I'm trying to pass array lists between activities in Android. The lists contains strings. I've read a lot about Parcelable. Would I need to create a Parcelable to pass a String array list? As of now I am using putStringArrayListExtra() and getSringArrayListExtra() to pass the lists through intents.
Here is some of my code.
Intent load = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), HelloTabWidget.class);
load.putStringArrayListExtra("albums", albums);
load.putStringArrayListExtra("songs", songs);
load.putStringArrayListExtra("artists", artists);
load.putStringArrayListExtra("fileName", fileName);
This is my onCreate method for the acticity which obtains the array list.
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.songlist);
Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
isArtists = extras.getBoolean("artists");
isAlbums = extras.getBoolean("albums");
isSongs = extras.getBoolean("songs");
Intent get = getIntent();
songs = get.getStringArrayListExtra("songs");
artists = get.getStringArrayListExtra("artists");
albums = get.getStringArrayListExtra("albums");
fileName = get.getStringArrayListExtra("fileName");
if(isArtists == true)
updateArtistsList();
else if(isAlbums == true)
updateAlbumsList();
else if(isSongs == true)
updateSongList();
}
The class which retrieves the list is supposed to create a listView from the data in the lists. Whenever I run the code i get nullPointerExceptions when trying to make the lists. I know that my listView code works, so I have narrowed down the problem to the intents which pass the array lists.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
Here are the first few lines from the logcat.
12-28 03:03:42.313: E/AndroidRuntime(873): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
12-28 03:03:42.313: E/AndroidRuntime(873): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.adam.mediaplayer/com.adam.mediaplayer.HelloTabWidget}: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.adam.mediaplayer/com.adam.mediaplayer.MakeListActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException
It depends on the type of arraylist
putIntegerArrayListExtra(String name, ArrayList<Integer> value)
putParcelableArrayListExtra(String name, ArrayList<? extends Parcelable> value)
putStringArrayListExtra(String name, ArrayList<String> value)
putCharSequenceArrayListExtra(String name, ArrayList<CharSequence> value)
Then you can read from you next activity by replacing put
with get
with key string as argument,eg
myIntent.getStringArrayListExtra("arrayListName");
Here is how you can pass an ArrayList :
MyListClass.java - Custom class
public class MyListClass implements Parcelable{
private int test;
public MyListClass()
{}
public MyListClass(Parcel read){
test = read.readInt();
}
public int getTest() {
return test;
}
public void setTest(int test) {
this.test = test;
}
public static final Parcelable.Creator<MyListClass> CREATOR =
new Parcelable.Creator<MyListClass>() {
@Override
public MyListClass createFromParcel(Parcel source) {
return new MyListClass(source);
}
@Override
public MyListClass[] newArray(int size) {
return new MyListClass[size];
}
};
@Override
public int describeContents() {
return 0;
}
@Override
public void writeToParcel(Parcel arg0, int arg1) {
arg0.writeInt(test);
}
}
MyParcelable.java
public class MyParcelable implements Parcelable {
private List<MyListClass> arrList = new ArrayList<MyListClass>();
private int myInt = 0;
private String str = null;
public String getStr() {
return str;
}
public void setStr(String str) {
this.str = str;
}
public List<MyListClass> getArrList() {
return arrList;
}
public void setArrList(List<MyListClass> arrList) {
this.arrList = arrList;
}
public int getMyInt() {
return myInt;
}
public void setMyInt(int myInt) {
this.myInt = myInt;
}
MyParcelable() {
// initialization
arrList = new ArrayList<MyListClass>();
}
public MyParcelable(Parcel in) {
myInt = in.readInt();
str = in.readString();
in.readTypedList(arrList, MyListClass.CREATOR);
}
@Override
public int describeContents() {
return 0;
}
@Override
public void writeToParcel(Parcel outParcel, int flags) {
outParcel.writeInt(myInt);
outParcel.writeString(str);
outParcel.writeTypedList(arrList);
}
public static final Parcelable.Creator<MyParcelable> CREATOR = new Parcelable.Creator<MyParcelable>() {
@Override
public MyParcelable createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
return new MyParcelable(in);
}
@Override
public MyParcelable[] newArray(int size) {
return new MyParcelable[size];
}
};
}
MainAcitivty.java
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
arrList.add(new MyListClass());
arrList.get(0).setTest(200);
MyParcelable object = new MyParcelable();
object.setMyInt(100);
object.setArrList(arrList);
Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,ReceiverParcel.class);
intent.putExtra("parcel", object);
startActivity(intent);
}
ReceiverParcel.java
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
Bundle b = getIntent().getExtras();
MyParcelable object = b.getParcelable("parcel");
System.out.println(object.getArrList().get(0).getTest());
System.out.println(object.getMyInt());
}