Intent Overview - Motorola MC40 Integrator Manual

• Basic data formatting - Allows configuration of any data formatting for the related Output Plug-in. When the
plug-in is disabled any data is passed on without modification.
– Enabled - Enables or disables Basic Data Formatting. A check in the checkbox indicates that it is enabled
(default - enabled).
– Prefix to data - Add characters to the beginning of the data when sent.
– Suffix to data - Add characters to the end of the data when sent.
– Send data - Set to transfer the captured data to the foreground application. Disabling this option prevents the
actual data from being transmitted. However, the prefix and suffix strings, if present, are still transmitted
even when this option is disabled (default - enabled).
– Send as hex - Set to send the data in hexadecimal format. A check in the checkbox indicates that the plug-in
is enabled (default - disabled).
– Send TAB key - Set to append a tab character to the end of the processed data. A check in the checkbox
indicates that the plug-in is enabled (default - disabled).
– Send ENTER key - Set to append an Enter character to the end of the processed data. A check in the
checkbox indicates that the plug-in is enabled (default - disabled).

4.6.4.1 Intent Overview

The core components of an Android application (its activities, services, and broadcast receivers) are activated by
intents. An intent is a bundle of information (an Intent object) describing a desired action - including the data to be
acted upon, the category of component that should perform the action, and other pertinent instructions. Android
locates an appropriate component to respond to the intent, launches a new instance of the component if one
is needed, and passes it the Intent object.
Components advertise their capabilities, the kinds of intents they can respond to, through intent filters. Since the
system must learn which intents a component can handle before it launches the component, intent filters are
specified in the manifest as <intent-filter>elements. A component may have any number of filters, each one
describing a different capability. For example, if the manifest contains the following:
<intent-filter .
<action android:name="android.intent.action.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.MAIN" />
</intent-filter>
In the Intent output plug-in configuration, the Intent action would be:
android.intent.category.DEFAULT
and the Intent category would be:
android.intent.category.MAIN.
The Intent delivery option allows the method by which the intent is delivered to be specified. The delivery
mechanisms are Send via startActivity, Send via startService or Broadcast intent.
The decode related data added to the Intent's bundle can be retrieved using the Intent.getStringtExtra()
and Intent.getSerializableExtra() calls, using the following String tags:
• String LABEL_TYPE_TAG = "com.motorolasolutions.emdk.datawedge.label_type";
– String contains the label type of the bar code.
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