App Actions

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Covers concrete migration steps and tooling rather than marketing fluff: how to migrate actions.xml → shortcuts.xml, use the App Actions test tool Android Studio plugin and a Play Console upload to preview, Android Shortcut gallery and upcoming proactive suggestions, widget vs slice tradeoffs and TTS support, built-in intents for lists (create_item_list, update_item_list, get_item_list) and fallback to custom intents, plus API level 21 limitation for in‑app promos — practical, hands‑on answers that actually show how things work.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:50Converting existing app actions
3. 2:15Android shortcuts in Assistant
4. 3:55Shortcut inApp Promo
5. 8:00When should widgets be used
6. 12:00Android Intent vs Builtin Intent
7. 13:40Android Shortcuts
8. 17:10Test App Actions Integration
9. 19:10Custom Intents
10. 21:40Slices vs Widgets
11. 24:45App Actions Intents

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