How to pass string from one activity to another

Question

I want to pass string from one activity to another.In the second activity the string should be readable.

listview.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
First actvity code
        @Override
        public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int position,
                                long id) {

            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

            Intent dash_des = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),Dashboard_Description__page.class);

           //here should be t my string


        }
    });
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_dashboard__description__page);

        //here i want to read the string data
        }

http://developer.android.com/training/basics/data-storage/shared-preferences.html — IntelliJ Amiya, Mar 18 '16 at 06:17
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6707900/pass-a-string-from-one-activity-to-another-activity-in-android — IntelliJ Amiya, Mar 18 '16 at 06:17

Alok Gupta · Answer 1 · 2016-03-18T06:37:51.720

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You should probably read about Intents in Android.

You can achieve this by using:

Intent myIntent = new Intent(FirstActivity.this,SecondActivity.class);
myIntent.putExtra("TestString","TestValue");
startActivity(myIntent);

The above code will launch SecondActivity. Now in onCreate() of second activity you need to:

String stringCameFromFirstAcvitity = getIntent().getStringExtra("TestString");

The value of stringCameFromFirstAcvitity will be "TestValue"

In your case

listview.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
//First actvity code
    @Override
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int position,
                            long id) {

        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    Intent dash_des = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),Dashboard_Description__page.class);
    Object obj = listview.getAdapter().getItem(position);
    String value = obj.toString();
    dash_des .putExtra("TestString",value);
    startActivity(dash_des );
    }
});

 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_dashboard__description__page);

    //here i want to read the string data
    }

Code for secondActivity remains same. Hope it helps

edited Mar 18 '16 at 06:37

answered Mar 18 '16 at 06:21

Alok Gupta

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i need TestValue as dynamic value which i clicked – pawan kumar Mar 18 '16 at 06:33
I am editing my answer accordingly – Alok Gupta Mar 18 '16 at 06:36
I am very new to coding.. i want to get value of bookmark_title.. not poistion. – pawan kumar Mar 18 '16 at 07:04
Yes you are right, it is not taking the position, it is taking the item at the position and getting the name of that item and writing it. Is that not working? what is the output that you are getting and what do you expect, please post here. – Alok Gupta Mar 18 '16 at 07:06
i am gettng this output com.example.compy.project_app.Actors@b4e65fa8 – pawan kumar Mar 18 '16 at 07:09
and i am excpection website, title, id, etc parameters please – pawan kumar Mar 18 '16 at 07:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '16 at 06:21

Intent dash_des = new Intent(getApplicationContext(),Dashboard_Description__page.class);

dash_des.putString("your_key", your_string_variable);
startActivity(dash_des);

In second activity:

Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
String text = bundle.getString("your_key");

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '16 at 06:28

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When there are multiple strings that u need to pass from one activity to another its always a best practice to bundle them and pass it to the next activity. Something like this:

Intent in = new Intent(Firstactivity.this, Secondactivity.class);
    Bundle mbundle = new Bundle();
    mbundle.putString("name", name);
    mbundle.putString("phonenumber", phonenumber);
    in.putExtras(mbundle);

And they same can be retrieved from the secondactivity as follows,

 Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
 String name= bundle.getString("name");
 String phoneNumber= bundle.getString("phonenumber");

answered Mar 18 '16 at 06:28

UserName_Untold

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how to pass phonenumber – pawan kumar Mar 18 '16 at 07:43
you can pass any datatype via intents. Suppose your phonenumber is in integer format you can do mbundle.putInt("phonenumber",phonenumber); – UserName_Untold Mar 18 '16 at 09:46

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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In the intent put the extring as extra..

and then hold it back in the activity2

Example:

Intent intent = new Intent(current.this, Activity2.class);
intent.putExtra("key","value");
startActivity(intent);

in the Activity2:

String data = getIntent().getExtras().getString("key");

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Mar 18 '16 at 06:29

ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ

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String data = getIntent().getExtras().getString("key"); System.out.println(data); this gives me error – pawan kumar Mar 18 '16 at 10:27
what error do you get? – ΦXocę 웃 Пepeúpa ツ Mar 18 '16 at 10:32

How to pass string from one activity to another

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