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- syntax:
<action android:name="string" />
- contained in:
<intent-filter>
- description:
- Adds an action to an intent filter.
An
<intent-filter>
element must contain one or more <action> elements. If there
are no <action> elements in an intent filter, the filter
doesn't accept any Intent objects.
For details about intent filters and the role of action
specifications within a filter, see
Intents and
Intent Filters.
- attributes:
android:name- The name of the action. Some standard actions are defined in the
Intent class as
ACTION_string constants. To assign one of these actions to
this attribute, prepend android.intent.action. to the
string that follows ACTION_.
For example, for ACTION_MAIN, use android.intent.action.MAIN,
and for ACTION_WEB_SEARCH, use android.intent.action.WEB_SEARCH.
For actions you define, it's best to use your app's package name as a prefix to
help ensure uniqueness. For example, a TRANSMOGRIFY action might be specified
as follows:
<action android:name="com.example.project.TRANSMOGRIFY" />
- introduced in:
- API Level 1
- see also:
<intent-filter>
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