hackbod wrote: > Actually I don't think I would structure the example that way -- it > isn't really the kind of UI flow you would do, so this isn't how the > action is intended to be used. What it is mainly used for is when you > want to pop up a list of things for the user to choose from to fill in > a field. For example, if you were going to write a shortcut manager, > you could use ACTION_PICK_ACTIVITY to have the user pick an activity > to assign to a shortcut. If the Intent extra you give it is > action=MAIN category=LAUNCHER they will be picking from all of the > "applications" they have installed.
Oh. > For the case of picking a contact and then do something with it, > probably what you want to use is a chooser -- see http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_CHOOSER Oh! > This presents to the user a list of activities that match the given > intent (if there is more than one) and upon selecting one of them > executes that activity on the caller's behalf. This is intended for > things like having the user add an attachment to an e-mail message > (where you want to present a list of things that can supply > attachments), so I think it better follows the example you want, and > should be used far more than the PICK_ACTIVITY action. OH!!! So, I had the right concept, but the wrong action name. That beats most of the alternatives. > Instead of queryIntentActivityOptions(), I would suggest using the > higher-level menu apis: > http://code.google.com/android/reference/android/view/Menu.html#addIntentOptions(int,%20int,%20int,%20android.content.ComponentName,%20android.content.Intent[],%20android.content.Intent,%20int,%20android.view.MenuItem[]) Yeah, I already have that one written up from before. > To be honest, though, for our current UI we have pretty much backed > away from the menu approach, and I think all of the regular apps are > now using ACTION_CHOOSER for places where their actions can be > extended. The chooser approach seems to work a bit better for > scalability in the places we have been using it. I can imagine the options menu may get kinda crowded. This is just what I needed to know. Many thanks! -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 1.1 Published! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new Android 0.9 SDK beta! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/announcing-beta-release-of-android-sdk.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
