: Packages have been suspended.
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGES_UNSUSPENDED` Broadcast Action: Packages have been unsuspended.
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED` Broadcast Action: A new application package has been installed on the device.
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED` Broadcast Action: An existing application package has been changed (for example, a component has been enabled or disabled).
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGE_DATA_CLEARED` Broadcast Action: The user has cleared the data of a package.
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGE_FIRST_LAUNCH` Broadcast Action: Sent to the installer package of an application when that application is first launched (that is the first time it is moved out of the stopped state).
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGE_FULLY_REMOVED` Broadcast Action: An existing application package has been completely removed from the device.
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGE_INSTALL` This constant was deprecated in API level 14. This constant has never been used.
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGE_NEEDS_VERIFICATION` Broadcast Action: Sent to the system package verifier when a package needs to be verified.
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED` Broadcast Action: An existing application package has been removed from the device.
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED` Broadcast Action: A new version of an application package has been installed, replacing an existing version that was previously installed.
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGE_RESTARTED` Broadcast Action: The user has restarted a package, and all of its processes have been killed.
`String`	`ACTION_PACKAGE_VERIFIED` Broadcast Action: Sent to the system package verifier when a package is verified.
`String`	`ACTION_PASTE` Activity Action: Create a new item in the given container, initializing it from the current contents of the clipboard.
`String`	`ACTION_PICK` Activity Action: Pick an item from the data, returning what was selected.
`String`	`ACTION_PICK_ACTIVITY` Activity Action: Pick an activity given an intent, returning the class selected.
`String`	`ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED` Broadcast Action: External power has been connected to the device.
`String`	`ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED` Broadcast Action: External power has been removed from the device.
`String`	`ACTION_POWER_USAGE_SUMMARY` Activity Action: Show power usage information to the user.
`String`	`ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT` Activity Action: Process a piece of text.
`String`	`ACTION_PROVIDER_CHANGED` Broadcast Action: Some content providers have parts of their namespace where they publish new events or items that the user may be especially interested in.
`String`	`ACTION_QUICK_CLOCK` Sent when the user taps on the clock widget in the system's "quick settings" area.
`String`	`ACTION_QUICK_VIEW` Activity Action: Quick view the data.
`String`	`ACTION_REBOOT` Broadcast Action: Have the device reboot.
`String`	`ACTION_RUN` Activity Action: Run the data, whatever that means.
`String`	`ACTION_SCREEN_OFF` Broadcast Action: Sent when the device goes to sleep and becomes non-interactive.
`String`	`ACTION_SCREEN_ON` Broadcast Action: Sent when the device wakes up and becomes interactive.
`String`	`ACTION_SEARCH` Activity Action: Perform a search.
`String`	`ACTION_SEARCH_LONG_PRESS` Activity Action: Start action associated with long pressing on the search key.
`String`	`ACTION_SEND` Activity Action: Deliver some data to someone else.
`String`	`ACTION_SENDTO` Activity Action: Send a message to someone specified by the data.
`String`	`ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE` Activity Action: Deliver multiple data to someone else.
`String`	`ACTION_SET_WALLPAPER` Activity Action: Show settings for choosing wallpaper.
`String`	`ACTION_SHOW_APP_INFO` Activity Action: Launch an activity showing the app information.
`String`	`ACTION_SHUTDOWN` Broadcast Action: Device is shutting down.
`String`	`ACTION_SYNC` Activity Action: Perform a data synchronization.
`String`	`ACTION_SYSTEM_TUTORIAL` Activity Action: Start the platform-defined tutorial Input: `getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY)` is the text to search for.
`String`	`ACTION_TIMEZONE_CHANGED` Broadcast Action: The timezone has changed.
`String`	`ACTION_TIME_CHANGED` Broadcast Action: The time was set.
`String`	`ACTION_TIME_TICK` Broadcast Action: The current time has changed.
`String`	`ACTION_UID_REMOVED` Broadcast Action: A user ID has been removed from the system.
`String`	`ACTION_UMS_CONNECTED` This constant was deprecated in API level 14. replaced by android.os.storage.StorageEventListener
`String`	`ACTION_UMS_DISCONNECTED` This constant was deprecated in API level 14. replaced by android.os.storage.StorageEventListener
`String`	`ACTION_UNINSTALL_PACKAGE` Activity Action: Launch application uninstaller.
`String`	`ACTION_USER_BACKGROUND` Sent when a user switch is happening, causing the process's user to be sent to the background.
`String`	`ACTION_USER_FOREGROUND` Sent when a user switch is happening, causing the process's user to be brought to the foreground.
`String`	`ACTION_USER_INITIALIZE` Sent the first time a user is starting, to allow system apps to perform one time initialization.
`String`	`ACTION_USER_PRESENT` Broadcast Action: Sent when the user is present after device wakes up (e.g when the keyguard is gone).
`String`	`ACTION_USER_UNLOCKED` Broadcast Action: Sent when the credential-encrypted private storage has become unlocked for the target user.
`String`	`ACTION_VIEW` Activity Action: Display the data to the user.
`String`	`ACTION_VOICE_COMMAND` Activity Action: Start Voice Command.
`String`	`ACTION_WALLPAPER_CHANGED` This constant was deprecated in API level 16. Modern applications should use `WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WALLPAPER` to have the wallpaper shown behind their UI, rather than watching for this broadcast and rendering the wallpaper on their own.
`String`	`ACTION_WEB_SEARCH` Activity Action: Perform a web search.
`String`	`CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE` Set if the activity should be considered as an alternative action to the data the user is currently viewing.
`String`	`CATEGORY_APP_BROWSER` Used with `ACTION_MAIN` to launch the browser application.
`String`	`CATEGORY_APP_CALCULATOR` Used with `ACTION_MAIN` to launch the calculator application.
`String`	`CATEGORY_APP_CALENDAR` Used with `ACTION_MAIN` to launch the calendar application.
`String`	`CATEGORY_APP_CONTACTS` Used with `ACTION_MAIN` to launch the contacts application.
`String`	`CATEGORY_APP_EMAIL` Used with `ACTION_MAIN` to launch the email application.
`String`	`CATEGORY_APP_GALLERY` Used with `ACTION_MAIN` to launch the gallery application.
`String`	`CATEGORY_APP_MAPS` Used with `ACTION_MAIN` to launch the maps application.
`String`	`CATEGORY_APP_MARKET` This activity allows the user to browse and download new applications.
`String`	`CATEGORY_APP_MESSAGING` Used with `ACTION_MAIN` to launch the messaging application.
`String`	`CATEGORY_APP_MUSIC` Used with `ACTION_MAIN` to launch the music application.
`String`	`CATEGORY_BROWSABLE` Activities that can be safely invoked from a browser must support this category.
`String`	`CATEGORY_CAR_DOCK` An activity to run when device is inserted into a car dock.
`String`	`CATEGORY_CAR_MODE` Used to indicate that the activity can be used in a car environment.
`String`	`CATEGORY_DEFAULT` Set if the activity should be an option for the default action (center press) to perform on a piece of data.
`String`	`CATEGORY_DESK_DOCK` An activity to run when device is inserted into a car dock.
`String`	`CATEGORY_DEVELOPMENT_PREFERENCE` This activity is a development preference panel.
`String`	`CATEGORY_EMBED` Capable of running inside a parent activity container.
`String`	`CATEGORY_FRAMEWORK_INSTRUMENTATION_TEST` To be used as code under test for framework instrumentation tests.
`String`	`CATEGORY_HE_DESK_DOCK` An activity to run when device is inserted into a digital (high end) dock.
`String`	`CATEGORY_HOME` This is the home activity, that is the first activity that is displayed when the device boots.
`String`	`CATEGORY_INFO` Provides information about the package it is in; typically used if a package does not contain a `CATEGORY_LAUNCHER` to provide a front-door to the user without having to be shown in the all apps list.
`String`	`CATEGORY_LAUNCHER` Should be displayed in the top-level launcher.
`String`	`CATEGORY_LEANBACK_LAUNCHER` Indicates an activity optimized for Leanback mode, and that should be displayed in the Leanback launcher.
`String`	`CATEGORY_LE_DESK_DOCK` An activity to run when device is inserted into a analog (low end) dock.
`String`	`CATEGORY_MONKEY` This activity may be exercised by the monkey or other automated test tools.
`String`	`CATEGORY_OPENABLE` Used to indicate that an intent only wants URIs that can be opened with `openFileDescriptor(Uri, String)`.
`String`	`CATEGORY_PREFERENCE` This activity is a preference panel.
`String`	`CATEGORY_SAMPLE_CODE` To be used as a sample code example (not part of the normal user experience).
`String`	`CATEGORY_SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE` Set if the activity should be considered as an alternative selection action to the data the user has currently selected.
`String`	`CATEGORY_TAB` Intended to be used as a tab inside of a containing TabActivity.
`String`	`CATEGORY_TEST` To be used as a test (not part of the normal user experience).
`String`	`CATEGORY_UNIT_TEST` To be used as a unit test (run through the Test Harness).
`String`	`CATEGORY_VOICE` Categories for activities that can participate in voice interaction.
`String`	`EXTRA_ALARM_COUNT` Used as an int extra field in `AlarmManager` intents to tell the application being invoked how many pending alarms are being delievered with the intent.
`String`	`EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE` Extra used to indicate that an intent can allow the user to select and return multiple items.
`String`	`EXTRA_ALLOW_REPLACE` This constant was deprecated in API level 16. As of `JELLY_BEAN`, Android will no longer show an interstitial message about updating existing applications so this is no longer needed.
`String`	`EXTRA_ALTERNATE_INTENTS` An Intent[] describing additional, alternate choices you would like shown with `ACTION_CHOOSER`.
`String`	`EXTRA_ASSIST_CONTEXT` An optional field on `ACTION_ASSIST` and containing additional contextual information supplied by the current foreground app at the time of the assist request.
`String`	`EXTRA_ASSIST_INPUT_DEVICE_ID` An optional field on `ACTION_ASSIST` containing the InputDevice id that was used to invoke the assist.
`String`	`EXTRA_ASSIST_INPUT_HINT_KEYBOARD` An optional field on `ACTION_ASSIST` suggesting that the user will likely use a keyboard as the primary input device for assistance.
`String`	`EXTRA_ASSIST_PACKAGE` An optional field on `ACTION_ASSIST` containing the name of the current foreground application package at the time the assist was invoked.
`String`	`EXTRA_ASSIST_UID` An optional field on `ACTION_ASSIST` containing the uid of the current foreground application package at the time the assist was invoked.
`String`	`EXTRA_BCC` A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be blind carbon copied.
`String`	`EXTRA_BUG_REPORT` Used as a parcelable extra field in `ACTION_APP_ERROR`, containing the bug report.
`String`	`EXTRA_CC` A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be carbon copied.
`String`	`EXTRA_CHANGED_COMPONENT_NAME` This constant was deprecated in API level 7. See `EXTRA_CHANGED_COMPONENT_NAME_LIST`; this field will contain only the first name in the list.
`String`	`EXTRA_CHANGED_COMPONENT_NAME_LIST` This field is part of `ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED`, and contains a string array of all of the components that have changed.
`String`	`EXTRA_CHANGED_PACKAGE_LIST` This field is part of `ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE`, `ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_UNAVAILABLE`, `ACTION_PACKAGES_SUSPENDED`, `ACTION_PACKAGES_UNSUSPENDED` and contains a string array of all of the components that have changed.
`String`	`EXTRA_CHANGED_UID_LIST` This field is part of `ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE`, `ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_UNAVAILABLE` and contains an integer array of uids of all of the components that have changed.
`String`	`EXTRA_CHOOSER_REFINEMENT_INTENT_SENDER` An `IntentSender` for an Activity that will be invoked when the user makes a selection from the chooser activity presented by `ACTION_CHOOSER`.
`String`	`EXTRA_CHOOSER_TARGETS` A `ChooserTarget[]` for `ACTION_CHOOSER` describing additional high-priority deep-link targets for the chooser to present to the user.
`String`	`EXTRA_CHOSEN_COMPONENT` The `ComponentName` chosen by the user to complete an action.
`String`	`EXTRA_CHOSEN_COMPONENT_INTENT_SENDER` An `IntentSender` that will be notified if a user successfully chooses a target component to handle an action in an `ACTION_CHOOSER` activity.
`String`	`EXTRA_DATA_REMOVED` Used as a boolean extra field in `ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED` intents to indicate whether this represents a full uninstall (removing both the code and its data) or a partial uninstall (leaving its data, implying that this is an update).
`String`	`EXTRA_DOCK_STATE` Used as an int extra field in `ACTION_DOCK_EVENT` intents to request the dock state.
`int`	`EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_CAR` Used as an int value for `EXTRA_DOCK_STATE` to represent that the phone is in a car dock.
`int`	`EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_DESK` Used as an int value for `EXTRA_DOCK_STATE` to represent that the phone is in a desk dock.
`int`	`EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_HE_DESK` Used as an int value for `EXTRA_DOCK_STATE` to represent that the phone is in a digital (high end) dock.
`int`	`EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_LE_DESK` Used as an int value for `EXTRA_DOCK_STATE` to represent that the phone is in a analog (low end) dock.
`int`	`EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_UNDOCKED` Used as an int value for `EXTRA_DOCK_STATE` to represent that the phone is not in any dock.
`String`	`EXTRA_DONT_KILL_APP` Used as a boolean extra field in `ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED` or `ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED` intents to override the default action of restarting the application.
`String`	`EXTRA_EMAIL` A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be delivered to.
`String`	`EXTRA_EXCLUDE_COMPONENTS` A `ComponentName[]` describing components that should be filtered out and omitted from a list of components presented to the user.
`String`	`EXTRA_HTML_TEXT` A constant String that is associated with the Intent, used with `ACTION_SEND` to supply an alternative to `EXTRA_TEXT` as HTML formatted text.
`String`	`EXTRA_INDEX` Optional index with semantics depending on the intent action.
`String`	`EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS` A Parcelable[] of `Intent` or `LabeledIntent` objects as set with `putExtra(String, Parcelable[])` of additional activities to place a the front of the list of choices, when shown to the user with a `ACTION_CHOOSER`.
`String`	`EXTRA_INSTALLER_PACKAGE_NAME` Used as a string extra field with `ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE` to install a package.
`String`	`EXTRA_INTENT` An Intent describing the choices you would like shown with `ACTION_PICK_ACTIVITY` or `ACTION_CHOOSER`.
`String`	`EXTRA_KEY_EVENT` A `KeyEvent` object containing the event that triggered the creation of the Intent it is in.
`String`	`EXTRA_LOCAL_ONLY` Extra used to indicate that an intent should only return data that is on the local device.
`String`	`EXTRA_MIME_TYPES` Extra used to communicate a set of acceptable MIME types.
`String`	`EXTRA_NOT_UNKNOWN_SOURCE` Used as a boolean extra field with `ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE` to install a package.
`String`	`EXTRA_ORIGINATING_URI` Used as a URI extra field with `ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE` and `ACTION_VIEW` to indicate the URI from which the local APK in the Intent data field originated from.
`String`	`EXTRA_PACKAGE_NAME` Intent extra: An app package name.
`String`	`EXTRA_PHONE_NUMBER` A String holding the phone number originally entered in `ACTION_NEW_OUTGOING_CALL`, or the actual number to call in a `ACTION_CALL`.
`String`	`EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT` The name of the extra used to define the text to be processed, as a CharSequence.
`String`	`EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT_READONLY` The name of the boolean extra used to define if the processed text will be used as read-only.
`String`	`EXTRA_QUIET_MODE` Optional boolean extra indicating whether quiet mode has been switched on or off.
`String`	`EXTRA_REFERRER` This extra can be used with any Intent used to launch an activity, supplying information about who is launching that activity.
`String`	`EXTRA_REFERRER_NAME` Alternate version of `EXTRA_REFERRER` that supplies the URI as a String rather than a `Uri` object.
`String`	`EXTRA_REMOTE_INTENT_TOKEN` Used in the extra field in the remote intent.
`String`	`EXTRA_REPLACEMENT_EXTRAS` A Bundle forming a mapping of potential target package names to different extras Bundles to add to the default intent extras in `EXTRA_INTENT` when used with `ACTION_CHOOSER`.
`String`	`EXTRA_REPLACING` Used as a boolean extra field in `ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED` intents to indicate that this is a replacement of the package, so this broadcast will immediately be followed by an add broadcast for a different version of the same package.
`String`	`EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_BUNDLE` Extra sent in the intent to the BroadcastReceiver that handles `ACTION_GET_RESTRICTION_ENTRIES`.
`String`	`EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_INTENT` Extra used in the response from a BroadcastReceiver that handles `ACTION_GET_RESTRICTION_ENTRIES`.
`String`	`EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_LIST` Extra used in the response from a BroadcastReceiver that handles `ACTION_GET_RESTRICTION_ENTRIES`.
`String`	`EXTRA_RESULT_RECEIVER` A `ResultReceiver` used to return data back to the sender.
`String`	`EXTRA_RETURN_RESULT` Used as a boolean extra field with `ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE` or `ACTION_UNINSTALL_PACKAGE`.
`String`	`EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON` The name of the extra used to define the icon, as a Bitmap, of a shortcut.
`String`	`EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE` The name of the extra used to define the icon, as a ShortcutIconResource, of a shortcut.
`String`	`EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT` The name of the extra used to define the Intent of a shortcut.
`String`	`EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME` The name of the extra used to define the name of a shortcut.
`String`	`EXTRA_SHUTDOWN_USERSPACE_ONLY` Optional extra for `ACTION_SHUTDOWN` that allows the sender to qualify that this shutdown is only for the user space of the system, not a complete shutdown.
`String`	`EXTRA_STREAM` A content: URI holding a stream of data associated with the Intent, used with `ACTION_SEND` to supply the data being sent.
`String`	`EXTRA_SUBJECT` A constant string holding the desired subject line of a message.
`String`	`EXTRA_TEMPLATE` The initial data to place in a newly created record.
`String`	`EXTRA_TEXT` A constant CharSequence that is associated with the Intent, used with `ACTION_SEND` to supply the literal data to be sent.
`String`	`EXTRA_TITLE` A CharSequence dialog title to provide to the user when used with a `ACTION_CHOOSER`.
`String`	`EXTRA_UID` Used as an int extra field in `ACTION_UID_REMOVED` intents to supply the uid the package had been assigned.
`String`	`EXTRA_USER` The UserHandle carried with broadcasts intents related to addition and removal of managed profiles - `ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_ADDED` and `ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_REMOVED`.
`int`	`FILL_IN_ACTION` Use with `fillIn(Intent, int)` to allow the current action value to be overwritten, even if it is already set.
`int`	`FILL_IN_CATEGORIES` Use with `fillIn(Intent, int)` to allow the current categories to be overwritten, even if they are already set.
`int`	`FILL_IN_CLIP_DATA` Use with `fillIn(Intent, int)` to allow the current ClipData to be overwritten, even if it is already set.
`int`	`FILL_IN_COMPONENT` Use with `fillIn(Intent, int)` to allow the current component value to be overwritten, even if it is already set.
`int`	`FILL_IN_DATA` Use with `fillIn(Intent, int)` to allow the current data or type value overwritten, even if it is already set.
`int`	`FILL_IN_PACKAGE` Use with `fillIn(Intent, int)` to allow the current package value to be overwritten, even if it is already set.
`int`	`FILL_IN_SELECTOR` Use with `fillIn(Intent, int)` to allow the current selector to be overwritten, even if it is already set.
`int`	`FILL_IN_SOURCE_BOUNDS` Use with `fillIn(Intent, int)` to allow the current bounds rectangle to be overwritten, even if it is already set.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_BROUGHT_TO_FRONT` This flag is not normally set by application code, but set for you by the system as described in the `launchMode` documentation for the singleTask mode.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK` If set in an Intent passed to `Context.startActivity()`, this flag will cause any existing task that would be associated with the activity to be cleared before the activity is started.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP` If set, and the activity being launched is already running in the current task, then instead of launching a new instance of that activity, all of the other activities on top of it will be closed and this Intent will be delivered to the (now on top) old activity as a new Intent.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET` This constant was deprecated in API level 21. As of API 21 this performs identically to `FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT` which should be used instead of this.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS` If set, the new activity is not kept in the list of recently launched activities.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_FORWARD_RESULT` If set and this intent is being used to launch a new activity from an existing one, then the reply target of the existing activity will be transfered to the new activity.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_LAUNCHED_FROM_HISTORY` This flag is not normally set by application code, but set for you by the system if this activity is being launched from history (longpress home key).
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_LAUNCH_ADJACENT` This flag is only used in split-screen multi-window mode.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK` This flag is used to create a new task and launch an activity into it.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT` This flag is used to open a document into a new task rooted at the activity launched by this Intent.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK` If set, this activity will become the start of a new task on this history stack.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION` If set in an Intent passed to `Context.startActivity()`, this flag will prevent the system from applying an activity transition animation to go to the next activity state.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY` If set, the new activity is not kept in the history stack.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_USER_ACTION` If set, this flag will prevent the normal `onUserLeaveHint()` callback from occurring on the current frontmost activity before it is paused as the newly-started activity is brought to the front.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_PREVIOUS_IS_TOP` If set and this intent is being used to launch a new activity from an existing one, the current activity will not be counted as the top activity for deciding whether the new intent should be delivered to the top instead of starting a new one.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_REORDER_TO_FRONT` If set in an Intent passed to `Context.startActivity()`, this flag will cause the launched activity to be brought to the front of its task's history stack if it is already running.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_RESET_TASK_IF_NEEDED` If set, and this activity is either being started in a new task or bringing to the top an existing task, then it will be launched as the front door of the task.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_RETAIN_IN_RECENTS` By default a document created by `FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT` will have its entry in recent tasks removed when the user closes it (with back or however else it may finish()).
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP` If set, the activity will not be launched if it is already running at the top of the history stack.
`int`	`FLAG_ACTIVITY_TASK_ON_HOME` If set in an Intent passed to `Context.startActivity()`, this flag will cause a newly launching task to be placed on top of the current home activity task (if there is one).
`int`	`FLAG_DEBUG_LOG_RESOLUTION` A flag you can enable for debugging: when set, log messages will be printed during the resolution of this intent to show you what has been found to create the final resolved list.
`int`	`FLAG_EXCLUDE_STOPPED_PACKAGES` If set, this intent will not match any components in packages that are currently stopped.
`int`	`FLAG_FROM_BACKGROUND` Can be set by the caller to indicate that this Intent is coming from a background operation, not from direct user interaction.
`int`	`FLAG_GRANT_PERSISTABLE_URI_PERMISSION` When combined with `FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION` and/or `FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION`, the URI permission grant can be persisted across device reboots until explicitly revoked with `revokeUriPermission(Uri, int)`.
`int`	`FLAG_GRANT_PREFIX_URI_PERMISSION` When combined with `FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION` and/or `FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION`, the URI permission grant applies to any URI that is a prefix match against the original granted URI.
`int`	`FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION` If set, the recipient of this Intent will be granted permission to perform read operations on the URI in the Intent's data and any URIs specified in its ClipData.
`int`	`FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION` If set, the recipient of this Intent will be granted permission to perform write operations on the URI in the Intent's data and any URIs specified in its ClipData.
`int`	`FLAG_INCLUDE_STOPPED_PACKAGES` If set, this intent will always match any components in packages that are currently stopped.
`int`	`FLAG_RECEIVER_FOREGROUND` If set, when sending a broadcast the recipient is allowed to run at foreground priority, with a shorter timeout interval.
`int`	`FLAG_RECEIVER_NO_ABORT` If this is an ordered broadcast, don't allow receivers to abort the broadcast.
`int`	`FLAG_RECEIVER_REGISTERED_ONLY` If set, when sending a broadcast only registered receivers will be called -- no BroadcastReceiver components will be launched.
`int`	`FLAG_RECEIVER_REPLACE_PENDING` If set, when sending a broadcast the new broadcast will replace any existing pending broadcast that matches it.
`String`	`METADATA_DOCK_HOME` Boolean that can be supplied as meta-data with a dock activity, to indicate that the dock should take over the home key when it is active.
`int`	`URI_ALLOW_UNSAFE` Flag for use with `toUri(int)` and `parseUri(String, int)`: allow parsing of unsafe information.
`int`	`URI_ANDROID_APP_SCHEME` Flag for use with `toUri(int)` and `parseUri(String, int)`: the URI string always has the "android-app:" scheme.
`int`	`URI_INTENT_SCHEME` Flag for use with `toUri(int)` and `parseUri(String, int)`: the URI string always has the "intent:" scheme.

