Fields

The fields of Android.Content.Intent are listed below. For a list of all members, see the Intent Members list.

Public Fields

const	ActionAirplaneModeChanged	string.
const	ActionAllApps	string. Activity Action: List all available applications
const	ActionAnswer	string. Activity Action: Handle an incoming phone call.
const	ActionAppError	string. Activity Action: The user pressed the "Report" button in the crash/ANR dialog.
const	ActionApplicationRestrictionsChanged	string. Broadcast Action: Sent after application restrictions are changed.
const	ActionAssist	string. Activity Action: Perform assist action.
const	ActionAttachData	string. Used to indicate that some piece of data should be attached to some other place.
const	ActionBatteryChanged	string. Broadcast Action: This is a sticky broadcast containing the charging state, level, and other information about the battery.
const	ActionBatteryLow	string. Broadcast Action: Indicates low battery condition on the device.
const	ActionBatteryOkay	string. Broadcast Action: Indicates the battery is now okay after being low.
const	ActionBootCompleted	string. Broadcast Action: This is broadcast once, after the system has finished booting.
const	ActionBugReport	string. Activity Action: Show activity for reporting a bug.
const	ActionCall	string. Activity Action: Perform a call to someone specified by the data.
const	ActionCallButton	string. Activity Action: The user pressed the "call" button to go to the dialer or other appropriate UI for placing a call.
const	ActionCameraButton	string. Broadcast Action: The "Camera Button" was pressed.
const	ActionChooser	string. Activity Action: Display an activity chooser, allowing the user to pick what they want to before proceeding.
const	ActionCloseSystemDialogs	string. Broadcast Action: This is broadcast when a user action should request a temporary system dialog to dismiss.
const	ActionConfigurationChanged	string. Broadcast Action: The current device `Android.Content.Res.Configuration` (orientation, locale, etc) has changed.
const	ActionCreateDocument	string. Activity Action: Allow the user to create a new document.
const	ActionCreateShortcut	string. Activity Action: Creates a shortcut.
const	ActionDateChanged	string. Broadcast Action: The date has changed.
const	ActionDefault	string. A synonym for `Intent.ActionView`, the "standard" action that is performed on a piece of data.
const	ActionDelete	string. Activity Action: Delete the given data from its container.
const	ActionDeviceStorageLow	string. Broadcast Action: A sticky broadcast that indicates low memory condition on the device
const	ActionDeviceStorageOk	string. Broadcast Action: Indicates low memory condition on the device no longer exists
const	ActionDial	string. Activity Action: Dial a number as specified by the data.
const	ActionDockEvent	string. Broadcast Action: A sticky broadcast for changes in the physical docking state of the device.
const	ActionDreamingStarted	string. Broadcast Action: Sent after the system starts dreaming.
const	ActionDreamingStopped	string. Broadcast Action: Sent after the system stops dreaming.
const	ActionEdit	string. Activity Action: Provide explicit editable access to the given data.
const	ActionExternalApplicationsAvailable	string. Broadcast Action: Resources for a set of packages (which were previously unavailable) are currently available since the media on which they exist is available.
const	ActionExternalApplicationsUnavailable	string. Broadcast Action: Resources for a set of packages are currently unavailable since the media on which they exist is unavailable.
const	ActionFactoryTest	string. Activity Action: Main entry point for factory tests.
const	ActionGetContent	string. Activity Action: Allow the user to select a particular kind of data and return it.
const	ActionGetRestrictionEntries	string. Broadcast to a specific application to query any supported restrictions to impose on restricted users.
const	ActionGtalkServiceConnected	string. Broadcast Action: A GTalk connection has been established.
const	ActionGtalkServiceDisconnected	string. Broadcast Action: A GTalk connection has been disconnected.
const	ActionHeadsetPlug	string. Broadcast Action: Wired Headset plugged in or unplugged.
const	ActionInputMethodChanged	string. Broadcast Action: An input method has been changed.
const	ActionInsert	string. Activity Action: Insert an empty item into the given container.
const	ActionInsertOrEdit	string. Activity Action: Pick an existing item, or insert a new item, and then edit it.
const	ActionInstallPackage	string. Activity Action: Launch application installer.
const	ActionLocaleChanged	string. Broadcast Action: The current device's locale has changed.
