What’s inside an Intent?

Action, data uri, category, component, extras

Example mas intent
ACTION_VIEW
geo:47.6, -122.3

Example dial intent
ACTION_DIAL
tel:2125551212

Common intent guide
https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html?utm_source=udacity&utm_medium=course&utm_campaign=android_basics

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static final int REQUEST_IMAGE_CAPTURE = 1;
static final Uri mLocationForPhotos;
 
public void capturePhoto(String targetFilename) {
    Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
    intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT,
            Uri.withAppendedPath(mLocationForPhotos, targetFilename));
    if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
        startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
    }
}
 
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (requestCode == REQUEST_IMAGE_CAPTURE && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
        Bitmap thumbnail = data.getParcelable("data");
        // Do other work with full size photo saved in mLocationForPhotos
        ...
    }
}
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public void submitOrder(View view){
 
   Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
   intent.setData(Uri.parse("geo:47.6, 122.3"));
   if (intent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null){
       startActivity(intent);
   }
}