what you will learn in this lesson
| how to pass strings between activities | |
| Top back Button on second Activity As Result |
TUTORIAL LEVEL-
So in this tutorial we have to use intent.putExtra class to pass strings between activities
Activity Main.XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<EditText
android:id="@+id/et"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:hint="Enter desired Text here" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@+id/et"
android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
android:layout_marginStart="111dp"
android:layout_marginLeft="111dp"
android:layout_marginTop="387dp"
android:layout_marginEnd="116dp"
android:layout_marginRight="116dp"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:text="open second Activity" />
</RelativeLayout>
Second Activity.XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".Main2Activity">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="HEelooow"
android:textSize="40dp"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
Main Activity.JAVA
package com.example.myapplication;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private EditText et;
private Button btn;
public static final String EXTRA_TEXT="com.example.myapplication.EXTRA_TEXT";
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
btn=(Button)findViewById(R.id.btn);
btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
openActivity();
}
});
}
public void openActivity(){
EditText editText=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.et);
String text = editText.getText().toString();
Intent intent= new Intent(this,Main2Activity.class);
intent.putExtra(EXTRA_TEXT, text);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
Second Activity.JAVA
package com.example.myapplication;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;
public class Main2Activity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main2);
Intent intent = getIntent();
String text =intent.getStringExtra(MainActivity.EXTRA_TEXT);
TextView textView=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView);
textView.setText(text);
}
}
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