At long last, I decided to look at OpenIntents and I do see the appeal due to this issue. But, I still see a lot of potential for developers who don't use (or know about) OpenIntents to reinvent the wheel.
On Apr 22, 4:33 am, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is one area > > I'm a bit confused on. I don't really see how defining Intents can be > > done well unless a central body defines them. For instance, my file > > selector might expect a totally different intent from what yours > > expects. > > This is exactly the point that we try to address with our open source > project OpenIntents (http://www.openintents.org/). > We define and implement commonly used intents in a way that should be > consistent across various applications. > > For the case of picking a media file we have media browser and media > player that closely work together:http://www.openintents.org/en/node/15 > In fact, for those we did not have to define any new intents: If you > call the media browser with the PICK intent or GET_CONTENT intent on > audio, video, or image URIs, it will open the activity that lets you > select a file from Android's media content provider and return that to > the calling activity. > If you start from the media browser directly and select a file, it > will call the VIEW intent on the media file URI which will > automatically start the media player. > You can replace either media browser or media player or both by other > applications. > > Full source code is available for download atwww.openintents.org, > but if you have further questions, don't hesitate to ask. > > Peli --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
