How to pass an Object from One Activity to another in Android.

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This is a simple post that shows How to pass an Object from One Activity to another in Android.

I am going to pass the following object from One Activity to another.

MyObject{
String name;
String website;
}

This is the class that defines the Object.

package com.coderzheaven.passarraylist;
 
import android.os.Parcel;
import android.os.Parcelable;
 
public class MyObject implements Parcelable{
 
    String name,website;
     
    public MyObject(){
         
    }
     
    private MyObject(Parcel in){
              this.name = in.readString();
              this.website = in.readString();
        }
     
    public String getWebsite() {
        return website;
    }
 
    public void setWebsite(String website) {
        this.website = website;
    }
 
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
 
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
 
     
    @Override
    public int describeContents() {
        return 0;
    }
 
    @Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
        dest.writeString(this.name);
        dest.writeString(this.website);
    }
     
    public static final MyObject.Creator<MyObject> CREATOR = new MyObject.Creator<MyObject>() {
        public MyObject createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
            return new MyObject(in);
        }
 
        public MyObject[] newArray(int size) {
            return new MyObject[size];
        }
    };  
}

This is the first activity that sends the object to second activity.

package com.coderzheaven.passarraylist;
 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.TextView;
 
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
         
        this.setTitle("Main Activity");
         
        final MyObject myobj = new MyObject();
        myobj.setName("Coderz");
        myobj.setWebsite("CoderzHeaven.com");
         
        TextView name = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.name);
        name.setText("Name : " + myobj.getName());
         
        TextView website = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.website);
        website.setText("Website : " + myobj.getWebsite());
         
        findViewById(R.id.button1).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, Second.class);
                intent.putExtra("myobject", myobj);
                startActivity(intent);              
            }
        });
         
    }
}

This is the second Activity.

package com.coderzheaven.passarraylist;
 
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
 
public class Second extends Activity {
 
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.second_activity);
        this.setTitle("Second Activity");
         
        Bundle b = getIntent().getExtras();
         
        if(b!=null){
            MyObject myobj = (MyObject)getIntent().getExtras().getParcelable("myobject");
             
             TextView name = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.name);
             name.setText("Name : " + myobj.getName());
              
             TextView website = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.website);
             website.setText("Website : " + myobj.getWebsite());
        }
    }
}

activity_main.xml.

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/name"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/website"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/name"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />
 
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/website"
        android:text="Pass Object to Next Activity" />
 
</RelativeLayout>

second_activity.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" >
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/name"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/website"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/name"
        android:layout_margin="5dp"
        android:textStyle="bold" />
 
</RelativeLayout>

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