How to pass data from a Spinner to other activity?

Question

I'm working on an application that consists on a shopping cart, where the user selects which pizza and which drink he wants, using a spinner for each selection. I have been working for a week on how to send the data selected in the spinner to the next activity and display it on a textview, but I don't know how to do it.

My both spinners are working correctly.

Code for the spinner

    Spinner spinner = findViewById(R.id.spinner1);
    ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter = 
    ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this,
    R.array.numbers, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);      
    adapter.setDropDownViewResource  
    (android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
    spinner.setAdapter(adapter);
    spinner.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);

    Spinner spinner2 = findViewById(R.id.spinner2);
    ArrayAdapter<CharSequence> adapter1 = 
    ArrayAdapter.createFromResource(this,
    R.array.drinks, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item);
    adapter1.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
    spinner2.setAdapter(adapter1);
    spinner2.setOnItemSelectedListener(this);



    @Override
    public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int 
    position, long l) {
    String text = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString();
    Toast.makeText(parent.getContext(), text, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

    @Override
    public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> adapterView) {

    }

Code for the intent

    Button enviar = findViewById(R.id.enviar);
    enviar.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            Intent resumenPedido = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Resumen.class);
            startActivityForResult(resumenPedido, 1);
        }
    });

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 07 '19 at 17:39

First of all

you need to differentiate spinner 1 onItemSelectedListner with spinner 2

Second thing

for storing user selected value from spinner take two variables

string_spinner1 and string_spinner2 and store it inside onItemSelectedListner

string_spinner1 = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString()  //FOR SPINNER 1 LISTENER
string_spinner2 = parent.getItemAtPosition(position).toString() //FOR SPINNER 2 LISTENER

Third Thing pass that value in your intent like this>

Intent resumenPedido = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Resumen.class);
resumenPedido.putExtra('spinner1_data',string_spinner1);
resumenPedido.putExtra('spinner2_data',string_spinner2);
startActivity(resumenPedido);

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '19 at 17:40

you should use Intent.putExtra() method. Please check the following and use accordingly.

This is how you can get the selected values from spinner:

CharSequence spinner1SelectedData  = (CharSequence) spinner.getSelectedItem();
CharSequence spinner2SelectedData  = (CharSequence) spinner2.getSelectedItem();

And then onClick listener replace it with the following:

Intent resumenPedido = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Resumen.class);
resumePedido.putExtra("data_spinner_1", spinner1SelectedData.toString());  
resumePedido.putExtra("data_spinner_2", spinner2SelectedData.toString());
startActivity(mIntent);

You don't have to use startActivityForResult unless you want callback to source activity.

In the 2nd activity you can get the data as follows:

  if (getIntent() != null){
      String spinner1Value = getIntent().getStringExtra("data_spinner_1");
      String spinner2Value = getIntent().getStringExtra("data_spinner_2");
  }

It just didn't work, I checked the documentation and then it worked — Kikoneta, Nov 11 '19 at 09:03
Okay, so that means you've got the solution for your problem, right? — Parag Pawar, Nov 11 '19 at 09:38
Please update your code with the solution then, somebody else might get help from it — Parag Pawar, Nov 13 '19 at 19:34

Kirguduck · Answer 3 · 2019-11-09T14:03:23.603

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use EXTRA for intent
your onClick should look like this

public void onClick(View view) {
        Intent resumenPedido = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Resumen.class);
        resumePedido.putExtra(FLAG, data);  
        startActivityForResult(resumenPedido, 1);
    }

and in new activity use method

data = getIntent().getExtras(FLAG);

check similar

edited Nov 09 '19 at 14:03

answered Nov 07 '19 at 17:30

Kirguduck

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data = getIntent().getExtra(FLAG); this part seems incomplete.There is no any method getIntent().getExtra() method. – CodeWithVikas Nov 07 '19 at 17:46
@vikasjha https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent – Kirguduck Nov 08 '19 at 15:12
Yes i had went through the document. There is no such method. – CodeWithVikas Nov 09 '19 at 03:59
oh. very sorry))) data = getIntent().getExtras(FLAG); – Kirguduck Nov 09 '19 at 14:03
Still it is not correct.It should be data = getIntent().getExtras().get(FLAG); But its ok. Please do not take it otherwise.Happy Coding – CodeWithVikas Nov 09 '19 at 15:36

How to pass data from a Spinner to other activity?

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