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J. StevensonAndroid Software Internals Quick Referencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6914-5_4

4. Intents

James Stevenson1  
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London, UK
 
Intents are one of the core inter-process communication (IPC) mechanisms in Android, allowing for applications to communicate (e.g., send data or initiate an action) with other Android components (including applications) even if the recipient is not currently running. There are two main categories of intent in Android, these being:
  • Explicit - Explicit intents are intents that specify the application or both the application and component that will action the request.

  • Implicit - Implicit intents are more vague and specify ...

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