const	ActionMain	string. Activity Action: Start as a main entry point, does not expect to receive data.
const	ActionManagedProfileAdded	string. Broadcast sent to the primary user when an associated managed profile is added (the profile was created and is ready to be used).
const	ActionManagedProfileRemoved	string. Broadcast sent to the primary user when an associated managed profile is removed.
const	ActionManageNetworkUsage	string. Activity Action: Show settings for managing network data usage of a specific application.
const	ActionManagePackageStorage	string. Broadcast Action: Indicates low memory condition notification acknowledged by user and package management should be started.
const	ActionMediaBadRemoval	string. Broadcast Action: External media was removed from SD card slot, but mount point was not unmounted.
const	ActionMediaButton	string. Broadcast Action: The "Media Button" was pressed.
const	ActionMediaChecking	string. Broadcast Action: External media is present, and being disk-checked The path to the mount point for the checking media is contained in the Intent.mData field.
const	ActionMediaEject	string. Broadcast Action: User has expressed the desire to remove the external storage media.
const	ActionMediaMounted	string. Broadcast Action: External media is present and mounted at its mount point.
const	ActionMediaNofs	string. Broadcast Action: External media is present, but is using an incompatible fs (or is blank) The path to the mount point for the checking media is contained in the Intent.mData field.
const	ActionMediaRemoved	string. Broadcast Action: External media has been removed.
const	ActionMediaScannerFinished	string. Broadcast Action: The media scanner has finished scanning a directory.
const	ActionMediaScannerScanFile	string. Broadcast Action: Request the media scanner to scan a file and add it to the media database.
const	ActionMediaScannerStarted	string. Broadcast Action: The media scanner has started scanning a directory.
const	ActionMediaShared	string. Broadcast Action: External media is unmounted because it is being shared via USB mass storage.
const	ActionMediaUnmountable	string. Broadcast Action: External media is present but cannot be mounted.
const	ActionMediaUnmounted	string. Broadcast Action: External media is present, but not mounted at its mount point.
const	ActionMyPackageReplaced	string. Broadcast Action: A new version of your application has been installed over an existing one.
const	ActionNewOutgoingCall	string. Broadcast Action: An outgoing call is about to be placed.
const	ActionOpenDocument	string. Activity Action: Allow the user to select and return one or more existing documents.
const	ActionOpenDocumentTree	string. Activity Action: Allow the user to pick a directory subtree.
const	ActionPackageAdded	string. Broadcast Action: A new application package has been installed on the device.
const	ActionPackageChanged	string. Broadcast Action: An existing application package has been changed (e.g. a component has been enabled or disabled).
const	ActionPackageDataCleared	string. Broadcast Action: The user has cleared the data of a package.
const	ActionPackageFirstLaunch	string. Broadcast Action: Sent to the installer package of an application when that application is first launched (that is the first time it is moved out of the stopped state).
const	ActionPackageFullyRemoved	string. Broadcast Action: An existing application package has been completely removed from the device.
const	ActionPackageInstall	string. Broadcast Action: Trigger the download and eventual installation of a package.
const	ActionPackageNeedsVerification	string. Broadcast Action: Sent to the system package verifier when a package needs to be verified.
const	ActionPackageRemoved	string. Broadcast Action: An existing application package has been removed from the device.
const	ActionPackageReplaced	string. Broadcast Action: A new version of an application package has been installed, replacing an existing version that was previously installed.
const	ActionPackageRestarted	string. Broadcast Action: The user has restarted a package, and all of its processes have been killed.
const	ActionPackageVerified	string. Broadcast Action: Sent to the system package verifier when a package is verified.
const	ActionPaste	string. Activity Action: Create a new item in the given container, initializing it from the current contents of the clipboard.
const	ActionPick	string. Activity Action: Pick an item from the data, returning what was selected.
const	ActionPickActivity	string. Activity Action: Pick an activity given an intent, returning the class selected.
const	ActionPowerConnected	string. Broadcast Action: External power has been connected to the device.
const	ActionPowerDisconnected	string. Broadcast Action: External power has been removed from the device.
const	ActionPowerUsageSummary	string. Activity Action: Show power usage information to the user.
