Android implicit intents VS explicit intents

Question

Working with android I realized that implicit intents are good choice in most of cases due to their's flexibility. But what's about explicit intents? What are benefits of using them? What are common cases when it's a good practice to use them?

Answer 1

You typically use explicit intents for starting activities within your own application. At that point you know exactly which activity you want to start, so there is no reason to go through the extra work of setting up the implicit intents.