What is the different between Explicit and implicit activity call in android?

For example: implicit activity call In intent filter you create action for you activity, so other app can call your activity via this action as following: <activity android:name=”.BrowserActivitiy” android:label=”@string/app_name”> <intent-filter> <action android:name=”android.intent.action.VIEW” /> <category android:name=”android.intent.category.DEFAULT” /> <data android:scheme=”http”/> </intent-filter> </activity> And the other way to call implicit Intent is below: Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, … Read more