Intent.AddCategory(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Android.Content

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Add a new category to the intent.

[Android.Runtime.Register("addCategory", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Landroid/content/Intent;", "GetAddCategory_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")]
public virtual Android.Content.Intent AddCategory (string? category);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("addCategory", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Landroid/content/Intent;", "GetAddCategory_Ljava_lang_String_Handler")>]
abstract member AddCategory : string -> Android.Content.Intent
override this.AddCategory : string -> Android.Content.Intent

Parameters

category: String

The desired category. This can be either one of the predefined Intent categories, or a custom category in your own namespace.

Returns

Intent

Returns the same Intent object, for chaining multiple calls into a single statement.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Remarks

Add a new category to the intent. Categories provide additional detail about the action the intent performs. When resolving an intent, only activities that provide <em>all</em> of the requested categories will be used.

Java documentation for android.content.Intent.addCategory(java.lang.String).

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

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