Inherited constants

From interface


    android.os.Parcelable

Fields
`public static final Creator<Intent>`	`CREATOR`

Public constructors
`Intent()` Create an empty intent.
`Intent(Intent o)` Copy constructor.
`Intent(String action)` Create an intent with a given action.
`Intent(String action, Uri uri)` Create an intent with a given action and for a given data url.
`Intent(Context packageContext, Class<?> cls)` Create an intent for a specific component.
`Intent(String action, Uri uri, Context packageContext, Class<?> cls)` Create an intent for a specific component with a specified action and data.

Public methods
`Intent`	`addCategory(String category)` Add a new category to the intent.
`Intent`	`addFlags(int flags)` Add additional flags to the intent (or with existing flags value).
`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`Intent`	`cloneFilter()` Make a clone of only the parts of the Intent that are relevant for filter matching: the action, data, type, component, and categories.
`static Intent`	`createChooser(Intent target, CharSequence title, IntentSender sender)` Convenience function for creating a `ACTION_CHOOSER` Intent.
`static Intent`	`createChooser(Intent target, CharSequence title)` Convenience function for creating a `ACTION_CHOOSER` Intent.
`int`	`describeContents()` Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation.
`int`	`fillIn(Intent other, int flags)` Copy the contents of `other` in to this object, but only where fields are not defined by this object.
`boolean`	`filterEquals(Intent other)` Determine if two intents are the same for the purposes of intent resolution (filtering).
`int`	`filterHashCode()` Generate hash code that matches semantics of filterEquals().
`String`	`getAction()` Retrieve the general action to be performed, such as `ACTION_VIEW`.
`boolean[]`	`getBooleanArrayExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`boolean`	`getBooleanExtra(String name, boolean defaultValue)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`Bundle`	`getBundleExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`byte[]`	`getByteArrayExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`byte`	`getByteExtra(String name, byte defaultValue)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`Set<String>`	`getCategories()` Return the set of all categories in the intent.
`char[]`	`getCharArrayExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`char`	`getCharExtra(String name, char defaultValue)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`CharSequence[]`	`getCharSequenceArrayExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`ArrayList<CharSequence>`	`getCharSequenceArrayListExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`CharSequence`	`getCharSequenceExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`ClipData`	`getClipData()` Return the `ClipData` associated with this Intent.
`ComponentName`	`getComponent()` Retrieve the concrete component associated with the intent.
`Uri`	`getData()` Retrieve data this intent is operating on.
`String`	`getDataString()` The same as `getData()`, but returns the URI as an encoded String.
`double[]`	`getDoubleArrayExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`double`	`getDoubleExtra(String name, double defaultValue)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`Bundle`	`getExtras()` Retrieves a map of extended data from the intent.
`int`	`getFlags()` Retrieve any special flags associated with this intent.
`float[]`	`getFloatArrayExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`float`	`getFloatExtra(String name, float defaultValue)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`int[]`	`getIntArrayExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`int`	`getIntExtra(String name, int defaultValue)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`ArrayList<Integer>`	`getIntegerArrayListExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`static Intent`	`getIntent(String uri)` This method was deprecated in API level 4. Use `parseUri(String, int)` instead.
`static Intent`	`getIntentOld(String uri)`
`long[]`	`getLongArrayExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`long`	`getLongExtra(String name, long defaultValue)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`String`	`getPackage()` Retrieve the application package name this Intent is limited to.
`Parcelable[]`	`getParcelableArrayExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`<T extends Parcelable> ArrayList<T>`	`getParcelableArrayListExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`<T extends Parcelable> T`	`getParcelableExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`String`	`getScheme()` Return the scheme portion of the intent's data.
`Intent`	`getSelector()` Return the specific selector associated with this Intent.
`Serializable`	`getSerializableExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`short[]`	`getShortArrayExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`short`	`getShortExtra(String name, short defaultValue)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`Rect`	`getSourceBounds()` Get the bounds of the sender of this intent, in screen coordinates.
`String[]`	`getStringArrayExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`ArrayList<String>`	`getStringArrayListExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`String`	`getStringExtra(String name)` Retrieve extended data from the intent.
`String`	`getType()` Retrieve any explicit MIME type included in the intent.
`boolean`	`hasCategory(String category)` Check if a category exists in the intent.
`boolean`	`hasExtra(String name)` Returns true if an extra value is associated with the given name.
`boolean`	`hasFileDescriptors()` Returns true if the Intent's extras contain a parcelled file descriptor.
`static Intent`	`makeMainActivity(ComponentName mainActivity)` Create an intent to launch the main (root) activity of a task.
`static Intent`	`makeMainSelectorActivity(String selectorAction, String selectorCategory)` Make an Intent for the main activity of an application, without specifying a specific activity to run but giving a selector to find the activity.
`static Intent`	`makeRestartActivityTask(ComponentName mainActivity)` Make an Intent that can be used to re-launch an application's task in its base state.
`static String`	`normalizeMimeType(String type)` Normalize a MIME data type.
`static Intent`	`parseIntent(Resources resources, XmlPullParser parser, AttributeSet attrs)` Parses the "intent" element (and its children) from XML and instantiates an Intent object.
`static Intent`	`parseUri(String uri, int flags)` Create an intent from a URI.
`Intent`	`putCharSequenceArrayListExtra(String name, ArrayList<CharSequence> value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, Parcelable value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, long[] value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, byte value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, double[] value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, CharSequence value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, boolean[] value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, int value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, char[] value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, byte[] value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, Parcelable[] value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, Bundle value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, CharSequence[] value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, float[] value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, double value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, int[] value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, String[] value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, short[] value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, boolean value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, String value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, long value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, char value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, Serializable value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, float value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtra(String name, short value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putExtras(Intent src)` Copy all extras in 'src' in to this intent.
`Intent`	`putExtras(Bundle extras)` Add a set of extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putIntegerArrayListExtra(String name, ArrayList<Integer> value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putParcelableArrayListExtra(String name, ArrayList<? extends Parcelable> value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`Intent`	`putStringArrayListExtra(String name, ArrayList<String> value)` Add extended data to the intent.
`void`	`readFromParcel(Parcel in)`
`void`	`removeCategory(String category)` Remove a category from an intent.
`void`	`removeExtra(String name)` Remove extended data from the intent.
`Intent`	`replaceExtras(Intent src)` Completely replace the extras in the Intent with the extras in the given Intent.
`Intent`	`replaceExtras(Bundle extras)` Completely replace the extras in the Intent with the given Bundle of extras.
`ComponentName`	`resolveActivity(PackageManager pm)` Return the Activity component that should be used to handle this intent.
`ActivityInfo`	`resolveActivityInfo(PackageManager pm, int flags)` Resolve the Intent into an `ActivityInfo` describing the activity that should execute the intent.
`String`	`resolveType(Context context)` Return the MIME data type of this intent.
`String`	`resolveType(ContentResolver resolver)` Return the MIME data type of this intent.
`String`	`resolveTypeIfNeeded(ContentResolver resolver)` Return the MIME data type of this intent, only if it will be needed for intent resolution.
`Intent`	`setAction(String action)` Set the general action to be performed.
`Intent`	`setClass(Context packageContext, Class<?> cls)` Convenience for calling `setComponent(ComponentName)` with the name returned by a `Class` object.
`Intent`	`setClassName(String packageName, String className)` Convenience for calling `setComponent(ComponentName)` with an explicit application package name and class name.
`Intent`	`setClassName(Context packageContext, String className)` Convenience for calling `setComponent(ComponentName)` with an explicit class name.
`void`	`setClipData(ClipData clip)` Set a `ClipData` associated with this Intent.
`Intent`	`setComponent(ComponentName component)` (Usually optional) Explicitly set the component to handle the intent.
`Intent`	`setData(Uri data)` Set the data this intent is operating on.
`Intent`	`setDataAndNormalize(Uri data)` Normalize and set the data this intent is operating on.
`Intent`	`setDataAndType(Uri data, String type)` (Usually optional) Set the data for the intent along with an explicit MIME data type.
`Intent`	`setDataAndTypeAndNormalize(Uri data, String type)` (Usually optional) Normalize and set both the data Uri and an explicit MIME data type.
`void`	`setExtrasClassLoader(ClassLoader loader)` Sets the ClassLoader that will be used when unmarshalling any Parcelable values from the extras of this Intent.
`Intent`	`setFlags(int flags)` Set special flags controlling how this intent is handled.
`Intent`	`setPackage(String packageName)` (Usually optional) Set an explicit application package name that limits the components this Intent will resolve to.
`void`	`setSelector(Intent selector)` Set a selector for this Intent.
`void`	`setSourceBounds(Rect r)` Set the bounds of the sender of this intent, in screen coordinates.
`Intent`	`setType(String type)` Set an explicit MIME data type.
`Intent`	`setTypeAndNormalize(String type)` Normalize and set an explicit MIME data type.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`String`	`toURI()` This method was deprecated in API level 4. Use `toUri(int)` instead.
`String`	`toUri(int flags)` Convert this Intent into a String holding a URI representation of it.
`void`	`writeToParcel(Parcel out, int flags)` Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Inherited methods

From class


  
    java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long millis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long millis)` Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the `notify()` method or the `notifyAll()` method for this object.

From interface


  
    android.os.Parcelable

Constants

ACTION_AIRPLANE_MODE_CHANGED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_AIRPLANE_MODE_CHANGED

Broadcast Action: The user has switched the phone into or out of Airplane Mode. One or more radios have been turned off or on. The intent will have the following extra value:

state - A boolean value indicating whether Airplane Mode is on. If true, then cell radio and possibly other radios such as bluetooth or WiFi may have also been turned off

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.AIRPLANE_MODE"

ACTION_ALL_APPS

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_ALL_APPS

Activity Action: List all available applications.

Input: Nothing.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.ALL_APPS"

ACTION_ANSWER

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_ANSWER

Activity Action: Handle an incoming phone call.

Input: nothing.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.ANSWER"

ACTION_APPLICATION_PREFERENCES

Added in API level 24

String ACTION_APPLICATION_PREFERENCES

An activity that provides a user interface for adjusting application preferences. Optional but recommended settings for all applications which have settings.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.APPLICATION_PREFERENCES"

ACTION_APPLICATION_RESTRICTIONS_CHANGED

Added in API level 21

String ACTION_APPLICATION_RESTRICTIONS_CHANGED

Broadcast Action: Sent after application restrictions are changed.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.APPLICATION_RESTRICTIONS_CHANGED"

ACTION_APP_ERROR

Added in API level 14

String ACTION_APP_ERROR

Activity Action: The user pressed the "Report" button in the crash/ANR dialog. This intent is delivered to the package which installed the application, usually Google Play.

Input: No data is specified. The bug report is passed in using an EXTRA_BUG_REPORT field.

Output: Nothing.

See also:

EXTRA_BUG_REPORT

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.APP_ERROR"

ACTION_ASSIST

Added in API level 16

String ACTION_ASSIST

Activity Action: Perform assist action.

Input: EXTRA_ASSIST_PACKAGE, EXTRA_ASSIST_CONTEXT, can provide additional optional contextual information about where the user was when they requested the assist; EXTRA_REFERRER may be set with additional referrer information. Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.ASSIST"

ACTION_ATTACH_DATA

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_ATTACH_DATA

Used to indicate that some piece of data should be attached to some other place. For example, image data could be attached to a contact. It is up to the recipient to decide where the data should be attached; the intent does not specify the ultimate destination.

Input: getData() is URI of data to be attached.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.ATTACH_DATA"

ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED

Broadcast Action: This is a sticky broadcast containing the charging state, level, and other information about the battery. See BatteryManager for documentation on the contents of the Intent.

You cannot receive this through components declared in manifests, only by explicitly registering for it with Context.registerReceiver(). See ACTION_BATTERY_LOW, ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY, ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED, and ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED for distinct battery-related broadcasts that are sent and can be received through manifest receivers.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.BATTERY_CHANGED"

ACTION_BATTERY_LOW

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_BATTERY_LOW

Broadcast Action: Indicates low battery condition on the device. This broadcast corresponds to the "Low battery warning" system dialog.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.BATTERY_LOW"

ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY

Added in API level 4

String ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY

Broadcast Action: Indicates the battery is now okay after being low. This will be sent after ACTION_BATTERY_LOW once the battery has gone back up to an okay state.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.BATTERY_OKAY"

ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED

Broadcast Action: This is broadcast once, after the user has finished booting. It can be used to perform application-specific initialization, such as installing alarms. You must hold the RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED permission in order to receive this broadcast.

This broadcast is sent at boot by all devices (both with and without direct boot support). Upon receipt of this broadcast, the user is unlocked and both device-protected and credential-protected storage can accessed safely.

If you need to run while the user is still locked (before they've entered their lock pattern or PIN for the first time), you can listen for the ACTION_LOCKED_BOOT_COMPLETED broadcast.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"

ACTION_BUG_REPORT

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_BUG_REPORT

Activity Action: Show activity for reporting a bug.

Input: Nothing.

Output: Nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.BUG_REPORT"

ACTION_CALL

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_CALL

Activity Action: Perform a call to someone specified by the data.

Input: If nothing, an empty dialer is started; else getData() is URI of a phone number to be dialed or a tel: URI of an explicit phone number.

Output: nothing.

Note: there will be restrictions on which applications can initiate a call; most applications should use the ACTION_DIAL.

Note: this Intent cannot be used to call emergency numbers. Applications can dial emergency numbers using ACTION_DIAL, however.

Note: if you app targets M and above and declares as using the CALL_PHONE permission which is not granted, then attempting to use this action will result in a SecurityException.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.CALL"

ACTION_CALL_BUTTON

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_CALL_BUTTON

Activity Action: The user pressed the "call" button to go to the dialer or other appropriate UI for placing a call.

Input: Nothing.

Output: Nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.CALL_BUTTON"

ACTION_CAMERA_BUTTON

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_CAMERA_BUTTON

Broadcast Action: The "Camera Button" was pressed. Includes a single extra field, EXTRA_KEY_EVENT, containing the key event that caused the broadcast.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.CAMERA_BUTTON"

ACTION_CHOOSER

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_CHOOSER

Activity Action: Display an activity chooser, allowing the user to pick what they want to before proceeding. This can be used as an alternative to the standard activity picker that is displayed by the system when you try to start an activity with multiple possible matches, with these differences in behavior:

You can specify the title that will appear in the activity chooser.
The user does not have the option to make one of the matching activities a preferred activity, and all possible activities will always be shown even if one of them is currently marked as the preferred activity.

This action should be used when the user will naturally expect to select an activity in order to proceed. An example if when not to use it is when the user clicks on a "mailto:" link. They would naturally expect to go directly to their mail app, so startActivity() should be called directly: it will either launch the current preferred app, or put up a dialog allowing the user to pick an app to use and optionally marking that as preferred.

In contrast, if the user is selecting a menu item to send a picture they are viewing to someone else, there are many different things they may want to do at this point: send it through e-mail, upload it to a web service, etc. In this case the CHOOSER action should be used, to always present to the user a list of the things they can do, with a nice title given by the caller such as "Send this photo with:".

If you need to grant URI permissions through a chooser, you must specify the permissions to be granted on the ACTION_CHOOSER Intent in addition to the EXTRA_INTENT inside. This means using setClipData(ClipData) to specify the URIs to be granted as well as FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION and/or FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION as appropriate.

As a convenience, an Intent of this form can be created with the createChooser(Intent, CharSequence) function.

Input: No data should be specified. get*Extra must have a EXTRA_INTENT field containing the Intent being executed, and can optionally have a EXTRA_TITLE field containing the title text to display in the chooser.

Output: Depends on the protocol of EXTRA_INTENT.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.CHOOSER"

ACTION_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS

Broadcast Action: This is broadcast when a user action should request a temporary system dialog to dismiss. Some examples of temporary system dialogs are the notification window-shade and the recent tasks dialog.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS"

ACTION_CONFIGURATION_CHANGED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_CONFIGURATION_CHANGED

Broadcast Action: The current device Configuration (orientation, locale, etc) has changed. When such a change happens, the UIs (view hierarchy) will need to be rebuilt based on this new information; for the most part, applications don't need to worry about this, because the system will take care of stopping and restarting the application to make sure it sees the new changes. Some system code that can not be restarted will need to watch for this action and handle it appropriately.

You cannot receive this through components declared in manifests, only by explicitly registering for it with Context.registerReceiver().

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

See also:

Configuration

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.CONFIGURATION_CHANGED"

ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT

Added in API level 19

String ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT

Activity Action: Allow the user to create a new document. When invoked, the system will display the various DocumentsProvider instances installed on the device, letting the user navigate through them. The returned document may be a newly created document with no content, or it may be an existing document with the requested MIME type.

