how to send value through intent after finishing an activity

Question

I have an activity that shows a gridview of items. when I click in any of them, I move to another activity showing the information of the item. I also have the option to go back (gridview activity) or delete it.

If I delete it, I need to refresh the gridview, so I need to send a variable saying "eey, I have deleted an item. you need to refresh".

I guess I need to open the second activity with startActivityForResult, but I don't know how should I set the value.

option 1 (back arrow): finishes the activity. no result back. option 2 (delete item): finishes the activity and sets a result back.

Thanks in advance!

use `startActivityForResult(intent, requestCode)`; – Chintan Rathod Jul 11 '13 at 09:46 — Chintan Rathod, Jul 11 '13 at 09:46
check this http://stackoverflow.com/a/10407371/1911784 – OMAK Jul 11 '13 at 10:06 — OMAK, Jul 11 '13 at 10:06

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited May 18 '17 at 04:18

You can set your custom result. Like DELETE_ITEM.

On your delete button do something like this :

public static int DELETE_ITEM = 1234;

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.putExtra("ITEM_ID", YOUR ITEM ID);
setResult(DELETE_ITEM , intent);

Now on your activity result do something like this :

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) {
  if (resultCode == DELETE_ITEM) {
    // CODE TO DELETE ITEM
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, intent);
  }
}

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 27 '16 at 10:44

Hope this helps

First class

Intent i = new Intent(this, Second.class);
startActivityForResult(i, 1);

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

    if (requestCode == 1) {

        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
            String result = data.getStringExtra("result");
                             //your code

        }
        if (resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED) {
            // Write your code if there's no result
        }
    }
}

Second class

Intent returnIntent = new Intent();
returnIntent.putExtra("result", "your message");
setResult(RESULT_OK, returnIntent);
finish();

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 11 '13 at 09:46

yes you have to use startActivityForResult. Before calling finish on the Activity that shows information of the item, you have to call

setResult(resultCode, data);
finish();

in the GridView's Activity will be invoked

protected void onActivityResult(int arg0, int resultCode, Intent data)

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 14 '16 at 06:27

Well, I have done this way:

Start ActivityB from AcivityA by startActivityForResult:

Intent intent = new Intent(AcivityA.this,  ActivityB.class);
startActivityForResult(intent, 19);

In ActivityB use setResult for sending data to AcivityA:

@Override
public void finish() {
    Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.putExtra("flag",true);
    setResult(RESULT_OK, intent);
    super.finish();
}

In ActivityA receive data which were sent by ActivityB as onActivityResult:

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (requestCode == 19) {
        if(resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
            boolean flagResult = data.getBooleanExtra("flag");
            Log.i("Result", ""+flagResult);
        }
    }
}

Hope this will help you.

pepyakin · Answer 5 · 2013-07-11T09:58:32.487

You just need after you delete the image call setResult with appropriate result code and maybe data.

I think most correct way to achieve this is to return from your Image viewing activity custom user result. It can be achieved if you write something like this in your image viewer activity.

public static final int RESULT_IMAGE_DELETED = RESULT_FIRST_USER;
public static final int RESULT_EXTRA_IMAGE_ID = "extra.imageid";

void onImageDeleted(int imageId) {
  Bundle resultData = new Bundle();
  resultData.putInt(RESULT_EXTRA_IMAGE_ID, imageId);

  setResult(RESULT_IMAGE_DELETED);
  finish();
}

You might be need to set default result in your onCreate method

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
   // init stuff
   setResult(RESULT_OK);
}

On your grid activity you must to check result code of your image viewer activity, and if it is not ok — make check your grid to it's data changed.

public static final int REQUEST_VIEW_IMAGE = 1;

void startImageViewing(int imageId) {
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    intent.putExtra(ImageViewActivity.EXTRA_IMAGE_ID);
    startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_VIEW_IMAGE);
}

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Bundle data) {
    if (requestCode == REQUEST_VIEW_IMAGE) {
        if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {
            updateImageGridView();
        }
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 11 '13 at 09:51

we can start the new activity.Send value through intent using this..

Intent main= new Intent(MainActivity.this, SecondActivity.class); main.putExtra("JobId", jobid); startActivityForResult(audio, requestCode);

Receive the value in SecondActivity like this..

int jobid = getIntent().getExtras().getInt("jobId");

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 11 '13 at 09:51

Say I wish to go from activity A to activity B, and pass a value to B, and finally finish A.

Follow this:

Somewhere in A:

Intent goToActivityBIntent = new Intent(A.this, B.class);
goToActivityBIntent.putExtra("com.example.myapp.data", data);
            startActivity(goToActivityBIntent);
            finish(); // close A

Receive the data in B:

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_b);

        // receive the data
        Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
        if (extras != null) {
            data = extras.getString("com.example.myapp.data");
        }
// Some stuff

    }

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 11 '13 at 09:52

No need to finish activity

//reload the adapter and use grid.invalidateViews(); Method
adapter = new AppAdapter(MyApp.this, MyApp.this, data, show_collection );
grid.invalidateViews();
grid.setAdapter(adapter);

GridView has an invalidateViews() method.

when you call this method: "all the views to be rebuilt and redrawn."

how to send value through intent after finishing an activity

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