Question

I am working on an android application that pulls data from a Database. I want to pass data
between activities (A single String). I initially implemented the data passing using the Bundle feature. However, I came across the Application class which allows a variable to be accessed from any activity.

Which would you recommend using for moving data between activities?

public class MyVideo extends Application {

  private String url ="NULL";

  public String getUrl(){
    return url;
  }
  public void setUrl(String newurl){
    url = newurl;
  }

}

Answer 1

This is similar to this question What is a "bundle" in an Android application, which contains a comprehensive answer with example.

My answer would be that you would use a bundle as this is what they were designed for and are easy enough to use. The bundle supports a String without any extra work being done so I would argue it makes it ideal.

Adding to intent

intent.putExtra("myKey",AnyValue);  

Retrieving:

Bundle extras = intent.getExtras(); 
String tmp = extras.getString("myKey");