How to pass ArrayList of Objects from one to anoth

Question

I have the following in code in my onClick() method as

 List<Question> mQuestionsList = QuestionBank.getQuestions();

Now I have the intent after this line, as follows :

  Intent resultIntent = new Intent(this, ResultActivity.class);
  resultIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra("QuestionsExtra", (ArrayList<? extends Parcelable>) mQuestionsList);
  startActivity(resultIntent);

I don't know how to pass this question lists in the intent from one activity to another activity My Question class

public class Question {
    private int[] operands;
    private int[] choices;
    private int userAnswerIndex;

    public Question(int[] operands, int[] choices) {
        this.operands = operands;
        this.choices = choices;
        this.userAnswerIndex = -1;
    }

    public int[] getChoices() {
        return choices;
    }

    public void setChoices(int[] choices) {
        this.choices = choices;
    }

    public int[] getOperands() {
        return operands;
    }

    public void setOperands(int[] operands) {
        this.operands = operands;
    }

    public int getUserAnswerIndex() {
        return userAnswerIndex;
    }

    public void setUserAnswerIndex(int userAnswerIndex) {
        this.userAnswerIndex = userAnswerIndex;
    }

    public int getAnswer() {
        int answer = 0;
        for (int operand : operands) {
            answer += operand;
        }
        return answer;
    }

    public boolean isCorrect() {
        return getAnswer() == choices[this.userAnswerIndex];
    }

    public boolean hasAnswered() {
        return userAnswerIndex != -1;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

        // Question
        builder.append("Question: ");
        for(int operand : operands) {
            builder.append(String.format("%d ", operand));
        }
        builder.append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));

        // Choices
        int answer = getAnswer();
        for (int choice : choices) {
            if (choice == answer) {
                builder.append(String.format("%d (A) ", choice));
            } else {
                builder.append(String.format("%d ", choice));
            }
        }
        return builder.toString();
       }

      }

Answer 1

Your intent creation seems correct if your Question implements Parcelable.

In the next activity you can retrieve your list of questions like this:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    if(getIntent() != null && getIntent().hasExtra("QuestionsExtra")) {
        List<Question> mQuestionsList = getIntent().getParcelableArrayListExtra("QuestionsExtra");
    }
}

Answer 2

You can pass the arraylist from one activity to another by using bundle with intent. Use the code below This is the shortest and most suitable way to pass arraylist

bundle.putStringArrayList("keyword",arraylist);

Answer 3

Your bean or pojo class should implements parcelable interface.

For example:

public class BeanClass implements Parcelable{
    String name;
    int age;
    String sex;

    public BeanClass(String name, int age, String sex) {
        this.name = name;
        this.age = age;
        this.sex = sex;
    } 
     public static final Creator<BeanClass> CREATOR = new Creator<BeanClass>() {
        @Override
        public BeanClass createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
            return new BeanClass(in);
        }

        @Override
        public BeanClass[] newArray(int size) {
            return new BeanClass[size];
        }
    };
    @Override
    public int describeContents() {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
        dest.writeString(name);
        dest.writeInt(age);
        dest.writeString(sex);
    }
}

Consider a scenario that you want to send the arraylist of beanclass type from Activity1 to Activity2.
Use the following code

Activity1:

ArrayList<BeanClass> list=new ArrayList<BeanClass>();

private ArrayList<BeanClass> getList() {
    for(int i=0;i<5;i++) {

        list.add(new BeanClass("xyz", 25, "M"));
    }
    return list;
}
private void gotoNextActivity() {
    Intent intent=new Intent(this,Activity2.class);
    /* Bundle args = new Bundle();
    args.putSerializable("ARRAYLIST",(Serializable)list);
    intent.putExtra("BUNDLE",args);*/

    Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
    bundle.putParcelableArrayList("StudentDetails", list);
    intent.putExtras(bundle);
    startActivity(intent);
}

Activity2:

ArrayList<BeanClass> listFromActivity1=new ArrayList<>();

listFromActivity1=this.getIntent().getExtras().getParcelableArrayList("StudentDetails");

if (listFromActivity1 != null) {

    Log.d("listis",""+listFromActivity1.toString());
}

I think this basic to understand the concept.

Answer 4

You must need to also implement Parcelable interface and must add writeToParcel method to your Questions class with Parcel argument in Constructor in addition to Serializable. otherwise app will crash.