Intents

An intent is to perform an action on the screen. It is mostly used to start activity, send broadcast
receiver,start services and send message between two activities. There are two intents available in
android as Implicit Intents and Explicit Intents. Here is a sample example of how to move from one
activity to another activity.
Step1: Create two layouts file in res/layout/ folder..
Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main.xml. (First Activity layout)
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android =
"http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools = "http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width = "match_parent"
android:layout_height = "match_parent">
<LinearLayout
android:layout_width = "match_parent"
android:layout_height = "match_parent"
android:gravity = "center"
android:orientation = "vertical">
<Button
android:layout_width = "wrap_content"
android:layout_height = "wrap_content"
android:text = "Send to another activitys"
android:id = "@+id/send"/>
</LinearLayout>
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Add the following code to second_activity.xml (Second Activity layout )
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"?>
<android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android =
"http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools = "http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width = "match_parent"
android:layout_height = "match_parent"
android:layout_centerInParent = "true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal = "true"
 tools:context = ".SecondActivity">
<TextView
android:id = "@+id/data"
android:textSize = "20sp"
android:layout_width = "wrap_content"
android:layout_height = "wrap_content" />
</android.support.constraint.ConstraintLayout>
Step2: Add the following code to src/MainActivity.java (First activity)
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button send = findViewById(R.id.send);
send.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent send = new Intent(MainActivity.this, SecondActivity.class);
startActivity(send);
}
});
}
}
In the above activity we are starting new activity using startActivity(). To start activity, we need to
create new intent and we have to pass current activity and new activity as shown below.
Intent send = new Intent(MainActivity.this, SecondActivity.class);
startActivity(send);
Step3: Create a new activity and add the following code to src/SecondActivity.java (Second Activity)
package com.example.andy.myapplication;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class SecondActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.second_activity);
TextView data=findViewById(R.id.data);
data.setText("This is second activity");
}
}
Step5 − Add the following code to AndroidManifest.xml.
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package = "com.example.andy.myapplication">
<application
android:allowBackup = "true"
android:icon = "@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label = "@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon = "@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl = "true"
android:theme = "@style/AppTheme">
<activity android:name = ".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name = "android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name = "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name = ".SecondActivity"></activity>
 </application>
</manifest>
In the above code, we have declare MainActivity and SecondActivity as shown below.
<activity android:name = ".SecondActivity"></activity>
<activity android:name = ".MainActivity""></activity>
Let's try to run your application. I assume you have connected your actual Android Mobile device
with your computer. To run the app from android studio, open one of your project's activity files and
click Run icon from the toolbar. Select your mobile device as an option and then check your
mobile device which will display your default screen.

Now click on Button to start new activity as shown below.