Each document is represented as a content:// URI backed by a DocumentsProvider, which can be opened as a stream with openFileDescriptor(Uri, String), or queried for DocumentsContract.Document metadata.

Callers must indicate the concrete MIME type of the document being created by setting setType(String). This MIME type cannot be changed after the document is created.

Callers can provide an initial display name through EXTRA_TITLE, but the user may change this value before creating the file.

Callers must include CATEGORY_OPENABLE in the Intent to obtain URIs that can be opened with openFileDescriptor(Uri, String).

Output: The URI of the item that was created. This must be a content:// URI so that any receiver can access it.

See also:

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.CREATE_DOCUMENT"

ACTION_CREATE_SHORTCUT

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_CREATE_SHORTCUT

Activity Action: Creates a shortcut.

Input: Nothing.

Output: An Intent representing the shortcut. The intent must contain three extras: SHORTCUT_INTENT (value: Intent), SHORTCUT_NAME (value: String), and SHORTCUT_ICON (value: Bitmap) or SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE (value: ShortcutIconResource).

See also:

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.CREATE_SHORTCUT"

ACTION_DATE_CHANGED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_DATE_CHANGED

Broadcast Action: The date has changed.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.DATE_CHANGED"

ACTION_DEFAULT

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_DEFAULT

A synonym for ACTION_VIEW, the "standard" action that is performed on a piece of data.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.VIEW"

ACTION_DELETE

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_DELETE

Activity Action: Delete the given data from its container.

Input: getData() is URI of data to be deleted.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.DELETE"

ACTION_DEVICE_STORAGE_LOW

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_DEVICE_STORAGE_LOW

Broadcast Action: A sticky broadcast that indicates low memory condition on the device

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.DEVICE_STORAGE_LOW"

ACTION_DEVICE_STORAGE_OK

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_DEVICE_STORAGE_OK

Broadcast Action: Indicates low memory condition on the device no longer exists

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.DEVICE_STORAGE_OK"

ACTION_DIAL

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_DIAL

Activity Action: Dial a number as specified by the data. This shows a UI with the number being dialed, allowing the user to explicitly initiate the call.

Input: If nothing, an empty dialer is started; else getData() is URI of a phone number to be dialed or a tel: URI of an explicit phone number.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.DIAL"

ACTION_DOCK_EVENT

Added in API level 5

String ACTION_DOCK_EVENT

Broadcast Action: A sticky broadcast for changes in the physical docking state of the device.

The intent will have the following extra values:

EXTRA_DOCK_STATE - the current dock state, indicating which dock the device is physically in.

This is intended for monitoring the current physical dock state. See UiModeManager for the normal API dealing with dock mode changes.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.DOCK_EVENT"

ACTION_DREAMING_STARTED

Added in API level 17

String ACTION_DREAMING_STARTED

Broadcast Action: Sent after the system starts dreaming.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system. It is only sent to registered receivers.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.DREAMING_STARTED"

ACTION_DREAMING_STOPPED

Added in API level 17

String ACTION_DREAMING_STOPPED

Broadcast Action: Sent after the system stops dreaming.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system. It is only sent to registered receivers.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.DREAMING_STOPPED"

ACTION_EDIT

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_EDIT

Activity Action: Provide explicit editable access to the given data.

Input: getData() is URI of data to be edited.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.EDIT"

ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE

Added in API level 8

String ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE

Broadcast Action: Resources for a set of packages (which were previously unavailable) are currently available since the media on which they exist is available. The extra data EXTRA_CHANGED_PACKAGE_LIST contains a list of packages whose availability changed. The extra data EXTRA_CHANGED_UID_LIST contains a list of uids of packages whose availability changed. Note that the packages in this list do not receive this broadcast. The specified set of packages are now available on the system.

Includes the following extras:

EXTRA_CHANGED_PACKAGE_LIST is the set of packages whose resources(were previously unavailable) are currently available. EXTRA_CHANGED_UID_LIST is the set of uids of the packages whose resources(were previously unavailable) are currently available.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE"

ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_UNAVAILABLE

Added in API level 8

String ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_UNAVAILABLE

Broadcast Action: Resources for a set of packages are currently unavailable since the media on which they exist is unavailable. The extra data EXTRA_CHANGED_PACKAGE_LIST contains a list of packages whose availability changed. The extra data EXTRA_CHANGED_UID_LIST contains a list of uids of packages whose availability changed. The specified set of packages can no longer be launched and are practically unavailable on the system.

Inclues the following extras:

EXTRA_CHANGED_PACKAGE_LIST is the set of packages whose resources are no longer available. EXTRA_CHANGED_UID_LIST is the set of packages whose resources are no longer available.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_UNAVAILABLE"

ACTION_FACTORY_TEST

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_FACTORY_TEST

Activity Action: Main entry point for factory tests. Only used when the device is booting in factory test node. The implementing package must be installed in the system image.

Input: nothing

Output: nothing

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.FACTORY_TEST"

ACTION_GET_CONTENT

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_GET_CONTENT

Activity Action: Allow the user to select a particular kind of data and return it. This is different than ACTION_PICK in that here we just say what kind of data is desired, not a URI of existing data from which the user can pick. An ACTION_GET_CONTENT could allow the user to create the data as it runs (for example taking a picture or recording a sound), let them browse over the web and download the desired data, etc.

There are two main ways to use this action: if you want a specific kind of data, such as a person contact, you set the MIME type to the kind of data you want and launch it with startActivity(Intent). The system will then launch the best application to select that kind of data for you.

You may also be interested in any of a set of types of content the user can pick. For example, an e-mail application that wants to allow the user to add an attachment to an e-mail message can use this action to bring up a list of all of the types of content the user can attach.

In this case, you should wrap the GET_CONTENT intent with a chooser (through createChooser(Intent, CharSequence)), which will give the proper interface for the user to pick how to send your data and allow you to specify a prompt indicating what they are doing. You will usually specify a broad MIME type (such as image/* or */*), resulting in a broad range of content types the user can select from.

When using such a broad GET_CONTENT action, it is often desirable to only pick from data that can be represented as a stream. This is accomplished by requiring the CATEGORY_OPENABLE in the Intent.

Callers can optionally specify EXTRA_LOCAL_ONLY to request that the launched content chooser only returns results representing data that is locally available on the device. For example, if this extra is set to true then an image picker should not show any pictures that are available from a remote server but not already on the local device (thus requiring they be downloaded when opened).

If the caller can handle multiple returned items (the user performing multiple selection), then it can specify EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE to indicate this.

Input: getType() is the desired MIME type to retrieve. Note that no URI is supplied in the intent, as there are no constraints on where the returned data originally comes from. You may also include the CATEGORY_OPENABLE if you can only accept data that can be opened as a stream. You may use EXTRA_LOCAL_ONLY to limit content selection to local data. You may use EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE to allow the user to select multiple items.

Output: The URI of the item that was picked. This must be a content: URI so that any receiver can access it.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.GET_CONTENT"

ACTION_GET_RESTRICTION_ENTRIES

Added in API level 18

String ACTION_GET_RESTRICTION_ENTRIES

Broadcast to a specific application to query any supported restrictions to impose on restricted users. The broadcast intent contains an extra EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_BUNDLE with the currently persisted restrictions as a Bundle of key/value pairs. The value types can be Boolean, String or String[] depending on the restriction type.

The response should contain an extra EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_LIST, which is of type ArrayList<RestrictionEntry>. It can also contain an extra EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_INTENT, which is of type Intent. The activity specified by that intent will be launched for a result which must contain one of the extras EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_LIST or EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_BUNDLE. The keys and values of the returned restrictions will be persisted.

See also:

RestrictionEntry

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.GET_RESTRICTION_ENTRIES"

ACTION_GTALK_SERVICE_CONNECTED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_GTALK_SERVICE_CONNECTED

Broadcast Action: A GTalk connection has been established.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.GTALK_CONNECTED"

ACTION_GTALK_SERVICE_DISCONNECTED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_GTALK_SERVICE_DISCONNECTED

Broadcast Action: A GTalk connection has been disconnected.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.GTALK_DISCONNECTED"

ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG

Broadcast Action: Wired Headset plugged in or unplugged. Same as ACTION_HEADSET_PLUG, to be consulted for value and documentation.

If the minimum SDK version of your application is LOLLIPOP, it is recommended to refer to the AudioManager constant in your receiver registration code instead.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.HEADSET_PLUG"

ACTION_INPUT_METHOD_CHANGED

Added in API level 3

String ACTION_INPUT_METHOD_CHANGED

Broadcast Action: An input method has been changed.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.INPUT_METHOD_CHANGED"

ACTION_INSERT

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_INSERT

Activity Action: Insert an empty item into the given container.

Input: getData() is URI of the directory (vnd.android.cursor.dir/*) in which to place the data.

Output: URI of the new data that was created.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.INSERT"

ACTION_INSERT_OR_EDIT

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_INSERT_OR_EDIT

Activity Action: Pick an existing item, or insert a new item, and then edit it.

Input: getType() is the desired MIME type of the item to create or edit. The extras can contain type specific data to pass through to the editing/creating activity.

Output: The URI of the item that was picked. This must be a content: URI so that any receiver can access it.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.INSERT_OR_EDIT"

ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE

Added in API level 14

String ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE

Activity Action: Launch application installer.

Input: The data must be a content: or file: URI at which the application can be retrieved. As of JELLY_BEAN_MR1, you can also use "package:" to install an application for the current user that is already installed for another user. You can optionally supply EXTRA_INSTALLER_PACKAGE_NAME, EXTRA_NOT_UNKNOWN_SOURCE, EXTRA_ALLOW_REPLACE, and EXTRA_RETURN_RESULT.

Output: If EXTRA_RETURN_RESULT, returns whether the install succeeded.

Note:If your app is targeting API level higher than 22 you need to hold REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES in order to launch the application installer.

See also:

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.INSTALL_PACKAGE"

ACTION_LOCALE_CHANGED

Added in API level 7

String ACTION_LOCALE_CHANGED

Broadcast Action: The current device's locale has changed.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.LOCALE_CHANGED"

ACTION_LOCKED_BOOT_COMPLETED

Added in API level 24

String ACTION_LOCKED_BOOT_COMPLETED

Broadcast Action: This is broadcast once, after the user has finished booting, but while still in the "locked" state. It can be used to perform application-specific initialization, such as installing alarms. You must hold the RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED permission in order to receive this broadcast.

This broadcast is sent immediately at boot by all devices (regardless of direct boot support) running N or higher. Upon receipt of this broadcast, the user is still locked and only device-protected storage can be accessed safely. If you want to access credential-protected storage, you need to wait for the user to be unlocked (typically by entering their lock pattern or PIN for the first time), after which the ACTION_USER_UNLOCKED and ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED broadcasts are sent.

To receive this broadcast, your receiver component must be marked as being directBootAware.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

See also:

createDeviceProtectedStorageContext()

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.LOCKED_BOOT_COMPLETED"

ACTION_MAIN

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MAIN

Activity Action: Start as a main entry point, does not expect to receive data.

Input: nothing

Output: nothing

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MAIN"

ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_ADDED

Added in API level 21

String ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_ADDED

Broadcast sent to the primary user when an associated managed profile is added (the profile was created and is ready to be used). Carries an extra EXTRA_USER that specifies the UserHandle of the profile that was added. Only applications (for example Launchers) that need to display merged content across both primary and managed profiles need to worry about this broadcast. This is only sent to registered receivers, not manifest receivers.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MANAGED_PROFILE_ADDED"

ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_AVAILABLE

Added in API level 24

String ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_AVAILABLE

Broadcast sent to the primary user when an associated managed profile has become available. Currently this includes when the user disables quiet mode for the profile. Carries an extra EXTRA_USER that specifies the UserHandle of the profile. When quiet mode is changed, this broadcast will carry a boolean extra EXTRA_QUIET_MODE indicating the new state of quiet mode. This is only sent to registered receivers, not manifest receivers.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MANAGED_PROFILE_AVAILABLE"

ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_REMOVED

Added in API level 21

String ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_REMOVED

Broadcast sent to the primary user when an associated managed profile is removed. Carries an extra EXTRA_USER that specifies the UserHandle of the profile that was removed. Only applications (for example Launchers) that need to display merged content across both primary and managed profiles need to worry about this broadcast. This is only sent to registered receivers, not manifest receivers.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MANAGED_PROFILE_REMOVED"

ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_UNAVAILABLE

Added in API level 24

String ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_UNAVAILABLE

Broadcast sent to the primary user when an associated managed profile has become unavailable. Currently this includes when the user enables quiet mode for the profile. Carries an extra EXTRA_USER that specifies the UserHandle of the profile. When quiet mode is changed, this broadcast will carry a boolean extra EXTRA_QUIET_MODE indicating the new state of quiet mode. This is only sent to registered receivers, not manifest receivers.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MANAGED_PROFILE_UNAVAILABLE"

ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_UNLOCKED

Added in API level 24

String ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_UNLOCKED

Broadcast sent to the primary user when the credential-encrypted private storage for an associated managed profile is unlocked. Carries an extra EXTRA_USER that specifies the UserHandle of the profile that was unlocked. Only applications (for example Launchers) that need to display merged content across both primary and managed profiles need to worry about this broadcast. This is only sent to registered receivers, not manifest receivers.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MANAGED_PROFILE_UNLOCKED"

ACTION_MANAGE_NETWORK_USAGE

Added in API level 14

String ACTION_MANAGE_NETWORK_USAGE

Activity Action: Show settings for managing network data usage of a specific application. Applications should define an activity that offers options to control data usage.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MANAGE_NETWORK_USAGE"

ACTION_MANAGE_PACKAGE_STORAGE

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MANAGE_PACKAGE_STORAGE

Broadcast Action: Indicates low memory condition notification acknowledged by user and package management should be started. This is triggered by the user from the ACTION_DEVICE_STORAGE_LOW notification.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MANAGE_PACKAGE_STORAGE"

ACTION_MEDIA_BAD_REMOVAL

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MEDIA_BAD_REMOVAL

Broadcast Action: External media was removed from SD card slot, but mount point was not unmounted. The path to the mount point for the removed media is contained in the Intent.mData field.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_BAD_REMOVAL"

ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON

Broadcast Action: The "Media Button" was pressed. Includes a single extra field, EXTRA_KEY_EVENT, containing the key event that caused the broadcast.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_BUTTON"

ACTION_MEDIA_CHECKING

Added in API level 3

String ACTION_MEDIA_CHECKING

Broadcast Action: External media is present, and being disk-checked The path to the mount point for the checking media is contained in the Intent.mData field.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_CHECKING"

ACTION_MEDIA_EJECT

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MEDIA_EJECT

Broadcast Action: User has expressed the desire to remove the external storage media. Applications should close all files they have open within the mount point when they receive this intent. The path to the mount point for the media to be ejected is contained in the Intent.mData field.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_EJECT"

ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED

Broadcast Action: External media is present and mounted at its mount point. The path to the mount point for the mounted media is contained in the Intent.mData field. The Intent contains an extra with name "read-only" and Boolean value to indicate if the media was mounted read only.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_MOUNTED"

ACTION_MEDIA_NOFS

Added in API level 3

String ACTION_MEDIA_NOFS

Broadcast Action: External media is present, but is using an incompatible fs (or is blank) The path to the mount point for the checking media is contained in the Intent.mData field.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_NOFS"

ACTION_MEDIA_REMOVED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MEDIA_REMOVED

Broadcast Action: External media has been removed. The path to the mount point for the removed media is contained in the Intent.mData field.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_REMOVED"

ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_FINISHED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_FINISHED

Broadcast Action: The media scanner has finished scanning a directory. The path to the scanned directory is contained in the Intent.mData field.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_FINISHED"

ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE

Broadcast Action: Request the media scanner to scan a file and add it to the media database. The path to the file is contained in the Intent.mData field.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE"

ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_STARTED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_STARTED

Broadcast Action: The media scanner has started scanning a directory. The path to the directory being scanned is contained in the Intent.mData field.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_STARTED"

ACTION_MEDIA_SHARED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MEDIA_SHARED

Broadcast Action: External media is unmounted because it is being shared via USB mass storage. The path to the mount point for the shared media is contained in the Intent.mData field.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_SHARED"

ACTION_MEDIA_UNMOUNTABLE

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MEDIA_UNMOUNTABLE

Broadcast Action: External media is present but cannot be mounted. The path to the mount point for the unmountable media is contained in the Intent.mData field.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_UNMOUNTABLE"

ACTION_MEDIA_UNMOUNTED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_MEDIA_UNMOUNTED

Broadcast Action: External media is present, but not mounted at its mount point. The path to the mount point for the unmounted media is contained in the Intent.mData field.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MEDIA_UNMOUNTED"

ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED

Added in API level 12

String ACTION_MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED

Broadcast Action: A new version of your application has been installed over an existing one. This is only sent to the application that was replaced. It does not contain any additional data; to receive it, just use an intent filter for this action.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED"

ACTION_NEW_OUTGOING_CALL

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_NEW_OUTGOING_CALL

Broadcast Action: An outgoing call is about to be placed.

The Intent will have the following extra value:

EXTRA_PHONE_NUMBER - the phone number originally intended to be dialed.

Once the broadcast is finished, the resultData is used as the actual number to call. If null, no call will be placed.

It is perfectly acceptable for multiple receivers to process the outgoing call in turn: for example, a parental control application might verify that the user is authorized to place the call at that time, then a number-rewriting application might add an area code if one was not specified.

For consistency, any receiver whose purpose is to prohibit phone calls should have a priority of 0, to ensure it will see the final phone number to be dialed. Any receiver whose purpose is to rewrite phone numbers to be called should have a positive priority. Negative priorities are reserved for the system for this broadcast; using them may cause problems.

Any BroadcastReceiver receiving this Intent must not abort the broadcast.

Emergency calls cannot be intercepted using this mechanism, and other calls cannot be modified to call emergency numbers using this mechanism.

Some apps (such as VoIP apps) may want to redirect the outgoing call to use their own service instead. Those apps should first prevent the call from being placed by setting resultData to null and then start their own app to make the call.

You must hold the PROCESS_OUTGOING_CALLS permission to receive this Intent.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.NEW_OUTGOING_CALL"

ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT

Added in API level 19

String ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT

Activity Action: Allow the user to select and return one or more existing documents. When invoked, the system will display the various DocumentsProvider instances installed on the device, letting the user interactively navigate through them. These documents include local media, such as photos and video, and documents provided by installed cloud storage providers.

All selected documents are returned to the calling application with persistable read and write permission grants. If you want to maintain access to the documents across device reboots, you need to explicitly take the persistable permissions using takePersistableUriPermission(Uri, int).

Callers must indicate the acceptable document MIME types through setType(String). For example, to select photos, use image/*. If multiple disjoint MIME types are acceptable, define them in EXTRA_MIME_TYPES and setType(String) to */*.

If the caller can handle multiple returned items (the user performing multiple selection), then you can specify EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE to indicate this.

Callers must include CATEGORY_OPENABLE in the Intent to obtain URIs that can be opened with openFileDescriptor(Uri, String).

Output: The URI of the item that was picked, returned in getData(). This must be a content:// URI so that any receiver can access it. If multiple documents were selected, they are returned in getClipData().

See also:

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.OPEN_DOCUMENT"

ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE

Added in API level 21

String ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE

Activity Action: Allow the user to pick a directory subtree. When invoked, the system will display the various DocumentsProvider instances installed on the device, letting the user navigate through them. Apps can fully manage documents within the returned directory.

To gain access to descendant (child, grandchild, etc) documents, use buildDocumentUriUsingTree(Uri, String) and buildChildDocumentsUriUsingTree(Uri, String) with the returned URI.

Output: The URI representing the selected directory tree.

See also:

DocumentsContract

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE"

ACTION_PACKAGES_SUSPENDED

Added in API level 24

String ACTION_PACKAGES_SUSPENDED

Broadcast Action: Packages have been suspended.

Includes the following extras:

EXTRA_CHANGED_PACKAGE_LIST is the set of packages which have been suspended

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system. It is only sent to registered receivers.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGES_SUSPENDED"

ACTION_PACKAGES_UNSUSPENDED

Added in API level 24

String ACTION_PACKAGES_UNSUSPENDED

Broadcast Action: Packages have been unsuspended.

Includes the following extras:

EXTRA_CHANGED_PACKAGE_LIST is the set of packages which have been unsuspended

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system. It is only sent to registered receivers.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGES_UNSUSPENDED"

ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED

Broadcast Action: A new application package has been installed on the device. The data contains the name of the package. Note that the newly installed package does not receive this broadcast.

