Team Leader Android Developer Interview Question:

Explain me what is the difference between an implicit intent and explicit intent?

Submitted by: Muhammad

There are two types of Intent implicit and explicit intent, let see some more difference between them.

Implicit: Implicit intent is when you call system default intent like send email, send SMS, dial number.

For example,

Intent sendIntent = new Intent();
sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, textMessage);
sendIntent.setType("text/plain")
startactivity(sendIntent);

Explicit: Explicit intent when you call you're on application activity from one activity to another
For example, first activity to second activity:
Intent intent = new Intent(first.this, second.class);
startactivity(intent);
Submitted by: Muhammad