We can use classic path using file:///, but in recent & coming versions of android it is a mistake, Android forces us to use fileprovider because of many reasons, the most ones: Let's exploring more of them now because we'll want them a lot in next tutorial parts.ġ- When you miss important part of message (intent), Android OS evaluates the most suitable property/method for it, simply Android OS try to fill the blank you missed It will fill it automatically & send your message, or pick a list of choices for user to select/fill manually, or if Android OS can't evaluate missed info: simply your app will CRASH!Įxample 1: intent says: Hey Android: show me the contact people number 100 in the list, note we don't specify the target app by setPackage, we let this on android to decide which target app or android requests the user to select the appropirate app.Īs you see we used fileprovider to fill the path of image. In previous part we simply exploring top most intent methods/properties, In fact there are more properties & methods intent has. So, Android os can modify your message or adding extra parameters/actions to your message to be deliverable. Intent (specific/intentional message between android apps) is not sent directly from your app to another app, It sent to android os which handle it & make decision for delivering it to another app.
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