Using startActivityForResult across Android applications

Question

I have written an application that has an so that other applications can start it using startActivityForResult(). When this acti

Answer 1

You could use a library like Jackson to serialize your object to a JSON string which you then you deserialize on the other end.

It's much more flexible and will eliminate the problem of inconsistent versions of your data being passed around if you decide to add for instance an extra field.

Also, the two apps no longer need to maintain a class in the same namespace or even call them by the same name.

And as a final note, you no longer need to publish a jar, only your documentation will suffice.