- syntax:
<category android: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
Intent
class asCATEGORY_name
constants. The name assigned here can be derived from those constants by prefixing "android.intent.category.
" to thename
that followsCATEGORY_
. For example, the string value forCATEGORY_LAUNCHER
is "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
".Note: In order to receive implicit intents, you must include the
CATEGORY_DEFAULT
category in the intent filter. The methodsstartActivity()
andstartActivityForResult()
treat all intents as if they declared theCATEGORY_DEFAULT
category. If you do not declare it in your intent filter, no implicit intents will resolve to your activity.Custom categories should use the package name as a prefix, to ensure that they are unique.
- introduced in:
- API Level 1
- see also:
<action>
<data>