How to pass text from activity to another?

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I want on the first Activity (in the layout to write) what is your name?! when a person write his name when he movie to anther Activity it should appear Hello(THE NAME)! how should i do this?

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 14 '13 at 13:40

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This is how you call the intent with a parameter

Intent search = new Intent(FirstActivity.this, SecondActivity.class);
search.putExtra("param_a", content1);
startActivity(search);

edited May 14 '13 at 13:40

Alya'a Gamal

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answered May 14 '13 at 13:36

Hussain Akhtar Wahid 'Ghouri'

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well the ans was for you to get started , either i copy paste the answer or you refer this link and get complete info :http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4429036/passing-string-array-between-android-activities – Hussain Akhtar Wahid 'Ghouri' May 14 '13 at 13:39
the param_a is NAME and content is the valuo? – Eva May 14 '13 at 13:39
check the link , hope it explains everything – Hussain Akhtar Wahid 'Ghouri' May 14 '13 at 13:40
@down voter : please leave a reason or suggestion for downvote – Hussain Akhtar Wahid 'Ghouri' Oct 09 '13 at 04:52

Alexis C. · Answer 2 · 2013-05-14T14:25:49.253

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public class MainActivity extends Activity {
     @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          //some stuff

          //Note : start the activity from an event (onClick per example)
          String stringObject = "Foo"; //or a String you get from your editText
          Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this, OtherActivity.class);
           i.putExtra("name", stringObject);
           startActivity(i);
     }
}



public class OtherActivity extends Activity {
         @Override
        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
              //some stuff

               Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras(); 
               String name = "";

               if (extras != null){
                name = extras.getString("name");
                myTextView.setText(name);
              }

         }
    }

edited May 14 '13 at 14:25

answered May 14 '13 at 13:40

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Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this, OtherActivity.class); i.putExtra("name", is that the name that i have?); startActivity(i); – Eva May 14 '13 at 14:08
stringObject represents the name you get of the user. You have to stock this name in a `String` object. Example : `String stringObject="Foo";` – Alexis C. May 14 '13 at 14:09
also in the anther activity i have a textview in the layout(what should i do to apper ) the name:a sentence! – Eva May 14 '13 at 14:10
`myTextView.setText(stringObject);` – Alexis C. May 14 '13 at 14:11
should i write myTextView.setText(stringObject+"any thing i want?"); – Eva May 14 '13 at 14:15
WOW thanq! :))))))) u r very fastt – Eva May 14 '13 at 14:16
Intent i = new Intent(MainActivity.this, OtherActivity.class); i.putExtra("name", stringObject); startActivity(i); thats on the first but on the second i put myTextView.setText(stringObject);stringObject that from the first and when i do this its comes red under stringObject – Eva May 14 '13 at 14:21
what i should do in this case? – Eva May 14 '13 at 14:22
i did what u showed me now i will c, running the broject on the imlutor – Eva May 14 '13 at 14:34

How to pass text from activity to another?

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