How to pass Collections like ArrayList
, etc from one Activity
to another as we used to pass Strings
, int
with help of putExtra method of Intent?
Can anyone please help me as i want to pass a List<String>
from one Activity
to another?
How to pass Collections like ArrayList
, etc from one Activity
to another as we used to pass Strings
, int
with help of putExtra method of Intent?
Can anyone please help me as i want to pass a List<String>
from one Activity
to another?
You can pass an ArrayList<E>
the same way, if the E
type is Serializable
.
You would call the putExtra (String name, Serializable value)
of Intent
to store, and getSerializableExtra (String name)
for retrieval.
Example:
ArrayList<String> myList = new ArrayList<String>();
intent.putExtra("mylist", myList);
In the other Activity:
ArrayList<String> myList = (ArrayList<String>) getIntent().getSerializableExtra("mylist");
Please note that serialization can cause performance issues: it takes time, and a lot of objects will be allocated (and thus, have to be garbage collected).
First you need to create a Parcelable object class, see the example
public class Student implements Parcelable {
int id;
String name;
public Student(int id, String name) {
this.id = id;
this.name = name;
}
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
@Override
public int describeContents() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return 0;
}
@Override
public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int arg1) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
dest.writeInt(id);
dest.writeString(name);
}
public Student(Parcel in) {
id = in.readInt();
name = in.readString();
}
public static final Parcelable.Creator<Student> CREATOR = new Parcelable.Creator<Student>() {
public Student createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
return new Student(in);
}
public Student[] newArray(int size) {
return new Student[size];
}
};
}
ArrayList<Student> arraylist = new ArrayList<Student>();
Intent intent = new Intent(this, SecondActivity.class);
Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
bundle.putParcelableArrayList("mylist", arraylist);
intent.putExtras(bundle);
this.startActivity(intent);
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_second);
Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
ArrayList<Student> arraylist = bundle.getParcelableArrayList("mylist");
}
use putExtra
to pass value to an intent. use getSerializableExtra
method to retrieve the data
like this
Activity A :
ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
intent.putExtra("arraylist", list);
startActivity(intent);
Activity B:
ArrayList<String> list = getIntent().getSerializableExtra("arraylist");
I tried all the proposed techniques but none of them worked and stopped my app from working and then I finally succedded. Here is how I did it... In main activity I did this:
List<String> myList...;
Intent intent = new Intent...;
Bundle b=new Bundle();
b.putStringArrayList("KEY",(ArrayList<String>)myList);
intent_deviceList.putExtras(b);
....startActivity(intent);
To get the data in the new Activity:
List<String> myList...
Bundle b = getIntent().getExtras();
if (b != null) {
myList = bundle.getStringArrayList("KEY");
}
I hope this will help someone...
To pass ArrayList from one activity to another activity, one should include
intent.putStringArrayListExtra(KEY, list); //where list is ArrayList which you want to pass
before starting the activity.And to get the ArrayList in another activity include
Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
if (bundle != null) {
temp = bundle.getStringArrayList(KEY); // declare temp as ArrayList
}
you will be able to pass ArrayList through this.Hope this will be helpful to you.