Android - New Intent starts particular method

Question

I want to start one of my existing activities and force the activity to call a specific method after it starts. Is this possible?

Can I define a method that should be called after creating the activity inside my Intent?

For example, something like:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, com.app.max.Home.class.myMethod);

Answer 1

Hello You can't call a particular method from intent but alternately you can use a service from intent and your requirement will be done.

Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyService.class);

and in MyService.class

 public class MyService extends Service {

@Override
public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId) {
      yourParticularMethod();  //do your task and stop the service when your task is done for battery saving purpose
      context.stopService(new Intent(context, MyService.class)); 

    return super.onStartCommand(intent, flags, startId);
}

@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
    return null;
}

}

and register this service in your manifest file like this

   <service android:name=".MyService" />
.
.
</application>

Answer 2

No, I don't think you can have something like this:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, com.app.max.Home.class.method);

but you can do this:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, com.app.max.Home.class);
intent.putExtra("methodName","myMethod");
startActivity(intent);

and then in the called activity (where you need to start the method), you can take the intent and decide which method to call like this:

@Override
protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
   super.onNewIntent(intent);
   if(intent.getStringExtra("methodName").equals("myMethod")){
      mymethod();
   }
}

Answer 3

You question seems interesting, but there is no way you can do it using Intent. You have to understand that when you start an activity, it goes through a life cycle which is : onCreate()->onStart()->OnResume(). So what you can do is start that method from onResume() like this:

@Override
protected void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    myMethod();//start your method from here
}

I'm just trying to help,give me some more information about your problem if this approach does not solve your problem.

Answer 4

I solve this issue by using onCreate instead of onNewIntent.

Activity A:

Intent intent = new Intent(this, com.app.max.Home.class);
intent.putExtra("methodName","myMethod");
startActivity(intent);

com.app.max.Home Activity:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.home);

    if(savedInstanceState == null)
    {
        Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
        if (extras == null)
        {
            //Extra bundle is null
        }else{
            String method = extras.getString("methodName");

            if (method.equals("myMethod"))
            {
               //Call method here!
            }
        }
    }

Hope this solution solve your problem