Newbie: Use Android intents privately?
<p>I'm a Java pro but an Android newbie, working through the NotePad example.  It uses Intents to work with an <em>internal</em> EditText.  Is this just for show, or is it considered a best practice to do this?  In ordinary Java, I would instantiate and work with an EditText directly.  This seems to say:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>I want to edit this note, I have my own internal editor, but I'm going
  to ask the operating system if there are any editors out there, and
  then hope it finds mine.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So, should I just instantiate EditText directly for a case like this in the real world?</p>
