Mark, thanks for your reply! On Dec 10, 9:09 pm, neuromit <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry I posted that from my phone and it didn't come out right. > > I was hoping that there would be a set of system intents that would be > passed on to whatever app is designated by the user as the default > app. > > Perhaps I don't understand the inner workings of android enough but I > just assumed that things would work this way. > > So if I have to use player specific intents for each different media > player, what is the best way to discover which intents an application > supports? I've tried pulling the AndroidManifest.xml from the apk's > but they have been processed into a semi-unreadable state. > > On Dec 10, 8:08 pm, neuromit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Right but I was going that there would be a standard set of that > > would get piped to the user specified default player. > > > so if this standard set of intents doesn't exist how do default > > applications work? If I want to send a sms from my app it can launch > > the default Messaging app without even knowing what that default app > > is. > > > On Dec 10, 11:18 am, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:15 AM, neuromit <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > I'm hoping that there are generic intents that get passed on to the user > > > > specified music player, however I haven't been able to figure out what > > > > they > > > > are. > > > > What you're describing doesn't really seem feasible. Anyone can make a > > > media > > > playing app without any standard or public intents. There's no way for you > > > to know how to control any one of them (if you even could using intents), > > > let alone ALL of them out there now and that will come out in the future. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ---------------------- > > > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > > > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices
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