const	ActionProviderChanged	string. Broadcast Action: Some content providers have parts of their namespace where they publish new events or items that the user may be especially interested in.
const	ActionQuickClock	string. Sent when the user taps on the clock widget in the system's "quick settings" area.
const	ActionReboot	string. Broadcast Action: Have the device reboot.
const	ActionRun	string. Activity Action: Run the data, whatever that means.
const	ActionScreenOff	string. Broadcast Action: Sent when the device goes to sleep and becomes non-interactive.
const	ActionScreenOn	string. Broadcast Action: Sent when the device wakes up and becomes interactive.
const	ActionSearch	string. Activity Action: Perform a search.
const	ActionSearchLongPress	string. Activity Action: Start action associated with long pressing on the search key.
const	ActionSend	string. Activity Action: Deliver some data to someone else.
const	ActionSendMultiple	string. Activity Action: Deliver multiple data to someone else.
const	ActionSendto	string. Activity Action: Send a message to someone specified by the data.
const	ActionSetWallpaper	string. Activity Action: Show settings for choosing wallpaper
const	ActionShutdown	string. Broadcast Action: Device is shutting down.
const	ActionSync	string. Activity Action: Perform a data synchronization.
const	ActionSystemTutorial	string. Activity Action: Start the platform-defined tutorial
const	ActionTimeChanged	string. Broadcast Action: The time was set.
const	ActionTimeTick	string. Broadcast Action: The current time has changed.
const	ActionTimezoneChanged	string. Broadcast Action: The timezone has changed.
const	ActionUidRemoved	string. Broadcast Action: A user ID has been removed from the system.
const	ActionUmsConnected	string. Broadcast Action: The device has entered USB Mass Storage mode.
const	ActionUmsDisconnected	string. Broadcast Action: The device has exited USB Mass Storage mode.
const	ActionUninstallPackage	string. Activity Action: Launch application uninstaller.
const	ActionUserBackground	string. Sent when a user switch is happening, causing the process's user to be sent to the background.
const	ActionUserForeground	string. Sent when a user switch is happening, causing the process's user to be brought to the foreground.
const	ActionUserInitialize	string. Sent the first time a user is starting, to allow system apps to perform one time initialization.
const	ActionUserPresent	string. Broadcast Action: Sent when the user is present after device wakes up (e.g when the keyguard is gone).
const	ActionView	string. Activity Action: Display the data to the user.
const	ActionVoiceCommand	string. Activity Action: Start Voice Command.
const	ActionWallpaperChanged	string. Broadcast Action: The current system wallpaper has changed.
const	ActionWebSearch	string. Activity Action: Perform a web search.
const	CategoryAlternative	string. Set if the activity should be considered as an alternative action to the data the user is currently viewing.
const	CategoryAppBrowser	string. Used with `Intent.ActionMain` to launch the browser application.
const	CategoryAppCalculator	string. Used with `Intent.ActionMain` to launch the calculator application.
const	CategoryAppCalendar	string. Used with `Intent.ActionMain` to launch the calendar application.
const	CategoryAppContacts	string. Used with `Intent.ActionMain` to launch the contacts application.
const	CategoryAppEmail	string. Used with `Intent.ActionMain` to launch the email application.
const	CategoryAppGallery	string. Used with `Intent.ActionMain` to launch the gallery application.
const	CategoryAppMaps	string. Used with `Intent.ActionMain` to launch the maps application.
const	CategoryAppMarket	string. This activity allows the user to browse and download new applications.
const	CategoryAppMessaging	string. Used with `Intent.ActionMain` to launch the messaging application.
const	CategoryAppMusic	string. Used with `Intent.ActionMain` to launch the music application.
const	CategoryBrowsable	string. Activities that can be safely invoked from a browser must support this category.
const	CategoryCarDock	string. An activity to run when device is inserted into a car dock.
const	CategoryCarMode	string. Used to indicate that the activity can be used in a car environment.
const	CategoryDefault	string. Set if the activity should be an option for the default action (center press) to perform on a piece of data.
const	CategoryDeskDock	string. An activity to run when device is inserted into a car dock.
const	CategoryDevelopmentPreference	string. This activity is a development preference panel.
const	CategoryEmbed	string. Capable of running inside a parent activity container.
const	CategoryFrameworkInstrumentationTest	string. To be used as code under test for framework instrumentation tests.