May include the following extras:

EXTRA_UID containing the integer uid assigned to the new package.
EXTRA_REPLACING is set to true if this is following an ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED broadcast for the same package.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED"

ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED

Broadcast Action: An existing application package has been changed (for example, a component has been enabled or disabled). The data contains the name of the package.

EXTRA_UID containing the integer uid assigned to the package.
EXTRA_CHANGED_COMPONENT_NAME_LIST containing the class name of the changed components (or the package name itself).
EXTRA_DONT_KILL_APP containing boolean field to override the default action of restarting the application.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_CHANGED"

ACTION_PACKAGE_DATA_CLEARED

Added in API level 3

String ACTION_PACKAGE_DATA_CLEARED

Broadcast Action: The user has cleared the data of a package. This should be preceded by ACTION_PACKAGE_RESTARTED, after which all of its persistent data is erased and this broadcast sent. Note that the cleared package does not receive this broadcast. The data contains the name of the package.

EXTRA_UID containing the integer uid assigned to the package.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_DATA_CLEARED"

ACTION_PACKAGE_FIRST_LAUNCH

Added in API level 12

String ACTION_PACKAGE_FIRST_LAUNCH

Broadcast Action: Sent to the installer package of an application when that application is first launched (that is the first time it is moved out of the stopped state). The data contains the name of the package.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_FIRST_LAUNCH"

ACTION_PACKAGE_FULLY_REMOVED

Added in API level 14

String ACTION_PACKAGE_FULLY_REMOVED

Broadcast Action: An existing application package has been completely removed from the device. The data contains the name of the package. This is like ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED, but only set when EXTRA_DATA_REMOVED is true and EXTRA_REPLACING is false of that broadcast.

EXTRA_UID containing the integer uid previously assigned to the package.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_FULLY_REMOVED"

ACTION_PACKAGE_INSTALL

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_PACKAGE_INSTALL

This constant was deprecated in API level 14.
This constant has never been used.

Broadcast Action: Trigger the download and eventual installation of a package.

Input: getData() is the URI of the package file to download.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_INSTALL"

ACTION_PACKAGE_NEEDS_VERIFICATION

Added in API level 14

String ACTION_PACKAGE_NEEDS_VERIFICATION

Broadcast Action: Sent to the system package verifier when a package needs to be verified. The data contains the package URI.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_NEEDS_VERIFICATION"

ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED

Broadcast Action: An existing application package has been removed from the device. The data contains the name of the package. The package that is being removed does not receive this Intent.

EXTRA_UID containing the integer uid previously assigned to the package.
EXTRA_DATA_REMOVED is set to true if the entire application -- data and code -- is being removed.
EXTRA_REPLACING is set to true if this will be followed by an ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED broadcast for the same package.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED"

ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED

Added in API level 3

String ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED

Broadcast Action: A new version of an application package has been installed, replacing an existing version that was previously installed. The data contains the name of the package.

May include the following extras:

EXTRA_UID containing the integer uid assigned to the new package.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED"

ACTION_PACKAGE_RESTARTED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_PACKAGE_RESTARTED

Broadcast Action: The user has restarted a package, and all of its processes have been killed. All runtime state associated with it (processes, alarms, notifications, etc) should be removed. Note that the restarted package does not receive this broadcast. The data contains the name of the package.

EXTRA_UID containing the integer uid assigned to the package.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_RESTARTED"

ACTION_PACKAGE_VERIFIED

Added in API level 17

String ACTION_PACKAGE_VERIFIED

Broadcast Action: Sent to the system package verifier when a package is verified. The data contains the package URI.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PACKAGE_VERIFIED"

ACTION_PASTE

Added in API level 11

String ACTION_PASTE

Activity Action: Create a new item in the given container, initializing it from the current contents of the clipboard.

Input: getData() is URI of the directory (vnd.android.cursor.dir/*) in which to place the data.

Output: URI of the new data that was created.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PASTE"

ACTION_PICK

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_PICK

Activity Action: Pick an item from the data, returning what was selected.

Input: getData() is URI containing a directory of data (vnd.android.cursor.dir/*) from which to pick an item.

Output: The URI of the item that was picked.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PICK"

ACTION_PICK_ACTIVITY

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_PICK_ACTIVITY

Activity Action: Pick an activity given an intent, returning the class selected.

Input: get*Extra field EXTRA_INTENT is an Intent used with queryIntentActivities(Intent, int) to determine the set of activities from which to pick.

Output: Class name of the activity that was selected.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PICK_ACTIVITY"

ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED

Added in API level 4

String ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED

Broadcast Action: External power has been connected to the device. This is intended for applications that wish to register specifically to this notification. Unlike ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED, applications will be woken for this and so do not have to stay active to receive this notification. This action can be used to implement actions that wait until power is available to trigger.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED"

ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED

Added in API level 4

String ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED

Broadcast Action: External power has been removed from the device. This is intended for applications that wish to register specifically to this notification. Unlike ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED, applications will be woken for this and so do not have to stay active to receive this notification. This action can be used to implement actions that wait until power is available to trigger.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_DISCONNECTED"

ACTION_POWER_USAGE_SUMMARY

Added in API level 4

String ACTION_POWER_USAGE_SUMMARY

Activity Action: Show power usage information to the user.

Input: Nothing.

Output: Nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.POWER_USAGE_SUMMARY"

ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT

Added in API level 23

String ACTION_PROCESS_TEXT

Activity Action: Process a piece of text.

Input: EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT contains the text to be processed. EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT_READONLY states if the resulting text will be read-only.

Output: EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT contains the processed text.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PROCESS_TEXT"

ACTION_PROVIDER_CHANGED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_PROVIDER_CHANGED

Broadcast Action: Some content providers have parts of their namespace where they publish new events or items that the user may be especially interested in. For these things, they may broadcast this action when the set of interesting items change. For example, GmailProvider sends this notification when the set of unread mail in the inbox changes.

The data of the intent identifies which part of which provider changed. When queried through the content resolver, the data URI will return the data set in question.

The intent will have the following extra values:

count - The number of items in the data set. This is the same as the number of items in the cursor returned by querying the data URI.

This intent will be sent at boot (if the count is non-zero) and when the data set changes. It is possible for the data set to change without the count changing (for example, if a new unread message arrives in the same sync operation in which a message is archived). The phone should still ring/vibrate/etc as normal in this case.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.PROVIDER_CHANGED"

ACTION_QUICK_CLOCK

Added in API level 17

String ACTION_QUICK_CLOCK

Sent when the user taps on the clock widget in the system's "quick settings" area.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.QUICK_CLOCK"

ACTION_QUICK_VIEW

Added in API level 24

String ACTION_QUICK_VIEW

Activity Action: Quick view the data. Launches a quick viewer for a URI or a list of URIs.

Activities handling this intent action should handle the vast majority of MIME types rather than only specific ones.

Input: getData() is a mandatory content URI of the item to preview. getClipData() contains an optional list of content URIs if there is more than one item to preview. EXTRA_INDEX is an optional index of the URI in the clip data to show first.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.QUICK_VIEW"

ACTION_REBOOT

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_REBOOT

Broadcast Action: Have the device reboot. This is only for use by system code.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.REBOOT"

ACTION_RUN

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_RUN

Activity Action: Run the data, whatever that means.

Input: ? (Note: this is currently specific to the test harness.)

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.RUN"

ACTION_SCREEN_OFF

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_SCREEN_OFF

Broadcast Action: Sent when the device goes to sleep and becomes non-interactive.

For historical reasons, the name of this broadcast action refers to the power state of the screen but it is actually sent in response to changes in the overall interactive state of the device.

This broadcast is sent when the device becomes non-interactive which may have nothing to do with the screen turning off. To determine the actual state of the screen, use getState().

See isInteractive() for details.

You cannot receive this through components declared in manifests, only by explicitly registering for it with Context.registerReceiver().

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.SCREEN_OFF"

ACTION_SCREEN_ON

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_SCREEN_ON

Broadcast Action: Sent when the device wakes up and becomes interactive.

For historical reasons, the name of this broadcast action refers to the power state of the screen but it is actually sent in response to changes in the overall interactive state of the device.

This broadcast is sent when the device becomes interactive which may have nothing to do with the screen turning on. To determine the actual state of the screen, use getState().

See isInteractive() for details.

You cannot receive this through components declared in manifests, only by explicitly registering for it with Context.registerReceiver().

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.SCREEN_ON"

ACTION_SEARCH

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_SEARCH

Activity Action: Perform a search.

Input: getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY) is the text to search for. If empty, simply enter your search results Activity with the search UI activated.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.SEARCH"

ACTION_SEARCH_LONG_PRESS

Added in API level 3

String ACTION_SEARCH_LONG_PRESS

Activity Action: Start action associated with long pressing on the search key.

Input: Nothing.

Output: Nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.SEARCH_LONG_PRESS"

ACTION_SEND

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_SEND

Activity Action: Deliver some data to someone else. Who the data is being delivered to is not specified; it is up to the receiver of this action to ask the user where the data should be sent.

When launching a SEND intent, you should usually wrap it in a chooser (through createChooser(Intent, CharSequence)), which will give the proper interface for the user to pick how to send your data and allow you to specify a prompt indicating what they are doing.

Input: getType() is the MIME type of the data being sent. get*Extra can have either a EXTRA_TEXT or EXTRA_STREAM field, containing the data to be sent. If using EXTRA_TEXT, the MIME type should be "text/plain"; otherwise it should be the MIME type of the data in EXTRA_STREAM. Use */* if the MIME type is unknown (this will only allow senders that can handle generic data streams). If using EXTRA_TEXT, you can also optionally supply EXTRA_HTML_TEXT for clients to retrieve your text with HTML formatting.

As of JELLY_BEAN, the data being sent can be supplied through setClipData(ClipData). This allows you to use FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION when sharing content: URIs and other advanced features of ClipData. If using this approach, you still must supply the same data through the EXTRA_TEXT or EXTRA_STREAM fields described below for compatibility with old applications. If you don't set a ClipData, it will be copied there for you when calling startActivity(Intent).

Optional standard extras, which may be interpreted by some recipients as appropriate, are: EXTRA_EMAIL, EXTRA_CC, EXTRA_BCC, EXTRA_SUBJECT.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.SEND"

ACTION_SENDTO

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_SENDTO

Activity Action: Send a message to someone specified by the data.

Input: getData() is URI describing the target.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.SENDTO"

ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE

Added in API level 4

String ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE

Activity Action: Deliver multiple data to someone else.

Like ACTION_SEND, except the data is multiple.

Input: getType() is the MIME type of the data being sent. get*ArrayListExtra can have either a EXTRA_TEXT or EXTRA_STREAM field, containing the data to be sent. If using EXTRA_TEXT, you can also optionally supply EXTRA_HTML_TEXT for clients to retrieve your text with HTML formatting.

Multiple types are supported, and receivers should handle mixed types whenever possible. The right way for the receiver to check them is to use the content resolver on each URI. The intent sender should try to put the most concrete mime type in the intent type, but it can fall back to <type>/* or */* as needed.

e.g. if you are sending image/jpg and image/jpg, the intent's type can be image/jpg, but if you are sending image/jpg and image/png, then the intent's type should be image/*.

Optional standard extras, which may be interpreted by some recipients as appropriate, are: EXTRA_EMAIL, EXTRA_CC, EXTRA_BCC, EXTRA_SUBJECT.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.SEND_MULTIPLE"

ACTION_SET_WALLPAPER

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_SET_WALLPAPER

Activity Action: Show settings for choosing wallpaper.

Input: Nothing.

Output: Nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.SET_WALLPAPER"

ACTION_SHOW_APP_INFO

Added in API level 24

String ACTION_SHOW_APP_INFO

Activity Action: Launch an activity showing the app information. For applications which install other applications (such as app stores), it is recommended to handle this action for providing the app information to the user.

Input: EXTRA_PACKAGE_NAME specifies the package whose information needs to be displayed.

Output: Nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.SHOW_APP_INFO"

ACTION_SHUTDOWN

Added in API level 4

String ACTION_SHUTDOWN

Broadcast Action: Device is shutting down. This is broadcast when the device is being shut down (completely turned off, not sleeping). Once the broadcast is complete, the final shutdown will proceed and all unsaved data lost. Apps will not normally need to handle this, since the foreground activity will be paused as well.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

May include the following extras:

EXTRA_SHUTDOWN_USERSPACE_ONLY a boolean that is set to true if this shutdown is only for userspace processes. If not set, assumed to be false.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.ACTION_SHUTDOWN"

ACTION_SYNC

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_SYNC

Activity Action: Perform a data synchronization.

Input: ?

Output: ?

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.SYNC"

ACTION_SYSTEM_TUTORIAL

Added in API level 3

String ACTION_SYSTEM_TUTORIAL

Activity Action: Start the platform-defined tutorial

Input: getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY) is the text to search for. If empty, simply enter your search results Activity with the search UI activated.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.SYSTEM_TUTORIAL"

ACTION_TIMEZONE_CHANGED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_TIMEZONE_CHANGED

Broadcast Action: The timezone has changed. The intent will have the following extra values:

time-zone - The java.util.TimeZone.getID() value identifying the new time zone.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.TIMEZONE_CHANGED"

ACTION_TIME_CHANGED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_TIME_CHANGED

Broadcast Action: The time was set.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.TIME_SET"

ACTION_TIME_TICK

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_TIME_TICK

Broadcast Action: The current time has changed. Sent every minute. You cannot receive this through components declared in manifests, only by explicitly registering for it with Context.registerReceiver().

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.TIME_TICK"

ACTION_UID_REMOVED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_UID_REMOVED

Broadcast Action: A user ID has been removed from the system. The user ID number is stored in the extra data under EXTRA_UID.

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.UID_REMOVED"

ACTION_UMS_CONNECTED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_UMS_CONNECTED

This constant was deprecated in API level 14.
replaced by android.os.storage.StorageEventListener

Broadcast Action: The device has entered USB Mass Storage mode. This is used mainly for the USB Settings panel. Apps should listen for ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED and ACTION_MEDIA_UNMOUNTED broadcasts to be notified when the SD card file system is mounted or unmounted

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.UMS_CONNECTED"

ACTION_UMS_DISCONNECTED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_UMS_DISCONNECTED

This constant was deprecated in API level 14.
replaced by android.os.storage.StorageEventListener

Broadcast Action: The device has exited USB Mass Storage mode. This is used mainly for the USB Settings panel. Apps should listen for ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED and ACTION_MEDIA_UNMOUNTED broadcasts to be notified when the SD card file system is mounted or unmounted

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.UMS_DISCONNECTED"

ACTION_UNINSTALL_PACKAGE

Added in API level 14

String ACTION_UNINSTALL_PACKAGE

Activity Action: Launch application uninstaller.

Input: The data must be a package: URI whose scheme specific part is the package name of the current installed package to be uninstalled. You can optionally supply EXTRA_RETURN_RESULT.

Output: If EXTRA_RETURN_RESULT, returns whether the install succeeded.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.UNINSTALL_PACKAGE"

ACTION_USER_BACKGROUND

Added in API level 17

String ACTION_USER_BACKGROUND

Sent when a user switch is happening, causing the process's user to be sent to the background. This is only sent to receivers registered through Context.registerReceiver. It is sent to the user that is going to the background. This is sent as a foreground broadcast, since it is part of a visible user interaction; be as quick as possible when handling it.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.USER_BACKGROUND"

ACTION_USER_FOREGROUND

Added in API level 17

String ACTION_USER_FOREGROUND

Sent when a user switch is happening, causing the process's user to be brought to the foreground. This is only sent to receivers registered through Context.registerReceiver. It is sent to the user that is going to the foreground. This is sent as a foreground broadcast, since it is part of a visible user interaction; be as quick as possible when handling it.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.USER_FOREGROUND"

ACTION_USER_INITIALIZE

Added in API level 17

String ACTION_USER_INITIALIZE

Sent the first time a user is starting, to allow system apps to perform one time initialization. (This will not be seen by third party applications because a newly initialized user does not have any third party applications installed for it.) This is sent early in starting the user, around the time the home app is started, before ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED is sent. This is sent as a foreground broadcast, since it is part of a visible user interaction; be as quick as possible when handling it.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.USER_INITIALIZE"

ACTION_USER_PRESENT

Added in API level 3

String ACTION_USER_PRESENT

Broadcast Action: Sent when the user is present after device wakes up (e.g when the keyguard is gone).

This is a protected intent that can only be sent by the system.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT"

ACTION_USER_UNLOCKED

Added in API level 24

String ACTION_USER_UNLOCKED

Broadcast Action: Sent when the credential-encrypted private storage has become unlocked for the target user. This is only sent to registered receivers, not manifest receivers.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.USER_UNLOCKED"

ACTION_VIEW

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_VIEW

Activity Action: Display the data to the user. This is the most common action performed on data -- it is the generic action you can use on a piece of data to get the most reasonable thing to occur. For example, when used on a contacts entry it will view the entry; when used on a mailto: URI it will bring up a compose window filled with the information supplied by the URI; when used with a tel: URI it will invoke the dialer.

Input: getData() is URI from which to retrieve data.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.VIEW"

ACTION_VOICE_COMMAND

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_VOICE_COMMAND

Activity Action: Start Voice Command.

Input: Nothing.

Output: Nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.VOICE_COMMAND"

ACTION_WALLPAPER_CHANGED

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_WALLPAPER_CHANGED

This constant was deprecated in API level 16.
Modern applications should use WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WALLPAPER to have the wallpaper shown behind their UI, rather than watching for this broadcast and rendering the wallpaper on their own.

Broadcast Action: The current system wallpaper has changed. See WallpaperManager for retrieving the new wallpaper. This should only be used to determine when the wallpaper has changed to show the new wallpaper to the user. You should certainly never, in response to this, change the wallpaper or other attributes of it such as the suggested size. That would be crazy, right? You'd cause all kinds of loops, especially if other apps are doing similar things, right? Of course. So please don't do this.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.WALLPAPER_CHANGED"

ACTION_WEB_SEARCH

Added in API level 1

String ACTION_WEB_SEARCH

Activity Action: Perform a web search.

Input: getStringExtra(SearchManager.QUERY) is the text to search for. If it is a url starts with http or https, the site will be opened. If it is plain text, Google search will be applied.

Output: nothing.

Constant Value: "android.intent.action.WEB_SEARCH"

CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE

Set if the activity should be considered as an alternative action to the data the user is currently viewing. See also CATEGORY_SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE for an alternative action that applies to the selection in a list of items.

Supporting this category means that you would like your activity to be displayed in the set of alternative things the user can do, usually as part of the current activity's options menu. You will usually want to include a specific label in the <intent-filter> of this action describing to the user what it does.

The action of IntentFilter with this category is important in that it describes the specific action the target will perform. This generally should not be a generic action (such as ACTION_VIEW, but rather a specific name such as "com.android.camera.action.CROP. Only one alternative of any particular action will be shown to the user, so using a specific action like this makes sure that your alternative will be displayed while also allowing other applications to provide their own overrides of that particular action.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.ALTERNATIVE"

CATEGORY_APP_BROWSER

Added in API level 15

String CATEGORY_APP_BROWSER

Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch the browser application. The activity should be able to browse the Internet.

