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This is exactly the design of Android that makes so many people dislike it. the Intents API does literally everything that you mention. It is effectively somewh

This is exactly the design of Android that makes so many people dislike it. the Intents API does literally everything that you mention. It is effectively somewhat annoying in certain situations, but I think it's probably going to win. edit: typo

glhaynes 14y ago
In what ways is it annoying? (I don't have day-to-day usage experience with an Android device.)
- notatoad 14y ago
  it's a little too agressive. for example, i set it so firefox automatically handles all web links, and that means it is impossible to use the stock browser anymore. opening the browser and loading the homepage triggers an intent to load a webpage, so android opens firefox and loads the homepage there. also, it can get a little annoying to constantly be asked what app you want to use to do things, but this annoyance goes as you click the "don't ask me again" checkbox for more and more intents.