const	CategoryHeDeskDock	string. An activity to run when device is inserted into a digital (high end) dock.
const	CategoryHome	string. This is the home activity, that is the first activity that is displayed when the device boots.
const	CategoryInfo	string. Provides information about the package it is in; typically used if a package does not contain a `Intent.CategoryLauncher` to provide a front-door to the user without having to be shown in the all apps list.
const	CategoryLauncher	string. Should be displayed in the top-level launcher.
const	CategoryLeanbackLauncher	string. Indicates an activity optimized for Leanback mode, and that should be displayed in the Leanback launcher.
const	CategoryLeDeskDock	string. An activity to run when device is inserted into a analog (low end) dock.
const	CategoryMonkey	string. This activity may be exercised by the monkey or other automated test tools.
const	CategoryOpenable	string. Used to indicate that an intent only wants URIs that can be opened with `ContentResolver.OpenFileDescriptor(Android.Net.Uri, System.String)`.
const	CategoryPreference	string. This activity is a preference panel.
const	CategorySampleCode	string. To be used as a sample code example (not part of the normal user experience).
const	CategorySelectedAlternative	string. Set if the activity should be considered as an alternative selection action to the data the user has currently selected.
const	CategoryTab	string. Intended to be used as a tab inside of a containing TabActivity.
const	CategoryTest	string. To be used as a test (not part of the normal user experience).
const	CategoryUnitTest	string. To be used as a unit test (run through the Test Harness).
const	ExtraAlarmCount	string. Used as an int extra field in `Android.App.AlarmManager` intents to tell the application being invoked how many pending alarms are being delievered with the intent.
const	ExtraAllowMultiple	string. Extra used to indicate that an intent can allow the user to select and return multiple items.
const	ExtraAllowReplace	string. Used as a boolean extra field with `Intent.ActionInstallPackage` to install a package.
const	ExtraAssistContext	string. An optional field on `Intent.ActionAssist` and containing additional contextual information supplied by the current foreground app at the time of the assist request.
const	ExtraAssistInputHintKeyboard	string. An optional field on `Intent.ActionAssist` suggesting that the user will likely use a keyboard as the primary input device for assistance.
const	ExtraAssistPackage	string. An optional field on `Intent.ActionAssist` containing the name of the current foreground application package at the time the assist was invoked.
const	ExtraBcc	string. A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be blind carbon copied.
const	ExtraBugReport	string. Used as a parcelable extra field in `Intent.ActionAppError`, containing the bug report.
const	ExtraCc	string. A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be carbon copied.
const	ExtraChangedComponentName	string.
const	ExtraChangedComponentNameList	string. This field is part of `Intent.ActionPackageChanged`, and contains a string array of all of the components that have changed.
const	ExtraChangedPackageList	string. This field is part of `Intent.ActionExternalApplicationsAvailable`, `Intent.ActionExternalApplicationsUnavailable` and contains a string array of all of the components that have changed.
const	ExtraChangedUidList	string. This field is part of `Intent.ActionExternalApplicationsAvailable`, `Intent.ActionExternalApplicationsUnavailable` and contains an integer array of uids of all of the components that have changed.
const	ExtraDataRemoved	string. Used as a boolean extra field in `Intent.ActionPackageRemoved` intents to indicate whether this represents a full uninstall (removing both the code and its data) or a partial uninstall (leaving its data, implying that this is an update).
const	ExtraDockState	string. Used as an int extra field in `Intent.ActionDockEvent` intents to request the dock state.
const	ExtraDontKillApp	string. Used as a boolean extra field in `Intent.ActionPackageRemoved` or `Intent.ActionPackageChanged` intents to override the default action of restarting the application.
const	ExtraEmail	string. A String[] holding e-mail addresses that should be delivered to.
const	ExtraHtmlText	string. A constant String that is associated with the Intent, used with `Intent.ActionSend` to supply an alternative to `Intent.ExtraText` as HTML formatted text.
const	ExtraInitialIntents	string. A Parcelable[] of `Android.Content.Intent` or `Android.Content.PM.LabeledIntent` objects as set with `Intent.PutExtra(string, Android.OS.IParcelable[])` of additional activities to place a the front of the list of choices, when shown to the user with a `Intent.ActionChooser`.
