>>>In today's world that goes a long with developers.
>
>Fair enough. I have a Nexus 5, fwiw. ;-) But WP gurus also will point to fantastic technical features in their devices. Didn't help them at all in the end.


Ever press the share button, and get a list of apps you have installed that can share content?

It's done with this code.

Intent sendIntent = new Intent();
sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "This is my text to send.");
sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent, getResources().getText(R.string.send_to)));

So there's this project called GNU MediaGoblin, a decentralized open source flickr kind a thing I guess.

I added a line to the app's config file (manifest.xml) that says it accepts ACTION_SEND.

Now Media Goblin is one of the options for sharing anywhere from the OS, including other apps.

I also use intents from one of my apps, say the drum machine OMG Drums, to launch Bitar or Sketch A Tune. It sends the right BPM and clock time for the beginning of the loop so the apps perform in sync.

Looking at this and its referenced material:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9569052/intent-equivalent-in-wp7

It appears Windows Apps can only launch built in apps.

WTF?

What kind of hobby OS did they publish?

WP and Android are not even in the same league.

*EDIT: Maybe WP 8 is better: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17463816/intent-in-windows-phone-development-in-c-sharp