NOTE: This should not be used as the primary key of an Intent, since it will not result in the app launching with the correct action and category. Instead, use this with makeMainSelectorActivity(String, String) to generate a main Intent with this category in the selector.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.APP_BROWSER"

CATEGORY_APP_CALCULATOR

Added in API level 15

String CATEGORY_APP_CALCULATOR

Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch the calculator application. The activity should be able to perform standard arithmetic operations.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.APP_CALCULATOR"

CATEGORY_APP_CALENDAR

Added in API level 15

String CATEGORY_APP_CALENDAR

Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch the calendar application. The activity should be able to view and manipulate calendar entries.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.APP_CALENDAR"

CATEGORY_APP_CONTACTS

Added in API level 15

String CATEGORY_APP_CONTACTS

Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch the contacts application. The activity should be able to view and manipulate address book entries.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.APP_CONTACTS"

CATEGORY_APP_EMAIL

Added in API level 15

String CATEGORY_APP_EMAIL

Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch the email application. The activity should be able to send and receive email.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.APP_EMAIL"

CATEGORY_APP_GALLERY

Added in API level 15

String CATEGORY_APP_GALLERY

Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch the gallery application. The activity should be able to view and manipulate image and video files stored on the device.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.APP_GALLERY"

CATEGORY_APP_MAPS

Added in API level 15

String CATEGORY_APP_MAPS

Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch the maps application. The activity should be able to show the user's current location and surroundings.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.APP_MAPS"

CATEGORY_APP_MARKET

Added in API level 11

String CATEGORY_APP_MARKET

This activity allows the user to browse and download new applications.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.APP_MARKET"

CATEGORY_APP_MESSAGING

Added in API level 15

String CATEGORY_APP_MESSAGING

Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch the messaging application. The activity should be able to send and receive text messages.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.APP_MESSAGING"

CATEGORY_APP_MUSIC

Added in API level 15

String CATEGORY_APP_MUSIC

Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch the music application. The activity should be able to play, browse, or manipulate music files stored on the device.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.APP_MUSIC"

CATEGORY_BROWSABLE

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_BROWSABLE

Activities that can be safely invoked from a browser must support this category. For example, if the user is viewing a web page or an e-mail and clicks on a link in the text, the Intent generated execute that link will require the BROWSABLE category, so that only activities supporting this category will be considered as possible actions. By supporting this category, you are promising that there is nothing damaging (without user intervention) that can happen by invoking any matching Intent.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"

CATEGORY_CAR_DOCK

Added in API level 5

String CATEGORY_CAR_DOCK

An activity to run when device is inserted into a car dock. Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch an activity. For more information, see UiModeManager.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.CAR_DOCK"

CATEGORY_CAR_MODE

Added in API level 8

String CATEGORY_CAR_MODE

Used to indicate that the activity can be used in a car environment.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.CAR_MODE"

CATEGORY_DEFAULT

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_DEFAULT

Set if the activity should be an option for the default action (center press) to perform on a piece of data. Setting this will hide from the user any activities without it set when performing an action on some data. Note that this is normally -not- set in the Intent when initiating an action -- it is for use in intent filters specified in packages.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.DEFAULT"

CATEGORY_DESK_DOCK

Added in API level 5

String CATEGORY_DESK_DOCK

An activity to run when device is inserted into a car dock. Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch an activity. For more information, see UiModeManager.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.DESK_DOCK"

CATEGORY_DEVELOPMENT_PREFERENCE

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_DEVELOPMENT_PREFERENCE

This activity is a development preference panel.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.DEVELOPMENT_PREFERENCE"

CATEGORY_EMBED

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_EMBED

Capable of running inside a parent activity container.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.EMBED"

CATEGORY_FRAMEWORK_INSTRUMENTATION_TEST

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_FRAMEWORK_INSTRUMENTATION_TEST

To be used as code under test for framework instrumentation tests.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.FRAMEWORK_INSTRUMENTATION_TEST"

CATEGORY_HE_DESK_DOCK

Added in API level 11

String CATEGORY_HE_DESK_DOCK

An activity to run when device is inserted into a digital (high end) dock. Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch an activity. For more information, see UiModeManager.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.HE_DESK_DOCK"

CATEGORY_HOME

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_HOME

This is the home activity, that is the first activity that is displayed when the device boots.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.HOME"

CATEGORY_INFO

Added in API level 3

String CATEGORY_INFO

Provides information about the package it is in; typically used if a package does not contain a CATEGORY_LAUNCHER to provide a front-door to the user without having to be shown in the all apps list.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.INFO"

CATEGORY_LAUNCHER

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_LAUNCHER

Should be displayed in the top-level launcher.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"

CATEGORY_LEANBACK_LAUNCHER

Added in API level 21

String CATEGORY_LEANBACK_LAUNCHER

Indicates an activity optimized for Leanback mode, and that should be displayed in the Leanback launcher.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.LEANBACK_LAUNCHER"

CATEGORY_LE_DESK_DOCK

Added in API level 11

String CATEGORY_LE_DESK_DOCK

An activity to run when device is inserted into a analog (low end) dock. Used with ACTION_MAIN to launch an activity. For more information, see UiModeManager.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.LE_DESK_DOCK"

CATEGORY_MONKEY

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_MONKEY

This activity may be exercised by the monkey or other automated test tools.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.MONKEY"

CATEGORY_OPENABLE

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_OPENABLE

Used to indicate that an intent only wants URIs that can be opened with openFileDescriptor(Uri, String). Openable URIs must support at least the columns defined in OpenableColumns when queried.

See also:

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.OPENABLE"

CATEGORY_PREFERENCE

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_PREFERENCE

This activity is a preference panel.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.PREFERENCE"

CATEGORY_SAMPLE_CODE

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_SAMPLE_CODE

To be used as a sample code example (not part of the normal user experience).

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.SAMPLE_CODE"

CATEGORY_SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE

Set if the activity should be considered as an alternative selection action to the data the user has currently selected. This is like CATEGORY_ALTERNATIVE, but is used in activities showing a list of items from which the user can select, giving them alternatives to the default action that will be performed on it.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE"

CATEGORY_TAB

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_TAB

Intended to be used as a tab inside of a containing TabActivity.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.TAB"

CATEGORY_TEST

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_TEST

To be used as a test (not part of the normal user experience).

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.TEST"

CATEGORY_UNIT_TEST

Added in API level 1

String CATEGORY_UNIT_TEST

To be used as a unit test (run through the Test Harness).

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.UNIT_TEST"

CATEGORY_VOICE

Added in API level 23

String CATEGORY_VOICE

Categories for activities that can participate in voice interaction. An activity that supports this category must be prepared to run with no UI shown at all (though in some case it may have a UI shown), and rely on VoiceInteractor to interact with the user.

Constant Value: "android.intent.category.VOICE"

EXTRA_ALARM_COUNT

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_ALARM_COUNT

Used as an int extra field in AlarmManager intents to tell the application being invoked how many pending alarms are being delievered with the intent. For one-shot alarms this will always be 1. For recurring alarms, this might be greater than 1 if the device was asleep or powered off at the time an earlier alarm would have been delivered.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.ALARM_COUNT"

EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE

Added in API level 18

String EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE

Extra used to indicate that an intent can allow the user to select and return multiple items. This is a boolean extra; the default is false. If true, an implementation is allowed to present the user with a UI where they can pick multiple items that are all returned to the caller. When this happens, they should be returned as the getClipData() part of the result Intent.

See also:

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.ALLOW_MULTIPLE"

EXTRA_ALLOW_REPLACE

Added in API level 14

String EXTRA_ALLOW_REPLACE

This constant was deprecated in API level 16.
As of JELLY_BEAN, Android will no longer show an interstitial message about updating existing applications so this is no longer needed.

Used as a boolean extra field with ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE to install a package. Tells the installer UI to skip the confirmation with the user if the .apk is replacing an existing one.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.ALLOW_REPLACE"

EXTRA_ALTERNATE_INTENTS

Added in API level 23

String EXTRA_ALTERNATE_INTENTS

An Intent[] describing additional, alternate choices you would like shown with ACTION_CHOOSER.

An app may be capable of providing several different payload types to complete a user's intended action. For example, an app invoking ACTION_SEND to share photos with another app may use EXTRA_ALTERNATE_INTENTS to have the chooser transparently offer several different supported sending mechanisms for sharing, such as the actual "image/*" photo data or a hosted link where the photos can be viewed.

The intent present in EXTRA_INTENT will be treated as the first/primary/preferred intent in the set. Additional intents specified in this extra are ordered; by default intents that appear earlier in the array will be preferred over intents that appear later in the array as matches for the same target component. To alter this preference, a calling app may also supply EXTRA_CHOOSER_REFINEMENT_INTENT_SENDER.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.ALTERNATE_INTENTS"

EXTRA_ASSIST_CONTEXT

Added in API level 18

String EXTRA_ASSIST_CONTEXT

An optional field on ACTION_ASSIST and containing additional contextual information supplied by the current foreground app at the time of the assist request. This is a Bundle of additional data.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.ASSIST_CONTEXT"

EXTRA_ASSIST_INPUT_DEVICE_ID

Added in API level 23

String EXTRA_ASSIST_INPUT_DEVICE_ID

An optional field on ACTION_ASSIST containing the InputDevice id that was used to invoke the assist.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.ASSIST_INPUT_DEVICE_ID"

EXTRA_ASSIST_INPUT_HINT_KEYBOARD

Added in API level 21

String EXTRA_ASSIST_INPUT_HINT_KEYBOARD

An optional field on ACTION_ASSIST suggesting that the user will likely use a keyboard as the primary input device for assistance.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.ASSIST_INPUT_HINT_KEYBOARD"

EXTRA_ASSIST_PACKAGE

Added in API level 18

String EXTRA_ASSIST_PACKAGE

An optional field on ACTION_ASSIST containing the name of the current foreground application package at the time the assist was invoked.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.ASSIST_PACKAGE"

EXTRA_ASSIST_UID

Added in API level 23

String EXTRA_ASSIST_UID

An optional field on ACTION_ASSIST containing the uid of the current foreground application package at the time the assist was invoked.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.ASSIST_UID"

EXTRA_BCC

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_BCC

A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be blind carbon copied.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.BCC"

EXTRA_BUG_REPORT

Added in API level 14

String EXTRA_BUG_REPORT

Used as a parcelable extra field in ACTION_APP_ERROR, containing the bug report.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.BUG_REPORT"

EXTRA_CC

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_CC

A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be carbon copied.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.CC"

EXTRA_CHANGED_COMPONENT_NAME

Added in API level 5

String EXTRA_CHANGED_COMPONENT_NAME

This constant was deprecated in API level 7.
See EXTRA_CHANGED_COMPONENT_NAME_LIST; this field will contain only the first name in the list.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.changed_component_name"

EXTRA_CHANGED_COMPONENT_NAME_LIST

Added in API level 7

String EXTRA_CHANGED_COMPONENT_NAME_LIST

This field is part of ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED, and contains a string array of all of the components that have changed. If the state of the overall package has changed, then it will contain an entry with the package name itself.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.changed_component_name_list"

EXTRA_CHANGED_PACKAGE_LIST

Added in API level 8

String EXTRA_CHANGED_PACKAGE_LIST

This field is part of ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE, ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_UNAVAILABLE, ACTION_PACKAGES_SUSPENDED, ACTION_PACKAGES_UNSUSPENDED and contains a string array of all of the components that have changed.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.changed_package_list"

EXTRA_CHANGED_UID_LIST

Added in API level 8

String EXTRA_CHANGED_UID_LIST

This field is part of ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_AVAILABLE, ACTION_EXTERNAL_APPLICATIONS_UNAVAILABLE and contains an integer array of uids of all of the components that have changed.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.changed_uid_list"

EXTRA_CHOOSER_REFINEMENT_INTENT_SENDER

Added in API level 23

String EXTRA_CHOOSER_REFINEMENT_INTENT_SENDER

An IntentSender for an Activity that will be invoked when the user makes a selection from the chooser activity presented by ACTION_CHOOSER.

An app preparing an action for another app to complete may wish to allow the user to disambiguate between several options for completing the action based on the chosen target or otherwise refine the action before it is invoked.

When sent, this IntentSender may be filled in with the following extras:

EXTRA_INTENT The first intent that matched the user's chosen target
EXTRA_ALTERNATE_INTENTS Any additional intents that also matched the user's chosen target beyond the first
EXTRA_RESULT_RECEIVER A ResultReceiver that the refinement activity should fill in and send once the disambiguation is complete

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.CHOOSER_REFINEMENT_INTENT_SENDER"

EXTRA_CHOOSER_TARGETS

Added in API level 24

String EXTRA_CHOOSER_TARGETS

A ChooserTarget[] for ACTION_CHOOSER describing additional high-priority deep-link targets for the chooser to present to the user.

Targets provided in this way will be presented inline with all other targets provided by services from other apps. They will be prioritized before other service targets, but after those targets provided by sources that the user has manually pinned to the front.

See also:

ACTION_CHOOSER

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.CHOOSER_TARGETS"

EXTRA_CHOSEN_COMPONENT

Added in API level 22

String EXTRA_CHOSEN_COMPONENT

The ComponentName chosen by the user to complete an action.

See also:

EXTRA_CHOSEN_COMPONENT_INTENT_SENDER

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.CHOSEN_COMPONENT"

EXTRA_CHOSEN_COMPONENT_INTENT_SENDER

Added in API level 22

String EXTRA_CHOSEN_COMPONENT_INTENT_SENDER

An IntentSender that will be notified if a user successfully chooses a target component to handle an action in an ACTION_CHOOSER activity. The IntentSender will have the extra EXTRA_CHOSEN_COMPONENT appended to it containing the ComponentName of the chosen component.

In some situations this callback may never come, for example if the user abandons the chooser, switches to another task or any number of other reasons. Apps should not be written assuming that this callback will always occur.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.CHOSEN_COMPONENT_INTENT_SENDER"

EXTRA_DATA_REMOVED

Added in API level 3

String EXTRA_DATA_REMOVED

Used as a boolean extra field in ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED intents to indicate whether this represents a full uninstall (removing both the code and its data) or a partial uninstall (leaving its data, implying that this is an update).

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.DATA_REMOVED"

EXTRA_DOCK_STATE

Added in API level 5

String EXTRA_DOCK_STATE

Used as an int extra field in ACTION_DOCK_EVENT intents to request the dock state. Possible values are EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_UNDOCKED, EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_DESK, or EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_CAR, or EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_LE_DESK, or EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_HE_DESK.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.DOCK_STATE"

EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_CAR

Added in API level 5

int EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_CAR

Used as an int value for EXTRA_DOCK_STATE to represent that the phone is in a car dock.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_DESK

Added in API level 5

int EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_DESK

Used as an int value for EXTRA_DOCK_STATE to represent that the phone is in a desk dock.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_HE_DESK

Added in API level 11

int EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_HE_DESK

Used as an int value for EXTRA_DOCK_STATE to represent that the phone is in a digital (high end) dock.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_LE_DESK

Added in API level 11

int EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_LE_DESK

Used as an int value for EXTRA_DOCK_STATE to represent that the phone is in a analog (low end) dock.

Constant Value: 3 (0x00000003)

EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_UNDOCKED

Added in API level 5

int EXTRA_DOCK_STATE_UNDOCKED

Used as an int value for EXTRA_DOCK_STATE to represent that the phone is not in any dock.

Constant Value: 0 (0x00000000)

EXTRA_DONT_KILL_APP

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_DONT_KILL_APP

Used as a boolean extra field in ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED or ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED intents to override the default action of restarting the application.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.DONT_KILL_APP"

EXTRA_EMAIL

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_EMAIL

A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be delivered to.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.EMAIL"

EXTRA_EXCLUDE_COMPONENTS

Added in API level 24

String EXTRA_EXCLUDE_COMPONENTS

A ComponentName[] describing components that should be filtered out and omitted from a list of components presented to the user.

When used with ACTION_CHOOSER, the chooser will omit any of the components in this array if it otherwise would have shown them. Useful for omitting specific targets from your own package or other apps from your organization if the idea of sending to those targets would be redundant with other app functionality. Filtered components will not be able to present targets from an associated ChooserTargetService.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.EXCLUDE_COMPONENTS"

EXTRA_HTML_TEXT

Added in API level 16

String EXTRA_HTML_TEXT

A constant String that is associated with the Intent, used with ACTION_SEND to supply an alternative to EXTRA_TEXT as HTML formatted text. Note that you must also supply EXTRA_TEXT.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.HTML_TEXT"

EXTRA_INDEX

Added in API level 24

String EXTRA_INDEX

Optional index with semantics depending on the intent action.

The value must be an integer greater or equal to 0.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.INDEX"

EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS

Added in API level 5

String EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS

A Parcelable[] of Intent or LabeledIntent objects as set with putExtra(String, Parcelable[]) of additional activities to place a the front of the list of choices, when shown to the user with a ACTION_CHOOSER.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.INITIAL_INTENTS"

EXTRA_INSTALLER_PACKAGE_NAME

Added in API level 14

String EXTRA_INSTALLER_PACKAGE_NAME

Used as a string extra field with ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE to install a package. Specifies the installer package name; this package will receive the ACTION_APP_ERROR intent.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.INSTALLER_PACKAGE_NAME"

EXTRA_INTENT

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_INTENT

An Intent describing the choices you would like shown with ACTION_PICK_ACTIVITY or ACTION_CHOOSER.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.INTENT"

EXTRA_KEY_EVENT

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_KEY_EVENT

A KeyEvent object containing the event that triggered the creation of the Intent it is in.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.KEY_EVENT"

EXTRA_LOCAL_ONLY

Added in API level 11

String EXTRA_LOCAL_ONLY

Extra used to indicate that an intent should only return data that is on the local device. This is a boolean extra; the default is false. If true, an implementation should only allow the user to select data that is already on the device, not requiring it be downloaded from a remote service when opened.

See also:

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.LOCAL_ONLY"

EXTRA_MIME_TYPES

Added in API level 19

String EXTRA_MIME_TYPES

Extra used to communicate a set of acceptable MIME types. The type of the extra is String[]. Values may be a combination of concrete MIME types (such as "image/png") and/or partial MIME types (such as "audio/*").

See also:

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.MIME_TYPES"

EXTRA_NOT_UNKNOWN_SOURCE

Added in API level 14

String EXTRA_NOT_UNKNOWN_SOURCE

Used as a boolean extra field with ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE to install a package. Specifies that the application being installed should not be treated as coming from an unknown source, but as coming from the app invoking the Intent. For this to work you must start the installer with startActivityForResult().

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.NOT_UNKNOWN_SOURCE"

EXTRA_ORIGINATING_URI

Added in API level 17

String EXTRA_ORIGINATING_URI

Used as a URI extra field with ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE and ACTION_VIEW to indicate the URI from which the local APK in the Intent data field originated from.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.ORIGINATING_URI"

EXTRA_PACKAGE_NAME

Added in API level 24

String EXTRA_PACKAGE_NAME

Intent extra: An app package name.

Type: String

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.PACKAGE_NAME"

EXTRA_PHONE_NUMBER

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_PHONE_NUMBER

A String holding the phone number originally entered in ACTION_NEW_OUTGOING_CALL, or the actual number to call in a ACTION_CALL.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.PHONE_NUMBER"

EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT

Added in API level 23

String EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT

The name of the extra used to define the text to be processed, as a CharSequence. Note that this may be a styled CharSequence, so you must use Bundle.getCharSequence() to retrieve it.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.PROCESS_TEXT"

EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT_READONLY

Added in API level 23

String EXTRA_PROCESS_TEXT_READONLY

The name of the boolean extra used to define if the processed text will be used as read-only.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.PROCESS_TEXT_READONLY"

EXTRA_QUIET_MODE

Added in API level 24

String EXTRA_QUIET_MODE

Optional boolean extra indicating whether quiet mode has been switched on or off. When a profile goes into quiet mode, all apps in the profile are killed and the profile user is stopped. Widgets originating from the profile are masked, and app launcher icons are grayed out.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.QUIET_MODE"

EXTRA_REFERRER

Added in API level 17

String EXTRA_REFERRER

This extra can be used with any Intent used to launch an activity, supplying information about who is launching that activity. This field contains a Uri object, typically an http: or https: URI of the web site that the referral came from; it can also use the android-app: scheme to identify a native application that it came from.

To retrieve this value in a client, use getReferrer() instead of directly retrieving the extra. It is also valid for applications to instead supply EXTRA_REFERRER_NAME for cases where they can only create a string, not a Uri; the field here, if supplied, will always take precedence, however.

See also:

EXTRA_REFERRER_NAME

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.REFERRER"

EXTRA_REFERRER_NAME

Added in API level 22

String EXTRA_REFERRER_NAME

Alternate version of EXTRA_REFERRER that supplies the URI as a String rather than a Uri object. Only for use in cases where Uri objects can not be created, in particular when Intent extras are supplied through the intent: or android-app: schemes.

See also:

EXTRA_REFERRER

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.REFERRER_NAME"

EXTRA_REMOTE_INTENT_TOKEN

Added in API level 5

String EXTRA_REMOTE_INTENT_TOKEN

Used in the extra field in the remote intent. It's astring token passed with the remote intent.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.remote_intent_token"

EXTRA_REPLACEMENT_EXTRAS

Added in API level 21

String EXTRA_REPLACEMENT_EXTRAS

A Bundle forming a mapping of potential target package names to different extras Bundles to add to the default intent extras in EXTRA_INTENT when used with ACTION_CHOOSER. Each key should be a package name. The package need not be currently installed on the device.

An application may choose to provide alternate extras for the case where a user selects an activity from a predetermined set of target packages. If the activity the user selects from the chooser belongs to a package with its package name as a key in this bundle, the corresponding extras for that package will be merged with the extras already present in the intent at EXTRA_INTENT. If a replacement extra has the same key as an extra already present in the intent it will overwrite the extra from the intent.

