What is the purpose of using Intent.createChooser() in StartActivity() while sending email in Android

Question

When ever we need to send an email in Android we will invoke registered email application using Intent.ACTION_SEND like below

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.AC         


        

Answer 1

AFAIK, if you use Intent.createChooser, there are three differences:

1. You can specify the title of the chooser dialog to make it more clear.

2. The system will always present the chooser dialog even if the user has chosen a default one.

3. If your intent created by Intent.createChooser doesn't match any activity, the system will still present a dialog with the specified title and an error message No application can perform this action. Or for the normal intent, you may get an Android runtime error with: Caused by: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent