
It is a description of what you want done, example: VIEW VIDEO, PLAY GAME etc. Think of intent as a message to communicate an action.This Android tutorial would discuss a few deeper concepts associated with the topic. So, we assume that you understand a little about Android Intent. When you click on the photo, the intent associated with the click event of photo is fired which communicates the message, and the Photo page opens (which is a new Activity). Suppose you are on the news feed screen (which is one Activity), and want to view a pic posted by our friend.


In our Android tutorial covering fresher interview questions, we had explained the usage of Intent in Facebook with the following example: Watch this video to get an overview of Intent.
