How to send an object from one Android Activity to

Question

How can I pass an object of a custom type from one Activity to another using the putExtra() method of the class Intent?

Answer 1

Start another activity from this activity pass parameters via Bundle Object

Intent intent = new Intent(getBaseContext(), YourActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("USER_NAME", "[e-mail]");
startActivity(intent);

Retrieve on another activity (YourActivity)

String s = getIntent().getStringExtra("USER_NAME");

This is ok for simple kind data type. But if u want to pass complex data in between activity u need to serialize it first.

Here we have Employee Model

class Employee{
    private String empId;
    private int age;
    print Double salary;

    getters...
    setters...
}

You can use Gson lib provided by google to serialize the complex data like this

String strEmp = new Gson().toJson(emp);
Intent intent = new Intent(getBaseContext(), YourActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("EMP", strEmp);
startActivity(intent);

Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
    String empStr = bundle.getString("EMP");
            Gson gson = new Gson();
            Type type = new TypeToken<Employee>() {
            }.getType();
            Employee selectedEmp = gson.fromJson(empStr, type);

Answer 2

You can use android BUNDLE to do this.

Create a Bundle from your class like:

public Bundle toBundle() {
    Bundle b = new Bundle();
    b.putString("SomeKey", "SomeValue");

    return b;
}

Then pass this bundle with INTENT. Now you can recreate your class object by passing bundle like

public CustomClass(Context _context, Bundle b) {
    context = _context;
    classMember = b.getString("SomeKey");
}

Declare this in your Custom class and use.

Answer 3

Create Android Application

File >> New >> Android Application

Enter Project name: android-pass-object-to-activity

Pakcage: com.hmkcode.android

Keep other defualt selections, go Next till you reach Finish

Before start creating the App we need to create POJO class “Person” which we will use to send object from one activity to another. Notice that the class is implementing Serializable interface.

Person.java

package com.hmkcode.android;
import java.io.Serializable;

public class Person implements Serializable{

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    private String name;
    private int age;

        // getters & setters....

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Person [name=" + name + ", age=" + age + "]";
    }   
}

Two Layouts for Two Activities

activity_main.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
tools:context=".MainActivity" >

<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal">
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/tvName"
        android:layout_width="100dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:text="Name" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/etName"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"

        android:ems="10" >
        <requestFocus />
    </EditText>
</LinearLayout>

<LinearLayout
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal">
<TextView
    android:id="@+id/tvAge"
    android:layout_width="100dp"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:text="Age" />
<EditText
    android:id="@+id/etAge"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:ems="10" />
</LinearLayout>

<Button
    android:id="@+id/btnPassObject"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:text="Pass Object to Another Activity" />

</LinearLayout>

activity_another.xml

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
 >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/tvPerson"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
 />

</LinearLayout>

Two Activity Classes

1)ActivityMain.java

package com.hmkcode.android;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener {

Button btnPassObject;
EditText etName, etAge;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    btnPassObject = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnPassObject);
    etName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etName);
    etAge = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.etAge);

    btnPassObject.setOnClickListener(this);
}

@Override
public void onClick(View view) {

    // 1. create an intent pass class name or intnet action name 
    Intent intent = new Intent("com.hmkcode.android.ANOTHER_ACTIVITY");

    // 2. create person object
    Person person = new Person();
    person.setName(etName.getText().toString());
    person.setAge(Integer.parseInt(etAge.getText().toString()));

    // 3. put person in intent data
    intent.putExtra("person", person);

    // 4. start the activity
    startActivity(intent);
}

}

2)AnotherActivity.java

package com.hmkcode.android;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AnotherActivity extends Activity {

TextView tvPerson;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_another);

    // 1. get passed intent 
    Intent intent = getIntent();

    // 2. get person object from intent
    Person person = (Person) intent.getSerializableExtra("person");

    // 3. get reference to person textView 
    tvPerson = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvPerson);

    // 4. display name & age on textView 
    tvPerson.setText(person.toString());

}
}

Answer 4

If you have a singleton class (fx Service) acting as gateway to your model layer anyway, it can be solved by having a variable in that class with getters and setters for it.

In Activity 1:

Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), Activity2.class);
service.setSavedOrder(order);
startActivity(intent);

In Activity 2:

private Service service;
private Order order;

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

    service = Service.getInstance();
    order = service.getSavedOrder();
    service.setSavedOrder(null) //If you don't want to save it for the entire session of the app.
}

In Service:

private static Service instance;

private Service()
{
    //Constructor content
}

public static Service getInstance()
{
    if(instance == null)
    {
        instance = new Service();
    }
    return instance;
}
private Order savedOrder;

public Order getSavedOrder()
{
    return savedOrder;
}

public void setSavedOrder(Order order)
{
    this.savedOrder = order;
}

This solution does not require any serialization or other "packaging" of the object in question. But it will only be beneficial if you are using this kind of architecture anyway.

Answer 5

POJO class "Post" (Note that it is implemented Serializable)

package com.example.booklib;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import android.graphics.Bitmap;

public class Post implements Serializable{
    public String message;
    public String bitmap;
    List<Comment> commentList = new ArrayList<Comment>();
    public String getMessage() {
        return message;
    }
    public void setMessage(String message) {
        this.message = message;
    }
    public String getBitmap() {
        return bitmap;
    }
    public void setBitmap(String bitmap) {
        this.bitmap = bitmap;
    }
    public List<Comment> getCommentList() {
        return commentList;
    }
    public void setCommentList(List<Comment> commentList) {
        this.commentList = commentList;
    }

}

POJO class "Comment"(Since being a member of Post class,it is also needed to implement the Serializable)

    package com.example.booklib;

    import java.io.Serializable;

    public class Comment implements Serializable{
        public String message;
        public String fromName;
        public String getMessage() {
            return message;
        }
        public void setMessage(String message) {
            this.message = message;
        }
        public String getFromName() {
            return fromName;
        }
        public void setFromName(String fromName) {
            this.fromName = fromName;
        }

    }

Then in your activity class, you can do as following to pass the object to another activity.

ListView listview = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.post_list);
listview.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener(){
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view,
                int position, long id) {
            Post item = (Post)parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
            Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,CommentsActivity.class);
            intent.putExtra("post",item);
            startActivity(intent);

        }
    });

In your recipient class "CommentsActivity" you can get the data as the following

Post post =(Post)getIntent().getSerializableExtra("post");

Answer 6

First implement Parcelable in your class. Then pass object like this.

SendActivity.java

ObjectA obj = new ObjectA();

// Set values etc.

Intent i = new Intent(this, MyActivity.class);
i.putExtra("com.package.ObjectA", obj);

startActivity(i);

ReceiveActivity.java

Bundle b = getIntent().getExtras();
ObjectA obj = b.getParcelable("com.package.ObjectA");

The package string isn't necessary, just the string needs to be the same in both Activities

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