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Intents and Broadcast Receivers

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Wrapping Up

1:34 with Ben Jakuben

You are now officially an expert communicator! Let's take a quick review of all the things we learned in this course.

Extra Challenge

As an idea for extra practice of these new skills, try implementing some of the common Intents listed on the Common Intents page on the Android Develoepr Site. Can you set an alarm? How about sending an email with an attachment?

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    All right. 0:00
    You are now officially an expert communicator. 0:01
    As of today, you will never send the wrong data anywhere ever again. 0:04
    Let's bring back our handy list and review everything we've covered. 0:08
    The first thing we did was to review intents, and 0:12
    how we can add extra data to them. 0:14
    This is really the cornerstone of inter-component communication in Android. 0:16
    Intents are passed around within apps, from activities to services. 0:20
    And back and from one app to another or even broadcast to the whole system. 0:24
    We then learn how to be good listeners. 0:30
    We saw how intent filters are used to route intents to 0:32
    things that can handle them. 0:35
    And how the data from intents can be unpacked and used in the new context. 0:36
    We followed up with some exploration of broadcasting and 0:41
    receiving data on a much wider level. 0:44
    Always remember that broadcast receivers can help us be aware of state 0:47
    changes to an Android device, which at times can really help and 0:50
    enhance a user's experience. 0:53
    Lastly, we reviewed and 0:56
    enhanced some local notifications that help users know what's going on. 0:58
    Even when our app is no longer in the foreground. 1:01
    My intention was to get you excited about the power of intents in Android. 1:04
    What do you think? 1:09
    Are you ready to integrate your app with others? 1:10
    I do have one final warning though. 1:13
    You are now spoiled. 1:15
    If you develop for other platforms, you will find yourself saying. 1:16
    I wish I could use an intent for this. 1:20
    In fact, even in real life you'll come across things where it be nice to wrap up 1:22
    your intentions and send them off to be handled by something else. 1:25
    Good luck and have fun on the next part of your journey with Android. 1:29
    Thanks for being here and see you later. 1:32

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