How to make an intent with multiple actions

Question

I want to display an activity chooser that shows all apps that can VIEW and/or EDIT some data. Is there an easy way to do this, or do I have to implement my

Answer 1

depends on what your data is. But in general using with ACTION_VIEW and some data attached you can use an IntentChoooser to populate the list of choices to the user.

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setType("text/plain");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "some data");  
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Open with"));

Be sure to set your type correctly so that applications will know that you are wanting to open something that they may be able to handle.

EDIT: I think you would have to use a package manager query to get your two lists then combine them into one and make your own activity / dialog that will pop-up and get populated with the data contained in your combined list.

Here is an example making the query:

List resInfo = getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(intent, 0);

so if you make your two Intents and call this twice, passing in each intent you should be able to combine the resulting lists to get your full set of possibilities. Then it is up to to create an activity or dialog to show them with.