Starting a new activity on navigation drawer item click
<p>I know this is a question frequently asked, but after reading the many questions and solutions on stack overflow I am confused. I am confused with regards to <code>Fragments</code> and what is required to start an activity from clicking an item in the navigation drawer. </p>

<p>I've checked these posts but only got confused
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34310405/how-to-start-a-new-activity-on-navigation-drawer-item-click-its-not-working-in-m">Q1</a>,
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33411234/open-new-activity-after-click-item-in-navigation-drawer-menu">Q2</a></p>

<p>Could someone please explain what is required to start a basic activity from this navigation drawer item? Do I need an <code>onClick</code> method implemented where specified in the code? Also how does this relate to the Intent?</p>

<p>Here is my MainActivity.java</p>

<pre><code>import android.content.res.Configuration;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.design.widget.NavigationView;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

DrawerLayout drawerLayout;
ActionBarDrawerToggle drawerToggle;
NavigationView navigation;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    initInstances();
}

private void initInstances() {
    getSupportActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
    getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

    drawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawerLayout);
    drawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(MainActivity.this, drawerLayout, R.string.hello_world, R.string.hello_world);
    drawerLayout.setDrawerListener(drawerToggle);

    navigation = (NavigationView) findViewById(R.id.navigation_view);
    navigation.setNavigationItemSelectedListener(new NavigationView.OnNavigationItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onNavigationItemSelected(MenuItem menuItem) {
            int id = menuItem.getItemId();
            switch (id) {
                case R.id.navigation_item_1:
                    //Do some thing here
                    // add navigation drawer item onclick method here
                    break;
                case R.id.navigation_item_2:
                    //Do some thing here
                    // add navigation drawer item onclick method here
                    break;
                case R.id.navigation_item_3:
                    //Do some thing here
                    // add navigation drawer item onclick method here
                    break;
                case R.id.navigation_item_4:
                    //Do some thing here
                    // add navigation drawer item onclick method here
                    break;
                case R.id.navigation_item_5:
                    //Do some thing here
                    // add navigation drawer item onclick method here
                    break;
            }
            return false;
        }
    });

}

@Override
public void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
    drawerToggle.syncState();
}

@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
    drawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.navigation_view_items, menu);
    return true;
}

@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    if (drawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item))
        return true;

    // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
    // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
    // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
    int id = item.getItemId();

    //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
    if (id == R.string.action_settings) {
        return true;
    }

    return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
}
</code></pre>

<p>And here is the second activity, Playboard.java, that simply loads a background image:</p>

<pre><code>import android.app.Activity;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class Playboard extends Activity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_playboard);
    }
}
</code></pre>

<p>All input greatly appreciated thanks!</p>