Open Intents Andreas Ipp

OpenIntents Overview for AndroidTM www.openintents.org peli@openintents.biz A2D2 Vienna, May 7, 2009

OI Applications on Android Market OI Shopping list OI Flashlight OI Notepad OI Safe OI News reader OI File manager OI Countdown OI Update Splashplay Timesheet Obscura

Splashplay Learn to play the guitar Chords appear in sync with the song Splashplay Top 50 With optionally available Android Developer hardware, chords appear Challenge 2008 on the guitar www.splashplay.mobi

“All apps are equal” “All applications are created equal” “Android does not differentiate between the phone's core applications and third-party applications. [Users] can swap out the phone's homescreen, the style of the dialer, or any of the applications.“ www.android.com/about Intents How does it work? “All animals are equal” (“but some animals are more equal than others”) George Orwell, 1945

What are intents? Web browser Android Intents: VIEW + www.google.com Intents: VIEW + Contact VIEW + www.google.com VIEW + Image DIAL + 123 PICK + Image EDIT + Contact SEND + Note ..... Intent = Action + Data (+ Extras + Categories + Flags)

OI Extensions OI applications work together OI Voice notes OI Shopping list OI Notepad OI Delete all OI Convert CSV OI About OI File manager OI Safe

OI Shopping list Keep track of your shopping items Various themes and extensions available OI Shopping list Extensions: (INTENT CATEGORY ALTERNATIVE) Record and play voice notes Export / import to Excel and Outlook OI Voice notes OI Convert CSV OI Delete all OI About

Timesheet Timesheet PICK_FILE Track times you spend on your various jobs INTENT Export to CSV files Schedule a job and add a calendar entry Extension TimeXchange (Beta) OI File manager

Obscura Picture safe Based on Android's Gallery Keeps your private pictures safe Obscura ENCRYPT INTENT Master key and password stay within OI Safe OI Safe OI Notepad AES and Trivium encryption

Create new intents Every developer can create their own new intents: VIEW SHOW DISPLAY EXHIBIT EXPOSE REVEAL The Tower of Babel by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1563)

Intent registry www.openintents.org Browse and find intents, actions, applications, URIs, extras Promote your own intents and applications As of May 2009: >40 registered intents >20 registered applications Reuse components! Don't reinvent the wheel!

More info Web site: www.openintents.org Developer group: http://groups.google.com/group/openintents Code repository: http://openintents.googlecode.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/openintents see Tech Session

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