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title: "Describe three common use cases for using an Intent."  
description: "Describe three common use cases for using an Intent."  
author: "Hemant Patel"  
published: 2018-01-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32779/describe-three-common-use-cases-for-using-an-intent  
category: "technology"  
tags: ["android"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Describe three common use cases for using an Intent.

[Describe three](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/12747/describe-three-common-use-cases-for-using-an-intent) [common](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80931/coronavirus-pandemic-makes-gaza-strip-as-common-ground-for-israel-and-qatar) use cases for using an Intent.

## Answers

### Answer by Prateek sharma

the three common use cases to use the intent are -

1. **using for activity** - this can be triggered by calling startActivity() method which invokes the activity we want to move in.
2. **using for service** - this can be used to trigger a service by using intent. to use this you need to call startService() method.
3. **using for broadcasting** - Intents can be used to broadcast message for example by using sendBroadcast() or sendStickyBroadcast().


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