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so from what i gather, Socket connections are neither serializable or parcelable, but i need to pass a bluetooth connection to another Activity. i do not want to write a Service as a middle man, so please don't post this as a solution. i've heard that there is a way to pass these types of Objects using a custom Application interface, but i cannot, for the life of me, find a working example of this. i've seen plenty of documentation that says something to the effect of "this is possible" but nothing showing how to do it.

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Define your app class:

class MyApplication extends Application{
    // your fields here
}

Add name attribute to app manifest. 

<application android:name=".MyApplication" ../>

Use it in Activity:

MyApplication myapp = (MyApplication) getApplication();
Peter Knego
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  • after a little head scratching i got it to work. that's twice i owe you now. thanks. – moonlightcheese Mar 01 '11 at 20:36
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    See the following link for a detailed description on using Application class [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/708012/how-to-declare-global-variables-in-android] – Martin Apr 13 '16 at 09:15