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11/28/21, 1:46 PM Android - Application Components Android - Application Components Application components are the essential building blocks of an Android application. These components are loosely coupled by the application manifest file AndroidManifest.xml that describes each component of the application and how they interact. There are following four main components that can be used within an Android application - Sr.No Components & Description Activities 1 They dictate the UI and handle the user interaction to the smart phone screen. Services 2 They handle background processing associated with an application. Broadcast Receivers 3 They handle communication between Android OS and applications. Content Providers 4 They handle data and database management issues. Activities An activity represents a single screen with a user interface,in-short Activity performs actions on the screen. For example, an email application might have one activity that shows a list of new emails, another activity to compose an email, and another activity for reading emails. If an application has more than one activity, then one of them should be marked as the activity that is presented when the application is launched. An activity is implemented as a subclass of Activity class as follows — public class MainActivity extends Activity { } Services https:/www.tutorialspoint.com/android/android_application_components.htm 113