Any workaround to save an Intent in settings?

android

Solution

You should use `myIntent.toURI()` to store the `Intent`, and use `Intent.getIntent(String uri)` to restore the `Intent`.

public void saveIntent(Intent intent) {
    mSharedPrefs.edit().putString(SOME_KEY, intent.toURI()).commit();
}

public Intent restoreIntent() {
    String uri = mSharedPrefs.getString(SOME_KEY, *mSomeDefaultUri*);
    return Intent.getIntent(uri);
}

Problem

Hope you will understand my question with my basic english... In my application, I allow the user to have a button that launch the application of his choice. I get no problem to make a list of all installed apps, get the Intent and launch the choosen app. But I would like to save the corresponding intent in the settings for the next time the user use my application, but settings only allow me to save basic data type ( Integer, boolean, Strings, etc. ) So, my question is how to save an intent in a smart way. I hope you can help me to find a solution.

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