Examples:

An application may offer different EXTRA_TEXT to an application when sharing with it via ACTION_SEND, augmenting a link with additional query parameters for that target.
An application may offer additional metadata for known targets of a given intent to pass along information only relevant to that target such as account or content identifiers already known to that application.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.REPLACEMENT_EXTRAS"

EXTRA_REPLACING

Added in API level 3

String EXTRA_REPLACING

Used as a boolean extra field in ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED intents to indicate that this is a replacement of the package, so this broadcast will immediately be followed by an add broadcast for a different version of the same package.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.REPLACING"

EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_BUNDLE

Added in API level 18

String EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_BUNDLE

Extra sent in the intent to the BroadcastReceiver that handles ACTION_GET_RESTRICTION_ENTRIES. The type of the extra is a Bundle containing the restrictions as key/value pairs.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.restrictions_bundle"

EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_INTENT

Added in API level 18

String EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_INTENT

Extra used in the response from a BroadcastReceiver that handles ACTION_GET_RESTRICTION_ENTRIES.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.restrictions_intent"

EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_LIST

Added in API level 18

String EXTRA_RESTRICTIONS_LIST

Extra used in the response from a BroadcastReceiver that handles ACTION_GET_RESTRICTION_ENTRIES. The type of the extra is ArrayList<RestrictionEntry>.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.restrictions_list"

EXTRA_RESULT_RECEIVER

Added in API level 23

String EXTRA_RESULT_RECEIVER

A ResultReceiver used to return data back to the sender.

Used to complete an app-specific refinement for ACTION_CHOOSER.

If EXTRA_CHOOSER_REFINEMENT_INTENT_SENDER is present in the intent used to start a ACTION_CHOOSER activity this extra will be filled in to that IntentSender and sent when the user selects a target component from the chooser. It is up to the recipient to send a result to this ResultReceiver to signal that disambiguation is complete and that the chooser should invoke the user's choice.

The disambiguator should provide a Bundle to the ResultReceiver with an intent assigned to the key EXTRA_INTENT. This supplied intent will be used by the chooser to match and fill in the final Intent or ChooserTarget before starting it. The supplied intent must match one of the intents from EXTRA_INTENT or EXTRA_ALTERNATE_INTENTS passed to EXTRA_CHOOSER_REFINEMENT_INTENT_SENDER to be accepted.

The result code passed to the ResultReceiver should be RESULT_OK if the refinement succeeded and the supplied intent's target in the chooser should be started, or RESULT_CANCELED if the chooser should finish without starting a target.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.RESULT_RECEIVER"

EXTRA_RETURN_RESULT

Added in API level 14

String EXTRA_RETURN_RESULT

Used as a boolean extra field with ACTION_INSTALL_PACKAGE or ACTION_UNINSTALL_PACKAGE. Specifies that the installer UI should return to the application the result code of the install/uninstall. The returned result code will be RESULT_OK on success or RESULT_FIRST_USER on failure.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.RETURN_RESULT"

EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON

The name of the extra used to define the icon, as a Bitmap, of a shortcut.

See also:

ACTION_CREATE_SHORTCUT

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.shortcut.ICON"

EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_SHORTCUT_ICON_RESOURCE

The name of the extra used to define the icon, as a ShortcutIconResource, of a shortcut.

See also:

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.shortcut.ICON_RESOURCE"

EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_SHORTCUT_INTENT

The name of the extra used to define the Intent of a shortcut.

See also:

ACTION_CREATE_SHORTCUT

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.shortcut.INTENT"

EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_SHORTCUT_NAME

The name of the extra used to define the name of a shortcut.

See also:

ACTION_CREATE_SHORTCUT

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.shortcut.NAME"

EXTRA_SHUTDOWN_USERSPACE_ONLY

Added in API level 19

String EXTRA_SHUTDOWN_USERSPACE_ONLY

Optional extra for ACTION_SHUTDOWN that allows the sender to qualify that this shutdown is only for the user space of the system, not a complete shutdown. When this is true, hardware devices can use this information to determine that they shouldn't do a complete shutdown of their device since this is not a complete shutdown down to the kernel, but only user space restarting. The default if not supplied is false.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.SHUTDOWN_USERSPACE_ONLY"

EXTRA_STREAM

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_STREAM

A content: URI holding a stream of data associated with the Intent, used with ACTION_SEND to supply the data being sent.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.STREAM"

EXTRA_SUBJECT

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_SUBJECT

A constant string holding the desired subject line of a message.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.SUBJECT"

EXTRA_TEMPLATE

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_TEMPLATE

The initial data to place in a newly created record. Use with ACTION_INSERT. The data here is a Map containing the same fields as would be given to the underlying ContentProvider.insert() call.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.TEMPLATE"

EXTRA_TEXT

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_TEXT

A constant CharSequence that is associated with the Intent, used with ACTION_SEND to supply the literal data to be sent. Note that this may be a styled CharSequence, so you must use Bundle.getCharSequence() to retrieve it.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.TEXT"

EXTRA_TITLE

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_TITLE

A CharSequence dialog title to provide to the user when used with a ACTION_CHOOSER.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.TITLE"

EXTRA_UID

Added in API level 1

String EXTRA_UID

Used as an int extra field in ACTION_UID_REMOVED intents to supply the uid the package had been assigned. Also an optional extra in ACTION_PACKAGE_REMOVED or ACTION_PACKAGE_CHANGED for the same purpose.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.UID"

EXTRA_USER

Added in API level 21

String EXTRA_USER

The UserHandle carried with broadcasts intents related to addition and removal of managed profiles - ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_ADDED and ACTION_MANAGED_PROFILE_REMOVED.

Constant Value: "android.intent.extra.USER"

FILL_IN_ACTION

Added in API level 1

int FILL_IN_ACTION

Use with fillIn(Intent, int) to allow the current action value to be overwritten, even if it is already set.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

FILL_IN_CATEGORIES

Added in API level 1

int FILL_IN_CATEGORIES

Use with fillIn(Intent, int) to allow the current categories to be overwritten, even if they are already set.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

FILL_IN_CLIP_DATA

Added in API level 16

int FILL_IN_CLIP_DATA

Use with fillIn(Intent, int) to allow the current ClipData to be overwritten, even if it is already set.

Constant Value: 128 (0x00000080)

FILL_IN_COMPONENT

Added in API level 1

int FILL_IN_COMPONENT

Use with fillIn(Intent, int) to allow the current component value to be overwritten, even if it is already set.

Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)

FILL_IN_DATA

Added in API level 1

int FILL_IN_DATA

Use with fillIn(Intent, int) to allow the current data or type value overwritten, even if it is already set.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

FILL_IN_PACKAGE

Added in API level 4

int FILL_IN_PACKAGE

Use with fillIn(Intent, int) to allow the current package value to be overwritten, even if it is already set.

Constant Value: 16 (0x00000010)

FILL_IN_SELECTOR

Added in API level 15

int FILL_IN_SELECTOR

Use with fillIn(Intent, int) to allow the current selector to be overwritten, even if it is already set.

Constant Value: 64 (0x00000040)

FILL_IN_SOURCE_BOUNDS

Added in API level 7

int FILL_IN_SOURCE_BOUNDS

Use with fillIn(Intent, int) to allow the current bounds rectangle to be overwritten, even if it is already set.

Constant Value: 32 (0x00000020)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_BROUGHT_TO_FRONT

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_BROUGHT_TO_FRONT

This flag is not normally set by application code, but set for you by the system as described in the launchMode documentation for the singleTask mode.

Constant Value: 4194304 (0x00400000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK

Added in API level 11

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK

If set in an Intent passed to Context.startActivity(), this flag will cause any existing task that would be associated with the activity to be cleared before the activity is started. That is, the activity becomes the new root of an otherwise empty task, and any old activities are finished. This can only be used in conjunction with FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK.

Constant Value: 32768 (0x00008000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP

If set, and the activity being launched is already running in the current task, then instead of launching a new instance of that activity, all of the other activities on top of it will be closed and this Intent will be delivered to the (now on top) old activity as a new Intent.

For example, consider a task consisting of the activities: A, B, C, D. If D calls startActivity() with an Intent that resolves to the component of activity B, then C and D will be finished and B receive the given Intent, resulting in the stack now being: A, B.

The currently running instance of activity B in the above example will either receive the new intent you are starting here in its onNewIntent() method, or be itself finished and restarted with the new intent. If it has declared its launch mode to be "multiple" (the default) and you have not set FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP in the same intent, then it will be finished and re-created; for all other launch modes or if FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP is set then this Intent will be delivered to the current instance's onNewIntent().

This launch mode can also be used to good effect in conjunction with FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK: if used to start the root activity of a task, it will bring any currently running instance of that task to the foreground, and then clear it to its root state. This is especially useful, for example, when launching an activity from the notification manager.

See Tasks and Back Stack for more information about tasks.

Constant Value: 67108864 (0x04000000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET

Added in API level 3

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET

This constant was deprecated in API level 21.
As of API 21 this performs identically to FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT which should be used instead of this.

Constant Value: 524288 (0x00080000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_EXCLUDE_FROM_RECENTS

If set, the new activity is not kept in the list of recently launched activities.

Constant Value: 8388608 (0x00800000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_FORWARD_RESULT

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_FORWARD_RESULT

If set and this intent is being used to launch a new activity from an existing one, then the reply target of the existing activity will be transfered to the new activity. This way the new activity can call setResult(int) and have that result sent back to the reply target of the original activity.

Constant Value: 33554432 (0x02000000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_LAUNCHED_FROM_HISTORY

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_LAUNCHED_FROM_HISTORY

This flag is not normally set by application code, but set for you by the system if this activity is being launched from history (longpress home key).

Constant Value: 1048576 (0x00100000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_LAUNCH_ADJACENT

Added in API level 24

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_LAUNCH_ADJACENT

This flag is only used in split-screen multi-window mode. The new activity will be displayed adjacent to the one launching it. This can only be used in conjunction with FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK. Also, setting FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK is required if you want a new instance of an existing activity to be created.

Constant Value: 4096 (0x00001000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK

This flag is used to create a new task and launch an activity into it. This flag is always paired with either FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT or FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK. In both cases these flags alone would search through existing tasks for ones matching this Intent. Only if no such task is found would a new task be created. When paired with FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK both of these behaviors are modified to skip the search for a matching task and unconditionally start a new task. When used with FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK do not use this flag unless you are implementing your own top-level application launcher. Used in conjunction with FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK to disable the behavior of bringing an existing task to the foreground. When set, a new task is always started to host the Activity for the Intent, regardless of whether there is already an existing task running the same thing.

Because the default system does not include graphical task management, you should not use this flag unless you provide some way for a user to return back to the tasks you have launched. See FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT for details of this flag's use for creating new document tasks.

This flag is ignored if one of FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK or FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT is not also set.

See Tasks and Back Stack for more information about tasks.

See also:

Constant Value: 134217728 (0x08000000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT

Added in API level 21

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT

This flag is used to open a document into a new task rooted at the activity launched by this Intent. Through the use of this flag, or its equivalent attribute, documentLaunchMode multiple instances of the same activity containing different documents will appear in the recent tasks list.

The use of the activity attribute form of this, documentLaunchMode, is preferred over the Intent flag described here. The attribute form allows the Activity to specify multiple document behavior for all launchers of the Activity whereas using this flag requires each Intent that launches the Activity to specify it.

Note that the default semantics of this flag w.r.t. whether the recents entry for it is kept after the activity is finished is different than the use of FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK and documentLaunchMode -- if this flag is being used to create a new recents entry, then by default that entry will be removed once the activity is finished. You can modify this behavior with FLAG_ACTIVITY_RETAIN_IN_RECENTS.

FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT may be used in conjunction with FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK. When used alone it is the equivalent of the Activity manifest specifying documentLaunchMode="intoExisting". When used with FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK it is the equivalent of the Activity manifest specifying documentLaunchMode="always". Refer to documentLaunchMode for more information.

See also:

Constant Value: 524288 (0x00080000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK

If set, this activity will become the start of a new task on this history stack. A task (from the activity that started it to the next task activity) defines an atomic group of activities that the user can move to. Tasks can be moved to the foreground and background; all of the activities inside of a particular task always remain in the same order. See Tasks and Back Stack for more information about tasks.

This flag is generally used by activities that want to present a "launcher" style behavior: they give the user a list of separate things that can be done, which otherwise run completely independently of the activity launching them.

When using this flag, if a task is already running for the activity you are now starting, then a new activity will not be started; instead, the current task will simply be brought to the front of the screen with the state it was last in. See FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK for a flag to disable this behavior.

This flag can not be used when the caller is requesting a result from the activity being launched.

Constant Value: 268435456 (0x10000000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION

Added in API level 5

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION

If set in an Intent passed to Context.startActivity(), this flag will prevent the system from applying an activity transition animation to go to the next activity state. This doesn't mean an animation will never run -- if another activity change happens that doesn't specify this flag before the activity started here is displayed, then that transition will be used. This flag can be put to good use when you are going to do a series of activity operations but the animation seen by the user shouldn't be driven by the first activity change but rather a later one.

Constant Value: 65536 (0x00010000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY

If set, the new activity is not kept in the history stack. As soon as the user navigates away from it, the activity is finished. This may also be set with the noHistory attribute.

If set, onActivityResult() is never invoked when the current activity starts a new activity which sets a result and finishes.

Constant Value: 1073741824 (0x40000000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_USER_ACTION

Added in API level 3

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_USER_ACTION

If set, this flag will prevent the normal onUserLeaveHint() callback from occurring on the current frontmost activity before it is paused as the newly-started activity is brought to the front.

Typically, an activity can rely on that callback to indicate that an explicit user action has caused their activity to be moved out of the foreground. The callback marks an appropriate point in the activity's lifecycle for it to dismiss any notifications that it intends to display "until the user has seen them," such as a blinking LED.

If an activity is ever started via any non-user-driven events such as phone-call receipt or an alarm handler, this flag should be passed to Context.startActivity, ensuring that the pausing activity does not think the user has acknowledged its notification.

Constant Value: 262144 (0x00040000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_PREVIOUS_IS_TOP

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_PREVIOUS_IS_TOP

If set and this intent is being used to launch a new activity from an existing one, the current activity will not be counted as the top activity for deciding whether the new intent should be delivered to the top instead of starting a new one. The previous activity will be used as the top, with the assumption being that the current activity will finish itself immediately.

Constant Value: 16777216 (0x01000000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_REORDER_TO_FRONT

Added in API level 3

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_REORDER_TO_FRONT

If set in an Intent passed to Context.startActivity(), this flag will cause the launched activity to be brought to the front of its task's history stack if it is already running.

For example, consider a task consisting of four activities: A, B, C, D. If D calls startActivity() with an Intent that resolves to the component of activity B, then B will be brought to the front of the history stack, with this resulting order: A, C, D, B. This flag will be ignored if FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP is also specified.

Constant Value: 131072 (0x00020000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_RESET_TASK_IF_NEEDED

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_RESET_TASK_IF_NEEDED

If set, and this activity is either being started in a new task or bringing to the top an existing task, then it will be launched as the front door of the task. This will result in the application of any affinities needed to have that task in the proper state (either moving activities to or from it), or simply resetting that task to its initial state if needed.

Constant Value: 2097152 (0x00200000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_RETAIN_IN_RECENTS

Added in API level 21

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_RETAIN_IN_RECENTS

By default a document created by FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT will have its entry in recent tasks removed when the user closes it (with back or however else it may finish()). If you would like to instead allow the document to be kept in recents so that it can be re-launched, you can use this flag. When set and the task's activity is finished, the recents entry will remain in the interface for the user to re-launch it, like a recents entry for a top-level application.

The receiving activity can override this request with autoRemoveFromRecents or by explcitly calling Activity.finishAndRemoveTask().

Constant Value: 8192 (0x00002000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP

If set, the activity will not be launched if it is already running at the top of the history stack.

Constant Value: 536870912 (0x20000000)

FLAG_ACTIVITY_TASK_ON_HOME

Added in API level 11

int FLAG_ACTIVITY_TASK_ON_HOME

If set in an Intent passed to Context.startActivity(), this flag will cause a newly launching task to be placed on top of the current home activity task (if there is one). That is, pressing back from the task will always return the user to home even if that was not the last activity they saw. This can only be used in conjunction with FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK.

Constant Value: 16384 (0x00004000)

FLAG_DEBUG_LOG_RESOLUTION

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_DEBUG_LOG_RESOLUTION

A flag you can enable for debugging: when set, log messages will be printed during the resolution of this intent to show you what has been found to create the final resolved list.

Constant Value: 8 (0x00000008)

FLAG_EXCLUDE_STOPPED_PACKAGES

Added in API level 12

int FLAG_EXCLUDE_STOPPED_PACKAGES

If set, this intent will not match any components in packages that are currently stopped. If this is not set, then the default behavior is to include such applications in the result.

Constant Value: 16 (0x00000010)

FLAG_FROM_BACKGROUND

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_FROM_BACKGROUND

Can be set by the caller to indicate that this Intent is coming from a background operation, not from direct user interaction.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

FLAG_GRANT_PERSISTABLE_URI_PERMISSION

Added in API level 19

int FLAG_GRANT_PERSISTABLE_URI_PERMISSION

When combined with FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION and/or FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION, the URI permission grant can be persisted across device reboots until explicitly revoked with revokeUriPermission(Uri, int). This flag only offers the grant for possible persisting; the receiving application must call takePersistableUriPermission(Uri, int) to actually persist.

See also:

Constant Value: 64 (0x00000040)

FLAG_GRANT_PREFIX_URI_PERMISSION

Added in API level 21

int FLAG_GRANT_PREFIX_URI_PERMISSION

When combined with FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION and/or FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION, the URI permission grant applies to any URI that is a prefix match against the original granted URI. (Without this flag, the URI must match exactly for access to be granted.) Another URI is considered a prefix match only when scheme, authority, and all path segments defined by the prefix are an exact match.

Constant Value: 128 (0x00000080)

FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION

If set, the recipient of this Intent will be granted permission to perform read operations on the URI in the Intent's data and any URIs specified in its ClipData. When applying to an Intent's ClipData, all URIs as well as recursive traversals through data or other ClipData in Intent items will be granted; only the grant flags of the top-level Intent are used.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION

If set, the recipient of this Intent will be granted permission to perform write operations on the URI in the Intent's data and any URIs specified in its ClipData. When applying to an Intent's ClipData, all URIs as well as recursive traversals through data or other ClipData in Intent items will be granted; only the grant flags of the top-level Intent are used.

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

FLAG_INCLUDE_STOPPED_PACKAGES

Added in API level 12

int FLAG_INCLUDE_STOPPED_PACKAGES

If set, this intent will always match any components in packages that are currently stopped. This is the default behavior when FLAG_EXCLUDE_STOPPED_PACKAGES is not set. If both of these flags are set, this one wins (it allows overriding of exclude for places where the framework may automatically set the exclude flag).

Constant Value: 32 (0x00000020)

FLAG_RECEIVER_FOREGROUND

Added in API level 16

int FLAG_RECEIVER_FOREGROUND

If set, when sending a broadcast the recipient is allowed to run at foreground priority, with a shorter timeout interval. During normal broadcasts the receivers are not automatically hoisted out of the background priority class.

Constant Value: 268435456 (0x10000000)

FLAG_RECEIVER_NO_ABORT

Added in API level 19

int FLAG_RECEIVER_NO_ABORT

If this is an ordered broadcast, don't allow receivers to abort the broadcast. They can still propagate results through to later receivers, but they can not prevent later receivers from seeing the broadcast.

Constant Value: 134217728 (0x08000000)

FLAG_RECEIVER_REGISTERED_ONLY

Added in API level 1

int FLAG_RECEIVER_REGISTERED_ONLY

If set, when sending a broadcast only registered receivers will be called -- no BroadcastReceiver components will be launched.

Constant Value: 1073741824 (0x40000000)

FLAG_RECEIVER_REPLACE_PENDING

Added in API level 8

int FLAG_RECEIVER_REPLACE_PENDING

If set, when sending a broadcast the new broadcast will replace any existing pending broadcast that matches it. Matching is defined by Intent.filterEquals returning true for the intents of the two broadcasts. When a match is found, the new broadcast (and receivers associated with it) will replace the existing one in the pending broadcast list, remaining at the same position in the list.

This flag is most typically used with sticky broadcasts, which only care about delivering the most recent values of the broadcast to their receivers.

