How to send an object from one Android Activity to another using Intents?

Question

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

user_76835 · Answer

If you're just passing objects around then Parcelable was designed for this. It requires a little more effort to use than using Java's native serialization, but it's way faster (and I mean way, WAY faster).

From the docs, a simple example for how to implement is:

// simple class that just has one member property as an example
public class MyParcelable implements Parcelable {
    private int mData;

    /* everything below here is for implementing Parcelable */

    // 99.9% of the time you can just ignore this
    @Override
    public int describeContents() {
        return 0;
    }

    // write your object's data to the passed-in Parcel
    @Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel out, int flags) {
        out.writeInt(mData);
    }

    // this is used to regenerate your object. All Parcelables must have a CREATOR that implements these two methods
    public static final Parcelable.Creator CREATOR = new Parcelable.Creator() {
        public MyParcelable createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
            return new MyParcelable(in);
        }

        public MyParcelable[] newArray(int size) {
            return new MyParcelable[size];
        }
    };

    // example constructor that takes a Parcel and gives you an object populated with it's values
    private MyParcelable(Parcel in) {
        mData = in.readInt();
    }
}

Observe that in the case you have more than one field to retrieve from a given Parcel, you must do this in the same order you put them in (that is, in a FIFO approach).

Once you have your objects implement Parcelable it's just a matter of putting them into your Intents with putExtra():

Intent i = new Intent();
i.putExtra("name_of_extra", myParcelableObject);

Then you can pull them back out with getParcelableExtra():

Intent i = getIntent();
MyParcelable myParcelableObject = (MyParcelable) i.getParcelableExtra("name_of_extra");

If your Object Class implements Parcelable and Serializable then make sure you do cast to one of the following:

i.putExtra("parcelable_extra", (Parcelable) myParcelableObject);
i.putExtra("serializable_extra", (Serializable) myParcelableObject);

user_133802 · Answer

You'll need to serialize your object into some kind of string representation. One possible string representation is JSON, and one of the easiest ways to serialize to/from JSON in android, if you ask me, is through Google GSON.

In that case you just put the string return value from (new Gson()).toJson(myObject); and retrieve the string value and use fromJson to turn it back into your object.

If your object isn't very complex, however, it might not be worth the overhead, and you could consider passing the separate values of the object instead.

user_1140237 · Answer

Thanks for parcelable help but i found one more optional solution

 public class getsetclass implements Serializable {
        private int dt = 10;
    //pass any object, drwabale 
        public int getDt() {
            return dt;
        }

        public void setDt(int dt) {
            this.dt = dt;
        }
    }

In Activity One

getsetclass d = new getsetclass ();
                d.setDt(50);
                LinkedHashMap obj = new LinkedHashMap();
                obj.put("hashmapkey", d);
            Intent inew = new Intent(SgParceLableSampelActivity.this,
                    ActivityNext.class);
            Bundle b = new Bundle();
            b.putSerializable("bundleobj", obj);
            inew.putExtras(b);
            startActivity(inew);

Get Data In Activity 2

 try {  setContentView(R.layout.main);
            Bundle bn = new Bundle();
            bn = getIntent().getExtras();
            HashMap getobj = new HashMap();
            getobj = (HashMap) bn.getSerializable("bundleobj");
            getsetclass  d = (getsetclass) getobj.get("hashmapkey");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e("Err", e.getMessage());
        }

user_249991 · Answer

the most easiest solution i found is.. to create a class with static data members with getters setters.

set from one activity and get from another activity that object.

activity A

mytestclass.staticfunctionSet("","",""..etc.);

activity b

mytestclass obj= mytestclass.staticfunctionGet();

user_3008285 · Answer

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

activity_another.xml

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());

}
}

user_6375170 · Answer

Easiest and java way of doing is : implement serializable in your pojo/model class

Recommended for Android for performance view: make model parcelable

user_8450860 · Answer

In Koltin

Add kotlin extension in your build.gradle.

apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'

android {
    androidExtensions {
        experimental = true
   }
}

Then create your data class like this.

@Parcelize
data class Sample(val id: Int, val name: String) : Parcelable

Pass Object with Intent

val sample = Sample(1,"naveen")

val intent = Intent(context, YourActivity::class.java)
    intent.putExtra("id", sample)
    startActivity(intent)

Get object with intent

val sample = intent.getParcelableExtra("id")

user_379779 · Answer

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 commentList = new ArrayList();
    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 getCommentList() {
        return commentList;
    }
    public void setCommentList(List 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");

user_6786084 · Answer

Start another activity from this activity pass parameters via Bundle Object

Intent intent = new Intent(this, YourActivity.class);
Intent.putExtra(AppConstants.EXTRAS.MODEL, cModel);
startActivity(intent);
Retrieve on another activity (YourActivity)

ContentResultData cModel = getIntent().getParcelableExtra(AppConstants.EXTRAS.MODEL);

user_2126566 · Answer

We can send data one Activty1 to Activity2 with multiple ways like.
1- Intent
2- bundle
3- create an object and send through intent
.................................................
1 - Using intent
Pass the data through intent
Intent intentActivity1 = new Intent(Activity1.this, Activity2.class);
intentActivity1.putExtra("name", "Android");
startActivity(intentActivity1);
Get the data in Activity2 calss
Intent intent = getIntent();
if(intent.hasExtra("name")){
     String userName = getIntent().getStringExtra("name");
}
..................................................
2- Using Bundle
Intent intentActivity1 = new Intent(Activity1.this, Activity2.class);
Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
bundle.putExtra("name", "Android");
intentActivity1.putExtra(bundle);
startActivity(bundle);
Get the data in Activity2 calss
Intent intent = getIntent();
if(intent.hasExtra("name")){
     String userName = getIntent().getStringExtra("name");
}
..................................................
3-  Put your Object into Intent
Intent intentActivity1 = new Intent(Activity1.this, Activity2.class);
            intentActivity1.putExtra("myobject", myObject);
            startActivity(intentActivity1); 
 Receive object in the Activity2 Class
Intent intent = getIntent();
    Myobject obj  = (Myobject) intent.getSerializableExtra("myobject");

How to send an object from one Android Activity to another using Intents?

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