<category>
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- syntax:
<categoryandroid:name="string"/>
- contained in:
<intent-filter>- description:
- Adds a category name to an intent filter. See Intents and Intent Filters for details on intent filters and the role of category specifications within a filter.
- attributes:
android:name- The name of the category. Standard categories are defined in the
Intentclass asCATEGORY_nameconstants. The name assigned here is derived from those constants by prefixingandroid.intent.category.to thenamethat followsCATEGORY_. For example, the string value forCATEGORY_LAUNCHERisandroid.intent.category.LAUNCHER.Note: To receive implicit intents, you must include the
CATEGORY_DEFAULTcategory in the intent filter. The methodsstartActivity()andstartActivityForResult()treat all intents as if they declared theCATEGORY_DEFAULTcategory. If you don't declare it in your intent filter, no implicit intents can resolve your activity.For custom categories, use the package name as a prefix so that they are unique.
- introduced in:
- API Level 1
- see also:
<action><data>