Constant Value: 536870912 (0x20000000)

METADATA_DOCK_HOME

Added in API level 5

String METADATA_DOCK_HOME

Boolean that can be supplied as meta-data with a dock activity, to indicate that the dock should take over the home key when it is active.

Constant Value: "android.dock_home"

URI_ALLOW_UNSAFE

Added in API level 22

int URI_ALLOW_UNSAFE

Flag for use with toUri(int) and parseUri(String, int): allow parsing of unsafe information. In particular, the flags FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION, FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION, FLAG_GRANT_PERSISTABLE_URI_PERMISSION, and FLAG_GRANT_PREFIX_URI_PERMISSION flags can not be set, so that the generated Intent can not cause unexpected data access to happen.

If you do not trust the source of the URI being parsed, you should still do further processing to protect yourself from it. In particular, when using it to start an activity you should usually add in CATEGORY_BROWSABLE to limit the activities that can handle it.

Constant Value: 4 (0x00000004)

URI_ANDROID_APP_SCHEME

Added in API level 22

int URI_ANDROID_APP_SCHEME

Flag for use with toUri(int) and parseUri(String, int): the URI string always has the "android-app:" scheme. This is a variation of URI_INTENT_SCHEME whose format is simpler for the case of an http/https URI being delivered to a specific package name. The format is:

 android-app://{package_id}[/{scheme}[/{host}[/{path}]]][#Intent;{...}]

In this scheme, only the package_id is required. If you include a host, you must also include a scheme; including a path also requires both a host and a scheme. The final #Intent; fragment can be used without a scheme, host, or path. Note that this can not be used with intents that have a setSelector(Intent), since the base intent will always have an explicit package name.

Some examples of how this scheme maps to Intent objects:

URI Intent

android-app://com.example.app

Action:	`ACTION_MAIN`
Package:	`com.example.app`

android-app://com.example.app/http/example.com

Action:	`ACTION_VIEW`
Data:	`http://example.com/`
Package:	`com.example.app`

android-app://com.example.app/http/example.com/foo?1234

Action:	`ACTION_VIEW`
Data:	`http://example.com/foo?1234`
Package:	`com.example.app`

android-app://com.example.app/
#Intent;action=com.example.MY_ACTION;end

Action:	`com.example.MY_ACTION`
Package:	`com.example.app`

android-app://com.example.app/http/example.com/foo?1234
#Intent;action=com.example.MY_ACTION;end

Action:	`com.example.MY_ACTION`
Data:	`http://example.com/foo?1234`
Package:	`com.example.app`

android-app://com.example.app/
#Intent;action=com.example.MY_ACTION;
i.some_int=100;S.some_str=hello;end

Action:	`com.example.MY_ACTION`
Package:	`com.example.app`
Extras:	`some_int=(int)100 some_str=(String)hello`

Constant Value: 2 (0x00000002)

URI_INTENT_SCHEME

Added in API level 4

int URI_INTENT_SCHEME

Flag for use with toUri(int) and parseUri(String, int): the URI string always has the "intent:" scheme. This syntax can be used when you want to later disambiguate between URIs that are intended to describe an Intent vs. all others that should be treated as raw URIs. When used with parseUri(String, int), any other scheme will result in a generic VIEW action for that raw URI.

Constant Value: 1 (0x00000001)

Fields

CREATOR

Added in API level 1

Creator<Intent> CREATOR

Public constructors

Intent

Added in API level 1

Intent ()

Create an empty intent.

Intent

Added in API level 1

Intent (Intent o)

Copy constructor.

Parameters
`o`	`Intent`

Intent

Added in API level 1

Intent (String action)

Create an intent with a given action. All other fields (data, type, class) are null. Note that the action must be in a namespace because Intents are used globally in the system -- for example the system VIEW action is android.intent.action.VIEW; an application's custom action would be something like com.google.app.myapp.CUSTOM_ACTION.

Parameters
`action`	`String`: The Intent action, such as ACTION_VIEW.

Intent

Added in API level 1

Intent (String action, 
                Uri uri)

Create an intent with a given action and for a given data url. Note that the action must be in a namespace because Intents are used globally in the system -- for example the system VIEW action is android.intent.action.VIEW; an application's custom action would be something like com.google.app.myapp.CUSTOM_ACTION.

Note: scheme and host name matching in the Android framework is case-sensitive, unlike the formal RFC. As a result, you should always ensure that you write your Uri with these elements using lower case letters, and normalize any Uris you receive from outside of Android to ensure the scheme and host is lower case.

Parameters
`action`	`String`: The Intent action, such as ACTION_VIEW.
`uri`	`Uri`: The Intent data URI.

Intent

Added in API level 1

Intent (Context packageContext, 
                Class<?> cls)

Create an intent for a specific component. All other fields (action, data, type, class) are null, though they can be modified later with explicit calls. This provides a convenient way to create an intent that is intended to execute a hard-coded class name, rather than relying on the system to find an appropriate class for you; see setComponent(ComponentName) for more information on the repercussions of this.

Parameters
`packageContext`	`Context`: A Context of the application package implementing this class.
`cls`	`Class`: The component class that is to be used for the intent.

See also:

Intent

Added in API level 1

Intent (String action, 
                Uri uri, 
                Context packageContext, 
                Class<?> cls)

Create an intent for a specific component with a specified action and data. This is equivalent to using Intent(String, android.net.Uri) to construct the Intent and then calling setClass(Context, Class) to set its class.

Parameters
`action`	`String`: The Intent action, such as ACTION_VIEW.
`uri`	`Uri`: The Intent data URI.
`packageContext`	`Context`: A Context of the application package implementing this class.
`cls`	`Class`: The component class that is to be used for the intent.

See also:

Public methods

addCategory

Added in API level 1

Intent addCategory (String category)

Add a new category to the intent. Categories provide additional detail about the action the intent performs. When resolving an intent, only activities that provide all of the requested categories will be used.

Parameters
`category`	`String`: The desired category. This can be either one of the predefined Intent categories, or a custom category in your own namespace.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

addFlags

Added in API level 1

Intent addFlags (int flags)

Add additional flags to the intent (or with existing flags value).

Parameters
`flags`	`int`: The new flags to set.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setFlags(int)

clone

Added in API level 1

Object clone ()

Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general intent is that, for any object x, the expression:

 x.clone() != x

will be true, and that the expression:

 x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()

will be true, but these are not absolute requirements. While it is typically the case that:

 x.clone().equals(x)

will be true, this is not an absolute requirement.

By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling super.clone. If a class and all of its superclasses (except Object) obey this convention, it will be the case that x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass().

By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned by super.clone before returning it. Typically, this means copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually the case that no fields in the object returned by super.clone need to be modified.

The method clone for class Object performs a specific cloning operation. First, if the class of this object does not implement the interface Cloneable, then a CloneNotSupportedException is thrown. Note that all arrays are considered to implement the interface Cloneable and that the return type of the clone method of an array type T[] is T[] where T is any reference or primitive type. Otherwise, this method creates a new instance of the class of this object and initializes all its fields with exactly the contents of the corresponding fields of this object, as if by assignment; the contents of the fields are not themselves cloned. Thus, this method performs a "shallow copy" of this object, not a "deep copy" operation.

The class Object does not itself implement the interface Cloneable, so calling the clone method on an object whose class is Object will result in throwing an exception at run time.

Returns
`Object`	a clone of this instance.

cloneFilter

Added in API level 1

Intent cloneFilter ()

Make a clone of only the parts of the Intent that are relevant for filter matching: the action, data, type, component, and categories.

Returns
`Intent`

createChooser

Added in API level 22

Intent createChooser (Intent target, 
                CharSequence title, 
                IntentSender sender)

Convenience function for creating a ACTION_CHOOSER Intent.

Builds a new ACTION_CHOOSER Intent that wraps the given target intent, also optionally supplying a title. If the target intent has specified FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION or FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION, then these flags will also be set in the returned chooser intent, with its ClipData set appropriately: either a direct reflection of getClipData() if that is non-null, or a new ClipData built from getData().

The caller may optionally supply an IntentSender to receive a callback when the user makes a choice. This can be useful if the calling application wants to remember the last chosen target and surface it as a more prominent or one-touch affordance elsewhere in the UI for next time.

Parameters
`target`	`Intent`: The Intent that the user will be selecting an activity to perform.
`title`	`CharSequence`: Optional title that will be displayed in the chooser.
`sender`	`IntentSender`: Optional IntentSender to be called when a choice is made.

Returns
`Intent`	Return a new Intent object that you can hand to `Context.startActivity()` and related methods.

createChooser

Added in API level 1

Intent createChooser (Intent target, 
                CharSequence title)

Convenience function for creating a ACTION_CHOOSER Intent.

Parameters
`target`	`Intent`: The Intent that the user will be selecting an activity to perform.
`title`	`CharSequence`: Optional title that will be displayed in the chooser.

Returns
`Intent`	Return a new Intent object that you can hand to `Context.startActivity()` and related methods.

describeContents

Added in API level 1

int describeContents ()

Describe the kinds of special objects contained in this Parcelable instance's marshaled representation. For example, if the object will include a file descriptor in the output of writeToParcel(Parcel, int), the return value of this method must include the CONTENTS_FILE_DESCRIPTOR bit.

Returns
`int`	a bitmask indicating the set of special object types marshaled by this Parcelable object instance.

fillIn

Added in API level 1

int fillIn (Intent other, 
                int flags)

Copy the contents of other in to this object, but only where fields are not defined by this object. For purposes of a field being defined, the following pieces of data in the Intent are considered to be separate fields:

action, as set by setAction(String).
data Uri and MIME type, as set by setData(Uri), setType(String), or setDataAndType(Uri, String).
categories, as set by addCategory(String).
package, as set by setPackage(String).
component, as set by setComponent(ComponentName) or related methods.
source bounds, as set by setSourceBounds(Rect).
selector, as set by setSelector(Intent).
clip data, as set by setClipData(ClipData).
each top-level name in the associated extras.

In addition, you can use the FILL_IN_ACTION, FILL_IN_DATA, FILL_IN_CATEGORIES, FILL_IN_PACKAGE, FILL_IN_COMPONENT, FILL_IN_SOURCE_BOUNDS, FILL_IN_SELECTOR, and FILL_IN_CLIP_DATA to override the restriction where the corresponding field will not be replaced if it is already set.

Note: The component field will only be copied if FILL_IN_COMPONENT is explicitly specified. The selector will only be copied if FILL_IN_SELECTOR is explicitly specified.

For example, consider Intent A with {data="foo", categories="bar"} and Intent B with {action="gotit", data-type="some/thing", categories="one","two"}.

Calling A.fillIn(B, Intent.FILL_IN_DATA) will result in A now containing: {action="gotit", data-type="some/thing", categories="bar"}.

Parameters
`other`	`Intent`: Another Intent whose values are to be used to fill in the current one.
`flags`	`int`: Options to control which fields can be filled in.

Returns
`int`	Returns a bit mask of `FILL_IN_ACTION`, `FILL_IN_DATA`, `FILL_IN_CATEGORIES`, `FILL_IN_PACKAGE`, `FILL_IN_COMPONENT`, `FILL_IN_SOURCE_BOUNDS`, `FILL_IN_SELECTOR` and {@link #FILL_IN_CLIP_DATA indicating which fields were changed.

filterEquals

Added in API level 1

boolean filterEquals (Intent other)

Determine if two intents are the same for the purposes of intent resolution (filtering). That is, if their action, data, type, class, and categories are the same. This does not compare any extra data included in the intents.

Parameters
`other`	`Intent`: The other Intent to compare against.

Returns
`boolean`	Returns true if action, data, type, class, and categories are the same.

filterHashCode

Added in API level 1

int filterHashCode ()

Generate hash code that matches semantics of filterEquals().

Returns
`int`	Returns the hash value of the action, data, type, class, and categories.

See also:

filterEquals(Intent)

getAction

Added in API level 1

String getAction ()

Retrieve the general action to be performed, such as ACTION_VIEW. The action describes the general way the rest of the information in the intent should be interpreted -- most importantly, what to do with the data returned by getData().

Returns
`String`	The action of this intent or null if none is specified.

See also:

setAction(String)

getBooleanArrayExtra

Added in API level 1

boolean[] getBooleanArrayExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`boolean[]`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no boolean array value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, boolean[])

getBooleanExtra

Added in API level 1

boolean getBooleanExtra (String name, 
                boolean defaultValue)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.
`defaultValue`	`boolean`: the value to be returned if no value of the desired type is stored with the given name.

Returns
`boolean`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or the default value if none was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, boolean)

getBundleExtra

Added in API level 1

Bundle getBundleExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`Bundle`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no Bundle value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, Bundle)

getByteArrayExtra

Added in API level 1

byte[] getByteArrayExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`byte[]`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no byte array value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, byte[])

getByteExtra

Added in API level 1

byte getByteExtra (String name, 
                byte defaultValue)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.
`defaultValue`	`byte`: the value to be returned if no value of the desired type is stored with the given name.

Returns
`byte`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or the default value if none was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, byte)

getCategories

Added in API level 1

Set<String> getCategories ()

Return the set of all categories in the intent. If there are no categories, returns NULL.

Returns
`Set<String>`	The set of categories you can examine. Do not modify!

See also:

getCharArrayExtra

Added in API level 1

char[] getCharArrayExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`char[]`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no char array value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, char[])

getCharExtra

Added in API level 1

char getCharExtra (String name, 
                char defaultValue)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.
`defaultValue`	`char`: the value to be returned if no value of the desired type is stored with the given name.

Returns
`char`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or the default value if none was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, char)

getCharSequenceArrayExtra

Added in API level 8

CharSequence[] getCharSequenceArrayExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`CharSequence[]`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no CharSequence array value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, CharSequence[])

getCharSequenceArrayListExtra

Added in API level 8

ArrayList<CharSequence> getCharSequenceArrayListExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`ArrayList<CharSequence>`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no ArrayList value was found.

See also:

putCharSequenceArrayListExtra(String, ArrayList)

getCharSequenceExtra

Added in API level 1

CharSequence getCharSequenceExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`CharSequence`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no CharSequence value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, CharSequence)

getClipData

Added in API level 16

ClipData getClipData ()

Return the ClipData associated with this Intent. If there is none, returns null. See setClipData(ClipData) for more information.

Returns
`ClipData`

See also:

setClipData(ClipData)

getComponent

Added in API level 1

ComponentName getComponent ()

Retrieve the concrete component associated with the intent. When receiving an intent, this is the component that was found to best handle it (that is, yourself) and will always be non-null; in all other cases it will be null unless explicitly set.

Returns
`ComponentName`	The name of the application component to handle the intent.

See also:

getData

Added in API level 1

Uri getData ()

Retrieve data this intent is operating on. This URI specifies the name of the data; often it uses the content: scheme, specifying data in a content provider. Other schemes may be handled by specific activities, such as http: by the web browser.

Returns
`Uri`	The URI of the data this intent is targeting or null.

See also:

getScheme()
setData(Uri)

getDataString

Added in API level 1

String getDataString ()

The same as getData(), but returns the URI as an encoded String.

Returns
`String`

getDoubleArrayExtra

Added in API level 1

double[] getDoubleArrayExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`double[]`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no double array value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, double[])

getDoubleExtra

Added in API level 1

double getDoubleExtra (String name, 
                double defaultValue)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.
`defaultValue`	`double`: the value to be returned if no value of the desired type is stored with the given name.

Returns
`double`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or the default value if none was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, double)

getExtras

Added in API level 1

Bundle getExtras ()

Retrieves a map of extended data from the intent.

Returns
`Bundle`	the map of all extras previously added with putExtra(), or null if none have been added.

getFlags

Added in API level 1

int getFlags ()

Retrieve any special flags associated with this intent. You will normally just set them with setFlags(int) and let the system take the appropriate action with them.

Returns
`int`	int The currently set flags.

See also:

setFlags(int)

getFloatArrayExtra

Added in API level 1

float[] getFloatArrayExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`float[]`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no float array value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, float[])

getFloatExtra

Added in API level 1

float getFloatExtra (String name, 
                float defaultValue)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.
`defaultValue`	`float`: the value to be returned if no value of the desired type is stored with the given name.

Returns
`float`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra(), or the default value if no such item is present

See also:

putExtra(String, float)

getIntArrayExtra

Added in API level 1

int[] getIntArrayExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`int[]`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no int array value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, int[])

getIntExtra

Added in API level 1

int getIntExtra (String name, 
                int defaultValue)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.
`defaultValue`	`int`: the value to be returned if no value of the desired type is stored with the given name.

Returns
`int`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or the default value if none was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, int)

getIntegerArrayListExtra

Added in API level 1

ArrayList<Integer> getIntegerArrayListExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`ArrayList<Integer>`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no ArrayList value was found.

See also:

putIntegerArrayListExtra(String, ArrayList)

getIntent

Added in API level 1

Intent getIntent (String uri)

This method was deprecated in API level 4.
Use parseUri(String, int) instead.

Call parseUri(String, int) with 0 flags.

Parameters
`uri`	`String`

Returns
`Intent`

Throws
`URISyntaxException`

getIntentOld

Added in API level 1

Intent getIntentOld (String uri)

Parameters
`uri`	`String`

Returns
`Intent`

Throws
`URISyntaxException`

getLongArrayExtra

Added in API level 1

long[] getLongArrayExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`long[]`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no long array value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, long[])

getLongExtra

Added in API level 1

long getLongExtra (String name, 
                long defaultValue)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.
`defaultValue`	`long`: the value to be returned if no value of the desired type is stored with the given name.

Returns
`long`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or the default value if none was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, long)

getPackage

Added in API level 4

String getPackage ()

Retrieve the application package name this Intent is limited to. When resolving an Intent, if non-null this limits the resolution to only components in the given application package.

Returns
`String`	The name of the application package for the Intent.

See also:

getParcelableArrayExtra

Added in API level 1

Parcelable[] getParcelableArrayExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`Parcelable[]`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no Parcelable[] value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, Parcelable[])

getParcelableArrayListExtra

Added in API level 1

ArrayList<T> getParcelableArrayListExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`ArrayList<T>`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no ArrayList value was found.

See also:

putParcelableArrayListExtra(String, ArrayList)

getParcelableExtra

Added in API level 1

T getParcelableExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`T`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no Parcelable value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, Parcelable)

getScheme

Added in API level 1

String getScheme ()

Return the scheme portion of the intent's data. If the data is null or does not include a scheme, null is returned. Otherwise, the scheme prefix without the final ':' is returned, i.e. "http".

This is the same as calling getData().getScheme() (and checking for null data).

Returns
`String`	The scheme of this intent.

See also:

getData()

getSelector

Added in API level 15

Intent getSelector ()

Return the specific selector associated with this Intent. If there is none, returns null. See setSelector(Intent) for more information.

Returns
`Intent`

See also:

setSelector(Intent)

getSerializableExtra

Added in API level 1

Serializable getSerializableExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`Serializable`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no Serializable value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, Serializable)

getShortArrayExtra

Added in API level 1

short[] getShortArrayExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`short[]`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no short array value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, short[])

getShortExtra

Added in API level 1

short getShortExtra (String name, 
                short defaultValue)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.
`defaultValue`	`short`: the value to be returned if no value of the desired type is stored with the given name.

Returns
`short`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or the default value if none was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, short)

getSourceBounds

Added in API level 7

Rect getSourceBounds ()

Get the bounds of the sender of this intent, in screen coordinates. This can be used as a hint to the receiver for animations and the like. Null means that there is no source bounds.

Returns
`Rect`

getStringArrayExtra

Added in API level 1

String[] getStringArrayExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`String[]`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no String array value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, String[])

getStringArrayListExtra

Added in API level 1

ArrayList<String> getStringArrayListExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`ArrayList<String>`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no ArrayList value was found.

See also:

putStringArrayListExtra(String, ArrayList)

getStringExtra

Added in API level 1

String getStringExtra (String name)

Retrieve extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the desired item.

Returns
`String`	the value of an item that previously added with putExtra() or null if no String value was found.

See also:

putExtra(String, String)

getType

Added in API level 1

String getType ()

Retrieve any explicit MIME type included in the intent. This is usually null, as the type is determined by the intent data.

Returns
`String`	If a type was manually set, it is returned; else null is returned.

See also:

hasCategory

Added in API level 1

boolean hasCategory (String category)

Check if a category exists in the intent.

Parameters
`category`	`String`: The category to check.

Returns
`boolean`	boolean True if the intent contains the category, else false.

See also:

hasExtra

Added in API level 1

boolean hasExtra (String name)

Returns true if an extra value is associated with the given name.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: the extra's name

Returns
`boolean`	true if the given extra is present.

hasFileDescriptors

Added in API level 1

boolean hasFileDescriptors ()

Returns true if the Intent's extras contain a parcelled file descriptor.

