Reference of Available Intents

This document describes the default applications and settings that Google provides in their standard Android implementation.

Intents handled by Google Android applications

Android ships with Activities that handle the following Intent URI/Action pairs.

Scheme Action
android.intent.action.value Description

http://web_address
https://web_address VIEW Open a browser window to the URL specified.

"" (empty string)
http://web_address
https://web_address WEB_SEARCH Opens the file at the location on the device in the browser.

tel: phone_number

CALL

Calls the entered phone number. Valid telephone numbers as defined in the IETF RFC 3966 are accepted. Valid examples include the following:

tel:2125551212
tel: (212) 555 1212

The dialer is good at normalizing some kinds of schemes: for example telephone numbers, so the schema described isn't strictly required in the Uri(URI string) factory. However, if you have not tried a schema or are unsure whether it can be handled, use the Uri.fromParts(scheme, ssp, fragment) factory instead.

Note: This requires your application to request the following permission in your manifest: <uses-permission id="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />

tel:phone_number
voicemail:

DIAL

Dials (but does not actually initiate the call) the number given (or the stored voicemail on the phone). Telephone number normalization described for CALL applies to DIAL as well.

geo:latitude,longitude
geo:latitude,longitude?z=zoom
geo:0,0?q=my+street+address
geo:0,0?q=business+near+city

VIEW

Opens the Maps application to the given location or query. The Geo URI scheme (not fully supported) is currently under development.

The z field specifies the zoom level. A zoom level of 1 shows the whole Earth, centered at the given lat,lng. A zoom level of 2 shows a quarter of the Earth, and so on. The highest zoom level is 23. A larger zoom level will be clamped to 23.

google.streetview:cbll=lat,lng&cbp=1,yaw,,pitch,zoom&mz=mapZoom

VIEW

Opens the Street View application to the given location. The URI scheme is based on the syntax used for Street View panorama information in Google Maps URLs.

The cbll field is required. The cbp and mz fields are optional.

Parameter	Description
lat	latitude
lng	longitude
yaw	Panorama center-of-view in degrees clockwise from North. Note: The two commas after the yaw parameter are required. They are present for backwards-compatibility reasons.
pitch	Panorama center-of-view in degrees from -90 (look straight up) to 90 (look straight down.)
zoom	Panorama zoom. 1.0 = normal zoom, 2.0 = zoomed in 2x, 3.0 = zoomed in 4x, and so on. A zoom of 1.0 is 90 degree horizontal FOV for a nominal landscape mode 4 x 3 aspect ratio display. Android phones in portrait mode will adjust the zoom so that the vertical FOV is approximately the same as the landscape vertical FOV. This means that the horizontal FOV of an Android phone in portrait mode is much narrower than in landscape mode. This is done to minimize the fisheye lens effect that would be present if a 90 degree horizontal FOV was used in portrait mode.
mapZoom	The map zoom of the map location associated with this panorama. This value is passed on to the Maps activity when the Street View "Go to Maps" menu item is chosen. It corresponds to the z parameter in the geo: intent.