Android: Native Android Action

Native Android Action

Native Android applications allow Intents to launch Activities and Sub-Activities.
Actions list:

• ACTION_VIEW

=> + content://contacts/people/1 -- Display information about the person whose identifier is "1".
=> + content://contacts/people/ -- Display a list of people, which the user can browse through.
=> +tel:123 -- Display the phone dialer with the given number filled in. Note how the VIEW action does what what is considered the most reasonable thing for a particular URI.

• ACTION_DIAL
  

=> +content://contacts/people/1 -- Display the phone dialer with the person filled in.
=> +tel:123 -- Display the phone dialer with the given number filled in.

• ACTION_EDIT content://contacts/people/1 -- Edit information about the person whose identifier is "1".

• ACTION_MAIN with category CATEGORY_HOME -- Launch the home screen.

• ACTION_GET_CONTENT with MIME type vnd.android.cursor.item/phone -- Display the list of people's phone numbers, allowing the user to browse through them and pick one and return it to the parent activity.

• ACTION_CALL Bring up a phone dialer and immediately initiates a call using the number suplied in the data URI. In generally, it's considered better form to use the DIAL_ACTION if possible.

• ACTION_DELETE Start an Activity that lets you delete the entry currently stored at the URI location.
• ACTION_ANSWER Open an Activity that handles incoming calls. This is handled by native phone dialer.
• ACTION_PICK
  
• ACTION_INSERT
• ACTION_SEARCH
• ACTION_SENDTO
• ACTION_SEND
• ACTION_WEB_SEARCH