Android App Security · Course 3
Components & Intents
See how apps' parts talk to each other, and which doors stay locked.
- 1The Four Building Blocks12 min · Meet activities, services, receivers and providers, the parts every app is built from.
- 2Intents & the Share Sheet13 min · See how apps ask each other for help, and how the share sheet decides who answers.
- 3Exported Components13 min · Learn which parts of an app other apps can reach, and how developers lock the rest.
- 4Deep Links12 min · Find out how a tapped link picks an app, and how verified links stop impostors.
- 5Challenge: The StudyBuddy Review15 min · Review a friend's app before launch and find the doors she left open.
Hands-on
Do it on the simulated phone
Every lesson has a lab you can try in your browser, plus questions that earn points toward the Intent Tracker badge.
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