Thank you Mark, I actually thought about making my own UI, and I hesitated because I thought it made more sense to reuse something already existing. But after all, I think you're right. It will be easier to make my own.
On Sep 27, 5:44 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Jordan B. wrote: > > Thank you for your answer. I know that you can use Intent#putExtra to > > pass data to the activity that will handle the intent. My question was > > rather: is there such a key that makes it possible to pass a set of > > images? > > None that is documented, AFAIK. > > >>> If it is not possible, I thought about making my own ContentProvider, > >>> and passing the URI of the image using this ContentProvider. The > >>> latter will only contain the set of images that the user may browse. > >>> Will it work with my own ContentProvider? > > It already works with the Media content provider, so it should work with > yours, if you set it up properly. > > All that being said, you may consider what your end functionality will > be. Third-party activities are pretty much sealed boxes. The more you > find that you are having to try to twist your code to work with those > boxes, the more likely it is that you would have spent less time > building your own UI. > > For example, if you decide that you want to add a custom context menu, > or a custom option menu choice, or even just change the title bar, you > won't be able to. Every minute you spend trying to get your content > provider working is a minute you could have rolled your own UI and had > total control. > > In this case, I suspect the activity you are reusing is open source, so > you could even consider using that source as a starting point for your > custom implementation. > > So, be fairly sure that you can get by with using the built-in activity > before you fuss too much with the content provider. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Beginning Android_ from Apress Now Available! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
