title: If you create and initialize an (Android) Intent, can it be started without calling startActivity(theIntent)?
body: <p>Say I have </p>
  
  <pre><code>Intent secondPage = new Intent(FirstPage.this, SecondPage.class);
  Intent thirdPage = new Intent(FirstPage.this, ThirdPage.class);
  
  if(i == 2) 
      startActivity(secondPage);
  
  if(i == 3) 
      startActivity(thirdPage); 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Are either Intents started if the 'startActivity' method is not called?</p>
  
  <p>Or are Intents only started when the startActivity method is called with that Intent as a parameter </p>