Start an intent based on a string

Question

Is it possible to get a class name based a string. For example

String activityName = "Activity";
Intent i  = new Intent(context, ...);

Some how convert the string to call the activity class like

Intent i = new Intent(context, Activity.class);

You should look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/223952/create-an-instance-of-a-class-from-a-string — Vishnu, Jun 25 '15 at 04:10
alternatively you can use implicit intents and create new Intent like this: `new Intent(action_string)` — pskink, Jun 25 '15 at 04:38

Evan Ogra · Answer 1 · 2015-06-26T19:10:51.697

This is very possible. First, you will have to use the full name of the activity instead of the the file name, such as com.package.Activity.

String className = "com.package.Activity";

Then you can create a Class using that name like so:

Class<?> myClass = Class.forName(className);

Simply create a new instance of this Class and cast it to an Activity.

Activity myActivity = (Activity) myClass.newInstance();

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 26 '15 at 07:59

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Try like this

String activityName ="com.project.net.Activity";// provide the class name with domain 
Intent i= new Intent( context, Class.forName(activityName));
startActivity(i);

edited Jun 26 '15 at 07:59

safaiyeh

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answered Jun 25 '15 at 04:10

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Start an intent based on a string

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