Inter-Component Communication Methods

Inter-component communication (ICC) methods are Android system methods that launches another Android component, e.g. another activity or service. ICC methods use either Intents or Unified Resource Identifiers (URIs) to identify the target component.

Transition Type	APIs of Context class
Launch activity	startActivity(Intent) startActivity(Intent, Bundle) startActivityForResult(Intent, int) startActivityForResult(Intent, int, Bundle) startActivityFromChild(Activity, Intent, int, Bundle) startActivityFromChild(Activity, Intent, int) startActivityFromFragment(Fragment, Intent, int) startActivityFromFragment(Fragment, Intent, int, Bundle) startActivityIfNeeded(Intent,int) startActivityIfNeeded(Intent, int, Bundle) startActivities(Intent[]) startActivities(Intent[], Bundle)
Launch service	startService(Intent) startForegroundService(Intent)
Send broadcast	sendBroadcast(Intent) sendBroadcast(Intent, String) sendBroadcastAsUser(Intent,UserHandle) sendBroadcastAsUser(Intent, UserHandle,String)