Intent

An Intent is a messaging object you can use to request an action from another app component. You can use the Intent component to start a new acitivity or pass data to another activity.

Example

Set of blocks to start another activity while passing the data of someValue with key someKey.

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Blocks

setData

Used to point to the location of a data object (like a file for example), while putExtra adds simple data types (such as an SMS text string for example).

Type	Explanation	Required
Intent	Intent Component	Yes
String	Data to transfer to next activity. Read more here.	No

setScreen

Sets the screen to navigate to.

Type	Explanation	Required
Intent	Intent Component	Yes
Activity	Activity to navigate to	Yes

putExtra

Pass data to another Activity. After you pass the data, you retrieve the data using the Activity getExtra key [] block.

Type	Explanation	Required
Intent	Intent Component	Yes
String	Key value used to retrieve later	Yes
String	Value to pass	Yes

setFlags

Change the behavior of an activity.

1. SINGLE_TOP — Organizes the views in a way that if the view you’re about to transition to was already called before, it would bring that view to the top rather than putting another copy on the top.

2. CLEAR_TOP - Clears all the previous views.

Type	Explanation	Required
Intent	Intent Component	Yes
Flag	Flag to set	Yes

startActivity

Start a new activity.

Type	Explanation	Required
Intent	Intent Component	Yes