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Wouzz
Wouzz

Reputation: 1239

What is the exhaustive list of all "android.intent.action" actions available in the Android SDK?

Hi fellows,

I'd like to know if there is some exhaustive reference of all Intent actions defined in the standard Android SDK ? I'm thinking of the full "android.intent.action.someaction" names, not the restricted list of conveniently aliased actions defined in the Intent class, e.g Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Intent.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED, etc...

For those who believe all Intent actions are aliased in the Intent class (I was one of them until very recently) I have at least one action which is not : android.intent.action.HDMI_PLUG (defined in media/java/android/media/AudioService.java) and I believe there are many others.

But I could not find some exhaustive list in the Android Reference, so maybe if you can direct me to some place I can find it ?

Thanks !

--- UPDATE 23/01/2012 15h36 ---

Thanks to CommonsWare for mentioning HDMI_PLUG is not at all part of the Android SDk... it was a bad example, but still, there are intents that are not defined in Intent.java, such as TelephonyManager.ACTION_PHONE_STATE_CHANGED.

Upvotes: 35

Views: 47146

Answers (4)

Wouzz
Wouzz

Reputation: 1239

Hey I think I answered my own question :)

In my Android SDK directory, under /platforms/android-x/data (x being the API level) I've found several very interesting files:

  • activity_actions.txt
  • broadcast_actions.txt
  • categories.txt
  • features.txt
  • widgets.txt

Turns out the first two contain plenty of raw Intents, including ones that are not defined in Intent.java !

I'm not quite sure what theses lists are here for, I'd just like to be sure they are exhaustive for their API level... (even if I don't see why they wouldn't be)

Upvotes: 64

user3870443
user3870443

Reputation: 1

No, at least I have not found an exhaustive list and have been looking for one. I was looking for all of the NFC related Intents (e.g. ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED, ACTION_TECH_DISCOVERED, ...). It seems like the developer.android.com documentation is all piece-meal. What I mean is that there is hardly any 'definitive' sections on anything. A little bit frustrating. (But that's just my opinion).

Upvotes: 0

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1006674

I'd like to know if there is some exhaustive reference of all Intent actions defined in the standard Android SDK ?

No.

For those who believe all Intent actions are aliased in the Intent class (I was one of them until very recently) I have at least one action which is not : android.intent.action.HDMI_PLUG (defined in media/java/android/media/AudioService.java) and I believe there are many others.

If it is not in the SDK, there is no guarantee that it will exist on any given version of Android (past/present/future) or on any given device (given manufacturers' ability to change non-SDK elements). Specifically in this case, there is no AudioService in the Android SDK and there is no HDMI_PLUG action in the Android SDK.

Upvotes: 6

LuxuryMode
LuxuryMode

Reputation: 33741

If there is any exhaustive list, it'd be here http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html starting at "Standard Activity Actions".

Upvotes: 7

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