How to get Date extra from an intent?

Question

I am packing an intent and one of the Extras I add is a date object, like this:

intent.putExtra(DATE_EXTRA, t.getDate());

Later, when I reading the extras, I try to get the Date like this:

this.date = new Date(intent.getExtras().getString(DATE_EXTRA));

However, this returns an error about the String being empty. I don't think the above is the right way to do it, because I am not looking for a string, but I have not been able to find an intent.getDateExtra() method anywhere. What do I do?

I know that the date was passed properly, because I can see it while debugging:

Answer 1

Replace:

this.date = new Date(intent.getExtras().getString(DATE_EXTRA));

with:

this.date = (Date)intent.getSerializableExtra(DATE_EXTRA);

and see if that helps.

Answer 2

Another workaround would be to pass the long value of the date:

intent.putExtra(DATE_EXTRA, t.getDate().getTime());
....
this.date = new Date(intent.getLongExtra(DATE_EXTRA, 0)); //0 is the default value

Answer 3

Safe way in kotlin:

  intent.putExtra("MOVE_DATE", date)

and to read it in safe way by check for key & null check:

 val moveDate: Date?     
 intent?.apply {
 if (hasExtra("MOVE_DATE")) {
       moveDate = getSerializableExtra("MOVE_DATE") as? Date
       moveDate?.let { print(it) }
    }
 }