explicit-intent

Working with android I realized that implicit intents are good choice in most of cases due to their's flexibility. But what's about explicit intents? What are benefits of using them? What are common cases when it's a good practice to use them? Aditya Kamath Implicit Intents do not directly specify the Android components which should be called, it only specifies action to be performed. A Uri can be used with the implicit intent to specify the data type. for example Intent intent = new Intent(ACTION_VIEW,Uri.parse("http://www.google.com")); this will cause web browser to open a webpage. Android

What is the difference between explicit and implicit activity call in android? If you explain the answer with a simple example will be good. MichaelP For example: implicit activity call In intent filter you create action for you activity, so other app can call your activity via this action as following: <activity android:name=".BrowserActivitiy" android:label="@string/app_name"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> <data android:scheme="http"/> </intent-filter> </activity> And the other way to call