Learning Android Intents -- Table of Contents -- Learning Android Intents -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Understanding Android -- Introducing Android -- Exploring the different versions of Android -- Google Play - the official app store for Android -- Understanding the whys and whens of Android -- The evolution of Android OS -- Official IDE from Google - the Android Studio -- Features of Android Studio -- Limitations of Android Studio -- Building blocks of an Android application -- Coding components -- Media components -- The assets folder -- The res folder -- XML components -- The layout folder -- The menu folder -- The values folder -- AndroidManifest.xml -- Referencing components -- Library components -- Android Activity lifecycle -- Fundamental states of an activity -- The callback methods of the Activity lifecycle -- The activity lifecycle flow -- Summary -- 2. Introduction to Android Intents -- Role of intents in an Android Application -- Role of intents in Android Activities -- Role of intents in data transfer between activities -- Role of intents in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth transfer -- Role of intents in Android Camera -- Role of intents in GPS Sensor -- Role of intents in sending SMS/MMS -- Role of intents in Mobile Calls -- Role of intents in e-mail and social network posts -- Role of intents in Android Services -- Role of intent in Broadcast Receiver -- Role of intent in time zones -- Role of intent in Status Bar -- Intent - a technical overview -- The Coding component.

The XML component -- Implementation of Android Intents for Activity Navigation -- Understanding the flow -- Part one - MainActivity.java -- Part two - MySecondActivity.java -- Part three - activity_main.xml -- Part four - activity_two_layout.xml -- Part five - AndroidManifest.xml -- Future considerations -- Other constructors of the android.content.Intent class -- Intent() -- Intent(intent o) -- Intent(Context c, Class cls) -- Intent(String action) -- Intent(String action, URI uri) -- Getting results from Android Intents -- Understanding with an example -- Going deep into the example -- Explaining the code -- Part one - MainActivity.java -- Part two - MySecondActivity.java -- Part three - activity_main.xml -- Part four - activity_two_layout.xml -- Part five - AndroidManifest.xml -- Future considerations -- Structure of an intent -- Component -- Actions -- Data -- Extras -- Summary -- 3. Intent and Its Categorization -- Explicit intents -- Using explicit intents in an Android application -- Starting an activity through an explicit intent -- The MainActivity.java class -- The SecondActivity.java class -- The activity_main.xml file -- The activity_main2.xml file -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Starting a service through an explicit intent -- The ServiceExample.java class -- The ServiceDemoActivity.java class -- The activity_main.xml file -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Implicit intents -- Using implicit intents in an Android application -- Sharing content using implicit intents -- The activity_main.xml file -- The MainActivity.java class -- Registering your app for the share intent -- The activity_main.xml file -- The MainActivity.java class -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Selecting an image through an implicit intent -- The activity_main.xml file -- The MainActivity.java class -- Intents and Android late binding -- Summary.

4. Intents for Mobile Components -- Common mobile components -- The Wi-Fi component -- The Bluetooth component -- The Cellular component -- Global Positioning System (GPS) and geo-location -- The Geomagnetic field component -- Sensor components -- Motion sensors -- Position sensors -- Environmental sensors -- Components and intents -- Communication components -- Using Bluetooth through intents -- Some Bluetooth API classes -- BluetoothDevice -- BluetoothAdapter -- Turning on the Bluetooth app -- The MainActivity.java file -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Tracking the Bluetooth adapter state -- The MainActivity.java file -- The BluetoothStateReceiver.java file -- Being discoverable -- Monitoring the discoverability modes -- Communication via Bluetooth -- Using Wi-Fi through intents -- Checking the Internet connectivity status -- The NetworkStatusReceiver.java file -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Opening the Wi-Fi Settings app -- The activity_main.xml file -- The MainActivity.java file -- Media components -- Using intents to take pictures -- The activity_main.xml file -- The MainActivity.java file -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Using intents to record video -- Speech recognition using intents -- The activity_main.xml file -- The MainActivity.java file -- Role of intents in text-to-speech conversion -- Motion components -- Intents and proximity alerts -- What are proximity alerts? -- Role of intents in proximity alerts -- Summary -- 5. Data Transfer Using Intents -- Finding the need to transfer data -- Taking a simple example -- Data transfer between activities - an INTENTed way -- Data transfer in explicit intents -- Methods of data transfer between activities -- Data transfer using putExtras() -- Implementation of putExtras() -- Implement a readymade tutorial -- Understanding the code -- The Activity1.java class -- The Activity2.java class.

The main_first.xml file -- The main_second.xml file -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Future considerations -- Extras supported data types -- The concept of Android Bundles -- Data transfer using Parcelable -- Implementation of Parcelable -- Implement a readymade tutorial -- Understanding the Parcelable implementation -- The Activity1.java class -- The Activity2.java class -- The layout_activity1.xml file -- The layout_activity2.xml file -- The Person.java class -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Future Consideration -- Data transfer using Serializable -- What is Serializable? -- An example of Serializable -- Implementation of Serializable -- Passing Serializable - a tutorial -- Walking through the Serializable code -- The Activity1.java class -- The Activity2.java class -- The Person.java class -- The layout_activity1.xml file -- The layout_activity2.xml file -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Data and the implicit intents -- Viewing a map -- Opening a webpage -- Sending an e-mail -- Making a call -- Miscellaneous scenarios -- Summary -- 6. Accessing Android Features Using Intents -- Features of Android OS -- Android features versus components -- Common Android features -- Layouts and display -- Data storage and retrieval -- Connectivity and communication -- Accessibility and multitouch -- Extensive content and media support -- Hardware support -- Background services and multitasking -- Enhanced home screen -- Other Android features -- Android features and intents -- The and tags -- Hardware features -- Software features -- Sharing using the SEND action -- Telephony and making calls using intents -- Making phone calls using intents -- SMS/MMS using intents -- Sending SMS using intents -- Sending MMS using intents -- Confirming message delivery using intents -- Receiving SMS messages using intents.

The SmsManager class -- The SmsMessage object -- Protocol Data Unit (PDU) -- Notification using intents -- Notification forms -- The NotificationManager class -- The Notification class -- The Notification layout -- Summary -- 7. Intent Filters -- Intent object and its categorization -- Component name -- Intent resolution -- Action -- Data -- Use of data in ACTION_EDIT -- Use of data in ACTION_CALL -- Use of data in ACTION_VIEW -- Category -- Extras -- Intent filters -- Handling multiple intent filters -- Test components of an intent filter -- Action test -- Writing conventions for -- Category test -- Setting up the launcher activity -- Data test -- Typical representation of the tag -- Summary -- 8. Broadcasting Intents -- Broadcasting in the Android OS -- The broadcast intents -- Built-in broadcasts in Android systems -- Detecting the low-battery state of a device -- The BatteryLowReceiver.java file -- The BatteryLowActivity.java class -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Detecting the screen on/off state of a phone -- The ScreenOnOffReceiver.java file -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Detecting the cell phone's reboot-completed state -- The PhoneRebootCompletedReceiver.java file -- The TempService.java file -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Sending and receiving custom broadcasts -- The activity_main.xml layout file -- The MainActivity.java file -- The CustomReceiver.java file -- The AndroidManifest.xml file -- Summary -- 9. Intent Service and Pending Intents -- Intent Service -- Comparison of four fundamentals -- Best case to use -- Triggers -- Usage and implementation of Intent Service -- Generating a fake notification from Intent Service -- A glance at the code -- Dive into the understanding -- Taking another example -- Pending Intents -- How to make Pending Intents work? -- Summary -- Index.