Android: How to put an Enum in a Bundle?

It may be better to pass it as string from myEnumValue.name() and restore it from YourEnums.valueOf(s), as otherwise the enum's ordering must be preserved!

Longer explanation: Convert from enum ordinal to enum type

In Kotlin:

enum class MyEnum {
  NAME, SURNAME, GENDER
}

Put this enum in a Bundle:

Bundle().apply {
  putInt(MY_ENUM_KEY, MyEnum.ordinal)
}

Get enum from Bundle:

val ordinal = getInt(MY_ENUM_KEY, 0)
MyEnum.values()[ordinal]

Full example:

class MyFragment : Fragment() {

    enum class MyEnum {
        NAME, SURNAME, GENDER
    }

    companion object {
        private const val MY_ENUM_KEY = "my_enum_key"

        fun newInstance(myEnum: MyEnum) = MyFragment().apply {
            arguments = Bundle().apply {
                putInt(MY_ENUM_KEY, myEnum.ordinal)
            }
        }
    }

    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        with(requireArguments()) {
            val ordinal = getInt(MY_ENUM_KEY, 0)
            val myEnum = MyEnum.values()[ordinal]
        }
    }
}

In Java:

public final class MyFragment extends Fragment {
    private static final String MY_ENUM_KEY = "my_enum";

    public enum MyEnum {
        NAME,
        SURNAME,
        GENDER
    }

    public final MyFragment newInstance(MyEnum myEnum) {
        Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
        bundle.putInt(MY_ENUM_KEY, myEnum.ordinal());
        MyFragment fragment = new MyFragment();
        fragment.setArguments(bundle);
        return fragment;
    }

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        Bundle arguments = this.requireArguments();
        int ordinal = arguments.getInt(MY_ENUM_KEY, 0);
        MyEnum myEnum = MyEnum.values()[ordinal];
    }
}

I've created a Koltin extension:

fun Bundle.putEnum(key: String, enum: Enum<*>) {
    this.putString( key , enum.name )
}

inline fun <reified T: Enum<T>> Intent.getEnumExtra(key:String) : T {
    return enumValueOf( getStringExtra(key) )
}

Create a bundle and add:

Bundle().also {
   it.putEnum( "KEY" , ENUM_CLAS.ITEM )
}

and get:

intent?.getEnumExtra< ENUM_CLAS >( "KEY" )?.let{}

For Intent you can use this way:

Intent : kotlin

FirstActivity :

val intent = Intent(context, SecondActivity::class.java)
intent.putExtra("type", typeEnum.A)
startActivity(intent)

SecondActivity:

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState) 
     //...
     val type = (intent.extras?.get("type") as? typeEnum.Type?)
}

One thing to be aware of -- if you are using bundle.putSerializable for a Bundle to be added to a notification, you could run into the following issue:

*** Uncaught remote exception!  (Exceptions are not yet supported across processes.)
    java.lang.RuntimeException: Parcelable encountered ClassNotFoundException reading a Serializable object.

...

To get around this, you can do the following:

public enum MyEnum {
    TYPE_0(0),
    TYPE_1(1),
    TYPE_2(2);

    private final int code;

    private MyEnum(int code) {
        this.code = navigationOptionLabelResId;
    }

    public int getCode() {
        return code;
    }

    public static MyEnum fromCode(int code) {
        switch(code) {
            case 0:
                return TYPE_0;
            case 1:
                return TYPE_1;
            case 2:
                return TYPE_2;
            default:
                throw new RuntimeException(
                    "Illegal TYPE_0: " + code);
        }
    }
}

Which can then be used like so:

// Put
Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
bundle.putInt("key", MyEnum.TYPE_0.getCode());

// Get 
MyEnum myEnum = MyEnum.fromCode(bundle.getInt("key"));