Is there any way to put extras to Intent from preferences?
AndroidAndroid IntentIntentfilterExtrasAndroid Problem Overview
Hi i'm launching activity from preferences screen. Activity is shared among three preferences. I wonder if i can set extras for this activity in xml
<Preference
android:key="action_1"
android:title="@string/action_1_title"
>
<intent
android:action="com.package.SHAREDACTION"
>
</intent>
</Preference>
i wonder if i can do something like
<extras>
<item
android:name=""
android:value=""/>
</extras>
All i need to do to pass an integer really. I can different actions and check action instead of extras.
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
I got an answer, you can use it like this:
<Preference
android:key="xxx"
android:title="xxx"
android:summary="xxx">
<intent android:action="xxx" >
<extra android:name="xxx" android:value="xxx" />
</intent>
</Preference>
Solution 2 - Android
There is a data field for intents described in the documentation here.
It is used in the API demo application for the XML preferences to launch an intent in the Intent Preferences example.
Related example xml from that demo in preferences.xml:
<PreferenceScreen
android:title="@string/title_intent_preference"
android:summary="@string/summary_intent_preference">
<intent android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
android:data="http://www.android.com" />
</PreferenceScreen>
Maybe this approach could work for you?
Solution 3 - Android
Add the preference to the preference.xml file:
<Preference android:title="user" android:key="user"/>
And then you can use a setOnPreferenceClickListener to launch an Intent with extras.
Preference userButton = (Preference) findPreference("user");
userButton.setOnPreferenceClickListener(new Preference.OnPreferenceClickListener() {
@Override
public boolean onPreferenceClick(Preference arg0) {
Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(), YourTargetActivity.class);
intent.putExtra(EXTRA, mUser);
startActivity(intent);
return true;
}
});
Solution 4 - Android
working for me.
<shortcut
android:enabled="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/xxx"
android:shortcutDisabledMessage="@string/xxx"
android:shortcutId="xxxx"
android:shortcutLongLabel="xxx"
android:shortcutShortLabel="xxx">
<intent
android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
android:targetClass="xxx"
android:targetPackage="xxx">
<extra
android:name="intent_name"
android:value="true" />
</intent>
</shortcut>
Solution 5 - Android
As your extras are not constants, you should pass them in the java code instead of xml.
Intent intent = new Intent( this, YourTargetActivity.class );
intent.putExtra( EXTRAS_KEY, extras );
yourPref.setIntent( intent );
Solution 6 - Android
You can use
<PreferenceScreen
android:title="@string/title_intent_preference"
android:summary="@string/summary_intent_preference">
<intent android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
android:data="hello world" />
</PreferenceScreen>
to send the intent data. Then in your activity simply use:
getIntent().getDataString()
Solution 7 - Android
To send email or rate on market you need to use something like
<Preference
android:title="@string/title_intent_preference"
android:summary="@string/summary_intent_preference">
<intent android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
android:data="market://details?id=com.your_package" />
</Preference>
<Preference
android:title="@string/title_intent_preference"
android:summary="@string/summary_intent_preference">
<intent android:action="android.intent.action.VIEW"
android:data="mailto:[email protected]" />
</Preference>
Solution 8 - Android
Not really an answer to your question, but very much related. Maybe someone will find it useful. For newer API (>11) you have a preference-headers file and you can define custom intents for one of the headers. I was trying to add a custom Extra to one of the headers and the solution I found goes like this:
In your preference-headers.xml:
<header
android:fragment="com.mypackage.MyPreference$Prefs1Fragment"
android:title="Intent"
android:summary="Launches an Intent.">
</header>
In your "MyPreference" class (extends PreferenceActivity) you have:
public static class Prefs1Fragment extends PreferenceFragment {
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
Intent intent = new Intent(getActivity(), MyTargetActivity.class);
// set the desired extras, flags etc to the intent
intent.putExtra("customExtra", "Something that I used to know");
// starting our target activity
startActivity(intent);
// ending the current activity, which is just a redirector to our end goal
getActivity().finish();
}
}