Chapter 4. Main Building Blocks

In this chapter, you will learn about the big blocks in Android. We’ll give you a high-level overview of what activities are, how intents work, why services are cool, how to use broadcast receivers and content providers to make your app scale, and much more.

By the end of this chapter, you will understand the main Android components for building applications. You should conceptually know when you’d use what component. You will also see how these components relate to a real-world application.