| page.title=Increase Usage with Android Intents |
| page.metaDescription=Use Android Intents to make your app available to users as they perform tasks in other apps. |
| page.tags="engagement, intents" |
| @jd:body |
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| <p>Let the user choose <em>your app</em> to handle specific tasks from another app, |
| such as sharing a picture, sending a message, or playing music. You can do this though |
| Android's open Intents system. By adding Intent filters for the tasks your app can handle, |
| you make it easy for the user to access your app’s features from other apps and from voice |
| commands in Google Now.</p> |
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| <img src="{@docRoot}images/distribute/engage-intents.png"> |
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| <p>By declaring Intent Filters in your app, it informs the Android OS about the |
| actions it can perform for other apps. And in addition to making it easy for |
| your users to make full use of your app’s features, it can help them discover |
| features they didn’t know it supported.</p> |
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| <p>Get started with <a |
| href="{@docRoot}training/basics/intents/index.html">Interacting with Other Apps</a> |
| training.</p> |
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| <h2 id=tips>Tips</h2> |
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| <ul> |
| <li> Identify and package any features your app can offer to other apps. |
| <li> Use the "view" intent to give users the option to open any links to your |
| website within your app instead. |
| <li> Familiarize yourself with actions commonly accomplished with intents, such as |
| sharing, so that you can focus on your app's core functionality and outsource |
| common actions. |
| </ul> |
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| <h2 style="clear:both" id="related-resources">Related Resources</h2> |
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