I found this: http://dtmilano.blogspot.com/2008/03/android-playing-with-intents-this.html
Its a pretty good explanation of intents. I see that if you want to pick something you can call the application that governs that information and ask it to return that info to you. A file selector doesnt make much sense the way Android handles things. It does mean that if you mix and match open-source applications in your phone, and each application is responsible for rolling its own 'viewer / picker / selector' then your phone is going to look and operate like a bit of a dogs breakfast. On Apr 21, 11:43 am, stefoid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, looking at the Android documentaion, it seems you can broadcast an > intent to an official intent reciever, or pass an intent to a specific > activity to handle. > > So far, so good, but it says that intents passed to intent recievers > should handle the request quickly and without any GUI acitvity. So > that leaves the first method - starting an activity by passing it an > intent - as the way > > What about the situation where you want to start an activity to handle > an intent (because it must take a while and use a GUI), but you dont > know specifically which activity should do it? > > An example. One thing that classifies as an activity (or application > in its own right) is a File Selector - something you use to pick a > resource like a photo or a text file or something. It seems > unreasonable for each applciation to duplicte file selection, you > would want the file selection process to appear consistant throughout > every applciation in the phone. i.e. make a request to <something> > capable of file selection. > > How would you go about setting that up? And if you do, is it possible > to replace the file selector with a different application and have the > phone still work OK? > > cheers --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
