starting activity from itself skips the OnCreate

Question

I have this activity which is called MainPutShipActivity and I want to start it again so it will do the same thing but it doesn't even enter the OnCreate method.

here is the MainPutShipActivity:

public class MainPutShipActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener{

private static final int MAX = 10;
private String name1,name2;
private Player plr = new Player();

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main_put_ship);

    Intent intent = getIntent();

    plr = (Player) intent.getSerializableExtra("player");
    name1 = plr.getName1();
    name2 = plr.getName2();

}

public void finished() {
    Intent in;
        }
    if (plr.isTreated() == false) {
        plr.setArr1(arr);
        plr.setShip1(ships);
        this.finish();
        in = new Intent(this,MainPutShipActivity.class);
        in.putExtra("player", this.plr);
    }
    else {
        plr.setArr2(arr);
        plr.setShip2(ships);
        in = new Intent(this, MainGameActivity.class);
        in.putExtra("player", this.plr);
    }
    plr.setTreated(true);
    this.finish();
    startActivity(in);
}

When i enter the finished() procedure for the first time it suppose to start the MainPutShipActivity again but when it starts the activity, it skips the onCreate and goes straight to the finished() method for some reason.

I would be very glad for any kind of help.

Possible duplicate of [How to send an object from one Android Activity to another using Intents?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2139134/how-to-send-an-object-from-one-android-activity-to-another-using-intents) — Tophandour, Feb 17 '16 at 14:12
Maybe you can use parcelable, please check this link http://androcode.es/2012/12/trabajando-con-parcelables/ — Jorge Moreno, Feb 17 '16 at 14:31

Chol · Answer 1 · 2016-02-17T15:12:17.937

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Pay attention to the key passed in the intent

Instead of :

plr = (Player) i.getSerializableExtra("plr");

set

plr = (Player) i.getSerializableExtra("player");

because you are setting

in.putExtra("player", this.plr);

edited Feb 17 '16 at 15:12

answered Feb 17 '16 at 14:31

Chol

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It is still doesn't work. I believe it doesn't even reaching to this point and crashes in the `finished()` procedure , although i can't see what is the problem. – user5630640 Feb 17 '16 at 15:14
what is the logcat of the crash?? Check if your plr is not null – Chol Feb 17 '16 at 15:18
What is line 44? I'm not sure of the i = getItent(); outside the onCreate – Chol Feb 17 '16 at 15:30
Try plr = (Player) getIntent().getSerializableExtra("player"); – Chol Feb 17 '16 at 15:32
Thank you very much! I don't know what it was but you helped me a lot. – user5630640 Feb 17 '16 at 15:43

starting activity from itself skips the OnCreate

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