Returns
`boolean`	true if the Intent contains a parcelled file descriptor.

makeMainActivity

Added in API level 11

Intent makeMainActivity (ComponentName mainActivity)

Create an intent to launch the main (root) activity of a task. This is the Intent that is started when the application's is launched from Home. For anything else that wants to launch an application in the same way, it is important that they use an Intent structured the same way, and can use this function to ensure this is the case.

The returned Intent has the given Activity component as its explicit component, ACTION_MAIN as its action, and includes the category CATEGORY_LAUNCHER. This does not have FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK set, though typically you will want to do that through addFlags(int) on the returned Intent.

Parameters
`mainActivity`	`ComponentName`: The main activity component that this Intent will launch.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns a newly created Intent that can be used to launch the activity as a main application entry.

See also:

makeMainSelectorActivity

Added in API level 15

Intent makeMainSelectorActivity (String selectorAction, 
                String selectorCategory)

Make an Intent for the main activity of an application, without specifying a specific activity to run but giving a selector to find the activity. This results in a final Intent that is structured the same as when the application is launched from Home. For anything else that wants to launch an application in the same way, it is important that they use an Intent structured the same way, and can use this function to ensure this is the case.

The returned Intent has ACTION_MAIN as its action, and includes the category CATEGORY_LAUNCHER. This does not have FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK set, though typically you will want to do that through addFlags(int) on the returned Intent.

Parameters
`selectorAction`	`String`: The action name of the Intent's selector.
`selectorCategory`	`String`: The name of a category to add to the Intent's selector.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns a newly created Intent that can be used to launch the activity as a main application entry.

See also:

setSelector(Intent)

makeRestartActivityTask

Added in API level 11

Intent makeRestartActivityTask (ComponentName mainActivity)

Make an Intent that can be used to re-launch an application's task in its base state. This is like makeMainActivity(ComponentName), but also sets the flags FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK and FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TASK.

Parameters
`mainActivity`	`ComponentName`: The activity component that is the root of the task; this is the activity that has been published in the application's manifest as the main launcher icon.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns a newly created Intent that can be used to relaunch the activity's task in its root state.

normalizeMimeType

Added in API level 16

String normalizeMimeType (String type)

Normalize a MIME data type.

A normalized MIME type has white-space trimmed, content-type parameters removed, and is lower-case. This aligns the type with Android best practices for intent filtering.

For example, "text/plain; charset=utf-8" becomes "text/plain". "text/x-vCard" becomes "text/x-vcard".

All MIME types received from outside Android (such as user input, or external sources like Bluetooth, NFC, or the Internet) should be normalized before they are used to create an Intent.

Parameters
`type`	`String`: MIME data type to normalize

Returns
`String`	normalized MIME data type, or null if the input was null

See also:

parseIntent

Added in API level 1

Intent parseIntent (Resources resources, 
                XmlPullParser parser, 
                AttributeSet attrs)

Parses the "intent" element (and its children) from XML and instantiates an Intent object. The given XML parser should be located at the tag where parsing should start (often named "intent"), from which the basic action, data, type, and package and class name will be retrieved. The function will then parse in to any child elements, looking for tags to add categories and to attach extra data to the intent.

Parameters
`resources`	`Resources`: The Resources to use when inflating resources.
`parser`	`XmlPullParser`: The XML parser pointing at an "intent" tag.
`attrs`	`AttributeSet`: The AttributeSet interface for retrieving extended attribute data at the current `parser` location.

Returns
`Intent`	An Intent object matching the XML data.

Throws
`XmlPullParserException`	If there was an XML parsing error.
`IOException`	If there was an I/O error.

parseUri

Added in API level 4

Intent parseUri (String uri, 
                int flags)

Create an intent from a URI. This URI may encode the action, category, and other intent fields, if it was returned by toUri(int). If the Intent was not generate by toUri(), its data will be the entire URI and its action will be ACTION_VIEW.

The URI given here must not be relative -- that is, it must include the scheme and full path.

Parameters
`uri`	`String`: The URI to turn into an Intent.
`flags`	`int`: Additional processing flags. Either 0, `URI_INTENT_SCHEME`, or `URI_ANDROID_APP_SCHEME`.

Returns
`Intent`	Intent The newly created Intent object.

Throws
`URISyntaxException`	Throws URISyntaxError if the basic URI syntax it bad (as parsed by the Uri class) or the Intent data within the URI is invalid.

See also:

toUri(int)

putCharSequenceArrayListExtra

Added in API level 8

Intent putCharSequenceArrayListExtra (String name, 
                ArrayList<CharSequence> value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`ArrayList`: The ArrayList data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                Parcelable value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`Parcelable`: The Parcelable data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                long[] value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`long`: The byte array data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                byte value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`byte`: The byte data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                double[] value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`double`: The double array data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                CharSequence value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`CharSequence`: The CharSequence data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                boolean[] value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`boolean`: The boolean array data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                int value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`int`: The integer data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                char[] value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`char`: The char array data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                byte[] value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`byte`: The byte array data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                Parcelable[] value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`Parcelable`: The Parcelable[] data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                Bundle value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`Bundle`: The Bundle data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 8

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                CharSequence[] value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`CharSequence`: The CharSequence array data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                float[] value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`float`: The float array data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                double value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`double`: The double data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                int[] value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`int`: The int array data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                String[] value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`String`: The String array data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                short[] value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`short`: The short array data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                boolean value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`boolean`: The boolean data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                String value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`String`: The String data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                long value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`long`: The long data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                char value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`char`: The char data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                Serializable value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`Serializable`: The Serializable data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                float value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`float`: The float data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtra (String name, 
                short value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`short`: The short data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putExtras

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtras (Intent src)

Copy all extras in 'src' in to this intent.

Parameters
`src`	`Intent`: Contains the extras to copy.

Returns
`Intent`

See also:

putExtra(String, Bundle)

putExtras

Added in API level 1

Intent putExtras (Bundle extras)

Add a set of extended data to the intent. The keys must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`extras`	`Bundle`: The Bundle of extras to add to this intent.

Returns
`Intent`

See also:

putIntegerArrayListExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putIntegerArrayListExtra (String name, 
                ArrayList<Integer> value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`ArrayList`: The ArrayList data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putParcelableArrayListExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putParcelableArrayListExtra (String name, 
                ArrayList<? extends Parcelable> value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`ArrayList`: The ArrayList data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

putStringArrayListExtra

Added in API level 1

Intent putStringArrayListExtra (String name, 
                ArrayList<String> value)

Add extended data to the intent. The name must include a package prefix, for example the app com.android.contacts would use names like "com.android.contacts.ShowAll".

Parameters
`name`	`String`: The name of the extra data, with package prefix.
`value`	`ArrayList`: The ArrayList data value.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

readFromParcel

Added in API level 1

void readFromParcel (Parcel in)

Parameters
`in`	`Parcel`

removeCategory

Added in API level 1

void removeCategory (String category)

Remove a category from an intent.

Parameters
`category`	`String`: The category to remove.

See also:

addCategory(String)

removeExtra

Added in API level 1

void removeExtra (String name)

Remove extended data from the intent.

Parameters
`name`	`String`

See also:

putExtra(String, Bundle)

replaceExtras

Added in API level 3

Intent replaceExtras (Intent src)

Completely replace the extras in the Intent with the extras in the given Intent.

Parameters
`src`	`Intent`: The exact extras contained in this Intent are copied into the target intent, replacing any that were previously there.

Returns
`Intent`

replaceExtras

Added in API level 3

Intent replaceExtras (Bundle extras)

Completely replace the extras in the Intent with the given Bundle of extras.

Parameters
`extras`	`Bundle`: The new set of extras in the Intent, or null to erase all extras.

Returns
`Intent`

resolveActivity

Added in API level 1

ComponentName resolveActivity (PackageManager pm)

Return the Activity component that should be used to handle this intent. The appropriate component is determined based on the information in the intent, evaluated as follows:

If getComponent() returns an explicit class, that is returned without any further consideration.

The activity must handle the CATEGORY_DEFAULT Intent category to be considered.

If getAction() is non-NULL, the activity must handle this action.

If resolveType(ContentResolver) returns non-NULL, the activity must handle this type.

If addCategory(String) has added any categories, the activity must handle ALL of the categories specified.

If getPackage() is non-NULL, only activity components in that application package will be considered.

If there are no activities that satisfy all of these conditions, a null string is returned.

If multiple activities are found to satisfy the intent, the one with the highest priority will be used. If there are multiple activities with the same priority, the system will either pick the best activity based on user preference, or resolve to a system class that will allow the user to pick an activity and forward from there.

This method is implemented simply by calling resolveActivity(Intent, int) with the "defaultOnly" parameter true.

This API is called for you as part of starting an activity from an intent. You do not normally need to call it yourself.

Parameters
`pm`	`PackageManager`: The package manager with which to resolve the Intent.

Returns
`ComponentName`	Name of the component implementing an activity that can display the intent.

See also:

resolveActivityInfo

Added in API level 1

ActivityInfo resolveActivityInfo (PackageManager pm, 
                int flags)

Resolve the Intent into an ActivityInfo describing the activity that should execute the intent. Resolution follows the same rules as described for resolveActivity(PackageManager), but you get back the completely information about the resolved activity instead of just its class name.

Parameters
`pm`	`PackageManager`: The package manager with which to resolve the Intent.
`flags`	`int`: Addition information to retrieve as per `PackageManager.getActivityInfo()`.

Returns
`ActivityInfo`	PackageManager.ActivityInfo

See also:

resolveActivity(PackageManager)

resolveType

Added in API level 1

String resolveType (Context context)

Return the MIME data type of this intent. If the type field is explicitly set, that is simply returned. Otherwise, if the data is set, the type of that data is returned. If neither fields are set, a null is returned.

Parameters
`context`	`Context`

Returns
`String`	The MIME type of this intent.

See also:

resolveType

Added in API level 1

String resolveType (ContentResolver resolver)

Parameters
`resolver`	`ContentResolver`: A ContentResolver that can be used to determine the MIME type of the intent's data.

Returns
`String`	The MIME type of this intent.

See also:

resolveTypeIfNeeded

Added in API level 1

String resolveTypeIfNeeded (ContentResolver resolver)

Return the MIME data type of this intent, only if it will be needed for intent resolution. This is not generally useful for application code; it is used by the frameworks for communicating with back-end system services.

Parameters
`resolver`	`ContentResolver`: A ContentResolver that can be used to determine the MIME type of the intent's data.

Returns
`String`	The MIME type of this intent, or null if it is unknown or not needed.

setAction

Added in API level 1

Intent setAction (String action)

Set the general action to be performed.

Parameters
`action`	`String`: An action name, such as ACTION_VIEW. Application-specific actions should be prefixed with the vendor's package name.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

getAction()

setClass

Added in API level 1

Intent setClass (Context packageContext, 
                Class<?> cls)

Convenience for calling setComponent(ComponentName) with the name returned by a Class object.

Parameters
`packageContext`	`Context`: A Context of the application package implementing this class.
`cls`	`Class`: The class name to set, equivalent to `setClassName(context, cls.getName())`.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setComponent(ComponentName)

setClassName

Added in API level 1

Intent setClassName (String packageName, 
                String className)

Convenience for calling setComponent(ComponentName) with an explicit application package name and class name.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The name of the package implementing the desired component.
`className`	`String`: The name of a class inside of the application package that will be used as the component for this Intent.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setClassName

Added in API level 1

Intent setClassName (Context packageContext, 
                String className)

Convenience for calling setComponent(ComponentName) with an explicit class name.

Parameters
`packageContext`	`Context`: A Context of the application package implementing this class.
`className`	`String`: The name of a class inside of the application package that will be used as the component for this Intent.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setClipData

Added in API level 16

void setClipData (ClipData clip)

Set a ClipData associated with this Intent. This replaces any previously set ClipData.

The ClipData in an intent is not used for Intent matching or other such operations. Semantically it is like extras, used to transmit additional data with the Intent. The main feature of using this over the extras for data is that FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION and FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION will operate on any URI items included in the clip data. This is useful, in particular, if you want to transmit an Intent containing multiple content: URIs for which the recipient may not have global permission to access the content provider.

If the ClipData contains items that are themselves Intents, any grant flags in those Intents will be ignored. Only the top-level flags of the main Intent are respected, and will be applied to all Uri or Intent items in the clip (or sub-items of the clip).

The MIME type, label, and icon in the ClipData object are not directly used by Intent. Applications should generally rely on the MIME type of the Intent itself, not what it may find in the ClipData. A common practice is to construct a ClipData for use with an Intent with a MIME type of "*/*".

Parameters
`clip`	`ClipData`: The new clip to set. May be null to clear the current clip.

setComponent

Added in API level 1

Intent setComponent (ComponentName component)

(Usually optional) Explicitly set the component to handle the intent. If left with the default value of null, the system will determine the appropriate class to use based on the other fields (action, data, type, categories) in the Intent. If this class is defined, the specified class will always be used regardless of the other fields. You should only set this value when you know you absolutely want a specific class to be used; otherwise it is better to let the system find the appropriate class so that you will respect the installed applications and user preferences.

Parameters
`component`	`ComponentName`: The name of the application component to handle the intent, or null to let the system find one for you.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setData

Added in API level 1

Intent setData (Uri data)

Set the data this intent is operating on. This method automatically clears any type that was previously set by setType(String) or setTypeAndNormalize(String).

Note: scheme matching in the Android framework is case-sensitive, unlike the formal RFC. As a result, you should always write your Uri with a lower case scheme, or use normalizeScheme() or setDataAndNormalize(Uri) to ensure that the scheme is converted to lower case.

Parameters
`data`	`Uri`: The Uri of the data this intent is now targeting.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setDataAndNormalize

Added in API level 16

Intent setDataAndNormalize (Uri data)

Normalize and set the data this intent is operating on.

This method automatically clears any type that was previously set (for example, by setType(String)).

The data Uri is normalized using normalizeScheme() before it is set, so really this is just a convenience method for

 setData(data.normalize())

Parameters
`data`	`Uri`: The Uri of the data this intent is now targeting.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setDataAndType

Added in API level 1

Intent setDataAndType (Uri data, 
                String type)

(Usually optional) Set the data for the intent along with an explicit MIME data type. This method should very rarely be used -- it allows you to override the MIME type that would ordinarily be inferred from the data with your own type given here.

Note: MIME type and Uri scheme matching in the Android framework is case-sensitive, unlike the formal RFC definitions. As a result, you should always write these elements with lower case letters, or use normalizeMimeType(String) or normalizeScheme() or setDataAndTypeAndNormalize(Uri, String) to ensure that they are converted to lower case.

Parameters
`data`	`Uri`: The Uri of the data this intent is now targeting.
`type`	`String`: The MIME type of the data being handled by this intent.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setDataAndTypeAndNormalize

Added in API level 16

Intent setDataAndTypeAndNormalize (Uri data, 
                String type)

(Usually optional) Normalize and set both the data Uri and an explicit MIME data type. This method should very rarely be used -- it allows you to override the MIME type that would ordinarily be inferred from the data with your own type given here.

The data Uri and the MIME type are normalize using normalizeScheme() and normalizeMimeType(String) before they are set, so really this is just a convenience method for

 setDataAndType(data.normalize(), Intent.normalizeMimeType(type))

Parameters
`data`	`Uri`: The Uri of the data this intent is now targeting.
`type`	`String`: The MIME type of the data being handled by this intent.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setExtrasClassLoader

Added in API level 1

void setExtrasClassLoader (ClassLoader loader)

Sets the ClassLoader that will be used when unmarshalling any Parcelable values from the extras of this Intent.

Parameters
`loader`	`ClassLoader`: a ClassLoader, or null to use the default loader at the time of unmarshalling.

setFlags

Added in API level 1

Intent setFlags (int flags)

Set special flags controlling how this intent is handled. Most values here depend on the type of component being executed by the Intent, specifically the FLAG_ACTIVITY_* flags are all for use with Context.startActivity() and the FLAG_RECEIVER_* flags are all for use with Context.sendBroadcast().

See the Tasks and Back Stack documentation for important information on how some of these options impact the behavior of your application.

Parameters
`flags`	`int`: The desired flags.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setPackage

Added in API level 4

Intent setPackage (String packageName)

(Usually optional) Set an explicit application package name that limits the components this Intent will resolve to. If left to the default value of null, all components in all applications will considered. If non-null, the Intent can only match the components in the given application package.

Parameters
`packageName`	`String`: The name of the application package to handle the intent, or null to allow any application package.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setSelector

Added in API level 15

void setSelector (Intent selector)

Set a selector for this Intent. This is a modification to the kinds of things the Intent will match. If the selector is set, it will be used when trying to find entities that can handle the Intent, instead of the main contents of the Intent. This allows you build an Intent containing a generic protocol while targeting it more specifically.

An example of where this may be used is with things like CATEGORY_APP_BROWSER. This category allows you to build an Intent that will launch the Browser application. However, the correct main entry point of an application is actually ACTION_MAIN CATEGORY_LAUNCHER with setComponent(ComponentName) used to specify the actual Activity to launch. If you launch the browser with something different, undesired behavior may happen if the user has previously or later launches it the normal way, since they do not match. Instead, you can build an Intent with the MAIN action (but no ComponentName yet specified) and set a selector with ACTION_MAIN and CATEGORY_APP_BROWSER to point it specifically to the browser activity.

Setting a selector does not impact the behavior of filterEquals(Intent) and filterHashCode(). This is part of the desired behavior of a selector -- it does not impact the base meaning of the Intent, just what kinds of things will be matched against it when determining who can handle it.

You can not use both a selector and setPackage(String) on the same base Intent.

Parameters
`selector`	`Intent`: The desired selector Intent; set to null to not use a special selector.

setSourceBounds

Added in API level 7

void setSourceBounds (Rect r)

Set the bounds of the sender of this intent, in screen coordinates. This can be used as a hint to the receiver for animations and the like. Null means that there is no source bounds.

Parameters
`r`	`Rect`

setType

Added in API level 1

Intent setType (String type)

Set an explicit MIME data type.

This is used to create intents that only specify a type and not data, for example to indicate the type of data to return.

This method automatically clears any data that was previously set (for example by setData(Uri)).

Note: MIME type matching in the Android framework is case-sensitive, unlike formal RFC MIME types. As a result, you should always write your MIME types with lower case letters, or use normalizeMimeType(String) or setTypeAndNormalize(String) to ensure that it is converted to lower case.

Parameters
`type`	`String`: The MIME type of the data being handled by this intent.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

setTypeAndNormalize

Added in API level 16

Intent setTypeAndNormalize (String type)

Normalize and set an explicit MIME data type.

This is used to create intents that only specify a type and not data, for example to indicate the type of data to return.

This method automatically clears any data that was previously set (for example by setData(Uri)).

The MIME type is normalized using normalizeMimeType(String) before it is set, so really this is just a convenience method for

 setType(Intent.normalizeMimeType(type))

Parameters
`type`	`String`: The MIME type of the data being handled by this intent.

Returns
`Intent`	Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

See also:

toString

Added in API level 1

String toString ()

Returns a string representation of the object. In general, the toString method returns a string that "textually represents" this object. The result should be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a person to read. It is recommended that all subclasses override this method.

The toString method for class Object returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the object is an instance, the at-sign character `@', and the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the value of:

 getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())

Returns
`String`	a string representation of the object.

toURI

Added in API level 1

String toURI ()

This method was deprecated in API level 4.
Use toUri(int) instead.

Call toUri(int) with 0 flags.

Returns
`String`

toUri

Added in API level 4

String toUri (int flags)

Convert this Intent into a String holding a URI representation of it. The returned URI string has been properly URI encoded, so it can be used with Uri.parse(String). The URI contains the Intent's data as the base URI, with an additional fragment describing the action, categories, type, flags, package, component, and extras.

You can convert the returned string back to an Intent with getIntent(String).

Parameters
`flags`	`int`: Additional operating flags. Either 0, `URI_INTENT_SCHEME`, or `URI_ANDROID_APP_SCHEME`.

Returns
`String`	Returns a URI encoding URI string describing the entire contents of the Intent.

writeToParcel

Added in API level 1

void writeToParcel (Parcel out, 
                int flags)

Flatten this object in to a Parcel.

Parameters
`out`	`Parcel`: The Parcel in which the object should be written.
`flags`	`int`: Additional flags about how the object should be written. May be 0 or `PARCELABLE_WRITE_RETURN_VALUE`.

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