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title: "What is an Intent?"  
description: "What is an Intent?"  
author: "James Smith"  
published: 2011-11-10  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1351/what-is-an-intent  
category: "mobile development"  
tags: ["mobile development"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is an Intent?

A class (Intent) which describes what a caller desires to do. The caller will send this intent to Android's \
intent resolver, which finds the most suitable activity for the intent. E.g. opening a PDF document is an intent, and the Adobe Reader apps will be the perfect activity for that intent (class).\

## Answers

### Answer by James Smith

A class (Intent) which describes what a caller desires to do. The caller will send this intent to Android's \
intent resolver, which finds the most suitable activity for the intent. E.g. opening a PDF document is an intent, and the Adobe Reader apps will be the perfect activity for that intent (class).\


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