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?

Answer 1

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());

}
}