Chapter 16
Android Intents: Inter-Application Programming
In this chapter, we will delve deeper into Android Intents. Intents are utilized by developers to process inter-module communications or instructions within four primary functional areas comprising Android Application Development: Activities, Services, Broadcast Receivers and Content Providers.
We have learned all about Activities, since those contain the front-end of your Android application, including your designs, content, new media, user interface, and so on. In the next three chapters, we’re going to cover the other three primary functional areas for Android: Services (Processing), Broadcast Receivers (Messaging), and Content Providers (Data Storage).
To be able to cover these ...
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