@Document(name = "builtin:Thing")
public class Thing

Known direct subclasses
AlarmInstance

AppSearch document representing an AlarmInstance entity.
Alarm

AppSearch document representing an Alarm entity.
ContactPoint

A group of contact information corresponding to a label such as "Home" or "Work".
ImageObject

Represents an image file.
MobileApplication

Represents an installed app to enable searching using names, nicknames, and package names.
Person

AppSearch document representing a Person entity modeled after Person.
StopwatchLap

An AppSearch document representing a StopwatchLap entity.
Stopwatch

An AppSearch document representing a Stopwatch entity.
Timer

AppSearch document representing a Timer entity.
WebPage

AppSearch document representing a WebPage entity.

AppSearch document representing a Thing, the most generic type of an item.

Summary

Nested types

Builder for Thing.

Public methods
@NonNull List<String>

Returns an unmodifiable list of aliases, if any, for this item.
long

Returns the creation timestamp, in milliseconds since Unix epoch, of this item.
@Nullable String

Returns a description of this item.
int

Returns the intrinsic score (or importance) of this item.
long

Returns the time-to-live timestamp, in milliseconds since getCreationTimestampMillis, for this item.
@NonNull String

Returns the unique identifier for this item.
@Nullable String

Returns the URL for an image of this item.
@Nullable String

Returns the name of this item.
@NonNull String

Returns the namespace (or logical grouping) for this item.
@NonNull List<PotentialAction>

Returns the actions that can be taken on this object.
@Nullable String

Returns the deeplink URL of this item.

Public methods

getAlternateNames

Added in 1.1.0-alpha07
public @NonNull List<String> getAlternateNames()

Returns an unmodifiable list of aliases, if any, for this item.

getCreationTimestampMillis

Added in 1.1.0-alpha07
public long getCreationTimestampMillis()

Returns the creation timestamp, in milliseconds since Unix epoch, of this item.

getDescription

Added in 1.1.0-alpha07
public @Nullable String getDescription()

Returns a description of this item.

getDocumentScore

Added in 1.1.0-alpha07
public int getDocumentScore()

Returns the intrinsic score (or importance) of this item.

getDocumentTtlMillis

Added in 1.1.0-alpha07
public long getDocumentTtlMillis()

Returns the time-to-live timestamp, in milliseconds since getCreationTimestampMillis, for this item.

getId

Added in 1.1.0-alpha07
public @NonNull String getId()

Returns the unique identifier for this item.

getImage

Added in 1.1.0-alpha07
@ExperimentalAppSearchApi
public @Nullable String getImage()

Returns the URL for an image of this item.

getName

Added in 1.1.0-alpha07
public @Nullable String getName()

Returns the name of this item.

getNamespace

Added in 1.1.0-alpha07
public @NonNull String getNamespace()

Returns the namespace (or logical grouping) for this item.

getPotentialActions

Added in 1.1.0-alpha07
@ExperimentalAppSearchApi
public @NonNull List<PotentialAction> getPotentialActions()

Returns the actions that can be taken on this object.

getUrl

Added in 1.1.0-alpha07
public @Nullable String getUrl()

Returns the deeplink URL of this item.

This item can be opened (or viewed) by creating an ACTION_VIEW intent with this URL as the setData uri.

See also
Intent Structure