const	ExtraInstallerPackageName	string. Used as a string extra field with `Intent.ActionInstallPackage` to install a package.
const	ExtraIntent	string. An Intent describing the choices you would like shown with `Intent.ActionPickActivity`.
const	ExtraKeyEvent	string. A `Android.Views.KeyEvent` object containing the event that triggered the creation of the Intent it is in.
const	ExtraLocalOnly	string. Extra used to indicate that an intent should only return data that is on the local device.
const	ExtraMimeTypes	string. Extra used to communicate a set of acceptable MIME types.
const	ExtraNotUnknownSource	string. Used as a boolean extra field with `Intent.ActionInstallPackage` to install a package.
const	ExtraOriginatingUri	string. Used as a URI extra field with `Intent.ActionInstallPackage` and `Intent.ActionView` to indicate the URI from which the local APK in the Intent data field originated from.
const	ExtraPhoneNumber	string. A String holding the phone number originally entered in `Intent.ActionNewOutgoingCall`, or the actual number to call in a `Intent.ActionCall`.
const	ExtraReferrer	string. Used as a URI extra field with `Intent.ActionInstallPackage` and `Intent.ActionView` to indicate the HTTP referrer URI associated with the Intent data field or `Intent.ExtraOriginatingUri`.
const	ExtraRemoteIntentToken	string. Used in the extra field in the remote intent.
const	ExtraReplacementExtras	string. A Bundle forming a mapping of potential target package names to different extras Bundles to add to the default intent extras in `Intent.ExtraIntent` when used with `Intent.ActionChooser`.
const	ExtraReplacing	string. Used as a boolean extra field in `Intent.ActionPackageRemoved` intents to indicate that this is a replacement of the package, so this broadcast will immediately be followed by an add broadcast for a different version of the same package.
const	ExtraRestrictionsBundle	string. Extra sent in the intent to the BroadcastReceiver that handles `Intent.ActionGetRestrictionEntries`.
const	ExtraRestrictionsIntent	string. Extra used in the response from a BroadcastReceiver that handles `Intent.ActionGetRestrictionEntries`.
const	ExtraRestrictionsList	string. Extra used in the response from a BroadcastReceiver that handles `Intent.ActionGetRestrictionEntries`.
const	ExtraReturnResult	string. Used as a boolean extra field with `Intent.ActionInstallPackage` or `Intent.ActionUninstallPackage`.
const	ExtraShortcutIcon	string. The name of the extra used to define the icon, as a Bitmap, of a shortcut.
const	ExtraShortcutIconResource	string. The name of the extra used to define the icon, as a ShortcutIconResource, of a shortcut.
const	ExtraShortcutIntent	string. The name of the extra used to define the Intent of a shortcut.
const	ExtraShortcutName	string. The name of the extra used to define the name of a shortcut.
const	ExtraShutdownUserspaceOnly	string. Optional extra for `Intent.ActionShutdown` that allows the sender to qualify that this shutdown is only for the user space of the system, not a complete shutdown.
const	ExtraStream	string. A content: URI holding a stream of data associated with the Intent, used with `Intent.ActionSend` to supply the data being sent.
const	ExtraSubject	string. A constant string holding the desired subject line of a message.
const	ExtraTemplate	string. The initial data to place in a newly created record.
const	ExtraText	string. A constant CharSequence that is associated with the Intent, used with `Intent.ActionSend` to supply the literal data to be sent.
const	ExtraTitle	string. A CharSequence dialog title to provide to the user when used with a `Intent.ActionChooser`.
const	ExtraUid	string. Used as an int extra field in `Intent.ActionUidRemoved` intents to supply the uid the package had been assigned.
const	ExtraUser	string. The UserHandle carried with broadcasts intents related to addition and removal of managed profiles - `Intent.ActionManagedProfileAdded` and `Intent.ActionManagedProfileRemoved`.
const	MetadataDockHome	string. Boolean that can be supplied as meta-data with a dock activity, to indicate that the dock should take over the home key when it is active.
const	UriIntentScheme	IntentUriType (1). Flag for use with `Intent.ToUri(IntentUriType)` and `Intent.ParseUri(string, Android.Content.IntentUriType)`: the URI string always has the "intent:" scheme.