I'm starting to learn how to develop apps for Android, and I'm having some issues with intents--it just doesn't seem like they're documented at all. All I want to do is send the user to the video recorder, where they record a video, and the video information is returned to my app. I know this is possible, as I've seen it in other apps, but it seems like the intent is undocumented (or I'm just not completely understanding how intents work).
Any thoughts?
Apart from above solutions, here are a list of common intents
//show web page intent:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://www.google.com");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,uri);
startActivity(it);
//show maps intent:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("geo:38.899533,-77.036476");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.Action_VIEW,uri);
startActivity(it);
//show ways
Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=startLat%20startLng&daddr=endLat%20endLng&hl=en");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,URI);
startActivity(it);
//call dial program
Uri uri = Uri.parse("tel:xxxxxx");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, uri);
startActivity(it);
Uri uri = Uri.parse("tel.xxxxxx");
Intent it =new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL,uri);
//don't forget add this config:<uses-permission id="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />
//send sms/mms, call sender program
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
it.putExtra("sms_body", "The SMS text");
it.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
startActivity(it);
//send sms
Uri uri = Uri.parse("smsto:0800000123");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
it.putExtra("sms_body", "The SMS text");
startActivity(it);
//send mms
Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://media/external/images/media/23");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
it.putExtra("sms_body", "some text");
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
it.setType("image/png");
startActivity(it);
//send email
Uri uri = Uri.parse("mailto:xxx#abc.com");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
startActivity(it);
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, "me#abc.com");
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "The email body text");
it.setType("text/plain");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(it, "Choose Email Client"));
Intent it=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
String[] tos={"me#abc.com"};
String[] ccs={"you#abc.com"};
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, tos);
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC, ccs);
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "The email body text");
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "The email subject text");
it.setType("message/rfc822");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(it, "Choose Email Client"));
//add extra
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "The email subject text");
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, "file:///sdcard/mysong.mp3");
sendIntent.setType("audio/mp3");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(it, "Choose Email Client"));
//play media
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri uri = Uri.parse("file:///sdcard/song.mp3");
it.setDataAndType(uri, "audio/mp3");
startActivity(it);
Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(MediaStore.Audio.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, "1");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(it);
//Uninstall
Uri uri = Uri.fromParts("package", strPackageName, null);
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DELETE, uri);
startActivity(it);
//uninstall apk
Uri uninstallUri = Uri.fromParts("package", "xxx", null);
returnIt = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DELETE, uninstallUri);
//install apk
Uri installUri = Uri.fromParts("package", "xxx", null);
returnIt = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED, installUri);
//play audio
Uri playUri = Uri.parse("file:///sdcard/download/everything.mp3");
returnIt = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, playUri);
//send extra
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "The email subject text");
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, "file:///sdcard/eoe.mp3");
sendIntent.setType("audio/mp3");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(it, "Choose Email Client"));
//search
Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://search?q=pname:pkg_name");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(it);
//where pkg_name is the full package path for an application
//show program detail page
Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=app_id");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(it);
//where app_id is the application ID, find the ID
//by clicking on your application on Market home
//page, and notice the ID from the address bar
//search google
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_WEB_SEARCH);
intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY,"searchString")
startActivity(intent);
In general, the Android developer docs are a good place to look for this kind of thing: there's a list of common intent actions in the Intent class reference. For recording video, check out the ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE intent action defined by the Media provider.
You might want to check out OpenIntents
This is relatively new from Google (they seem to have updated their old page which just showed Intents for standard Google apps).
Common Intents
It tells you exact Intent specification for performing a wide range of actions with apps for the following:
Alarm Clock
Camera
Calendar
Contacts / People
Email
File Storage
Maps
Music / Video
Phone Dialler
Settings
Text Messaging
Web browsing
It's important now that Google have provided a definitive list of the Intents that should be used for performing a given action, that we use them exactly as provided there. The reasoning behind Intents is all about a standard method of communication between apps (i.e. different developers), so it is important for the sake of your app's compatibility to talk in exactly the same language as the one everyone else will be using.
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I am developing an app, where I want to share the TEXT and IMAGE to other apps installed on my phone.
But when I click the share button Neither it shares TEXT nor IMAGE just empty it directs me to another app I chose for sharing.
below postDescription and postImage are my methods of model class, and I checked that am I getting values are not in a toast it gives there values properly.
Below is the code:
Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET);
shareIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
shareIntent.setType("image/*");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, postDescription);
Uri uri = Uri.parse(postImage);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share With"));
So the above bunch of code was not working, then I found code through which I can share my post TEXT and IMAGE to WhatsApp only, I tried that but it shows file formate not supported inside WhatsApp.
below is the code for sharing to WhatsApp only:
Uri imgUri = Uri.parse(postImage);
Intent whatsappIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
whatsappIntent.setType("text/plain");
whatsappIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
whatsappIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, postDescription );
whatsappIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, imgUri);
whatsappIntent.setType("image/jpeg");
whatsappIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
try {
context.startActivity(whatsappIntent);
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(context, "Whatsapp have not been installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
I want to know how to create a share button that works fine for WhatsApp and everything or only WhatsApp will do the work for me.
By removing the package from the intent, Android should display the list of apps that can handle the type of intent.
Uri imgUri = Uri.parse(postImage); //Provide the URI to the downloaded image, not an external URL
Intent whatsappIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
whatsappIntent.setType("*/*");
whatsappIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, postDescription );
whatsappIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, imgUri);
if (whatsappIntent.resolveActivity(packageManager) != null) {
startActivity(whatsappIntent)
}
I developed an app that can reverse search by image. I wish user can use image and keyword at the same time to reverse search.
The method getImgurContent() works. It returns image's URL on the internet. But I don't know how to reverse search image with keyword at the same time.
uri = Uri.parse("https://images.google.com/searchbyimage?image_url=" + getImgurContent());
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(intent);
You can try code below:
uri = Uri.parse("https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=findSomeImage");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(intent);
Or:
uri = Uri.parse("https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q="+ getImgurContent());
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(intent);
For opening an specific image in Instagram i use this intent:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/p/IMAGE_ID");
Intent insta = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
if i want to see an specific hashtag all images what i have to do? Actually i want to open Instagram and see images of an hashtag
Uri uri = Uri.parse("https://instagram.com/explore/tags/your_tag/");
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(intent);
I'm developing an application that share binary data (videos, musics) via bluetooth and so on. I'm using ACTION_SEND intent for that, but my device Toast a message like "File help.apk was not sent". My code is here:
Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET);
shareIntent.setType("*/*");
File fayl = new File("file:///" + "mnt/apps/help.apk");
Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(fayl);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
startActivity(shareIntent);
I want to write small Android app to send the message through Viber
to people whom are listed in my contact list. But I could not find
any sample code to do this task.
If you know how to do this task.
Please teach me.
Vonbk
If viber application is installed in your device, You can call an intent to share the text.
boolean found = false;
Intent share = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
share.setType("text/plain");
// gets the list of intents that can be loaded.
List<ResolveInfo> resInfo = context.getPackageManager()
.queryIntentActivities(share, 0);
if (!resInfo.isEmpty()) {
for (ResolveInfo info : resInfo) {
if (info.activityInfo.packageName.toLowerCase(
Locale.getDefault()).contains("com.viber.voip")
|| info.activityInfo.name.toLowerCase(
Locale.getDefault()).contains("com.viber.voip")) {
share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Your text to share");
share.setPackage(info.activityInfo.packageName);
found = true;
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Select"));
break;
}
}
if (!found) {
displayToast(context, "Install viber android application");
Uri marketUri = Uri.parse("market://details?id="
+ "com.viber.voip");
Intent marketIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, marketUri);
context.startActivity(marketIntent);
}
}
I am not sure it will work. But it will worth a shot.
You can also share with the plain intent which asks the user to select and share :
Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sharingIntent.setType("text/html");
sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, Html.fromHtml("<p>This is the text that will be shared.</p>"));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent,"Share using"));