Question

I have an editText, How do I get the text typed in it by the user ?

example, this is my editText

<EditText
   android:id="@+id/editText3"
   android:layout_width="match_parent"
   android:layout_height="wrap_content" 
   android:maxLength="10">
</EditText>

and the user typed Hi, in my next Activity how do I make if the user typed Hi show in the next Activity Hello.. etc if the user typed How are you next activity it shows I’m fine ?

What do I use? and is it related to Database ?

Answer 1

First, pick up the text in the current activity, i.e. the activity where the view hosts the EditText component.

EditText txt = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.editText3);
String input = txt.getText().toString();

Now, add it as an extra data and call your new activity.

Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), NewActivity.class);
i.putExtra("input",input);
startActivity(i);

In NewActivity inside onCreate() :

Intent i = getIntent();
String input = i.getStringExtra("input");

and, voila, you have the entered text in the new activity.

To set this to the new TextView :

TextView txtView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.yourTextView);
txtView.setText(input);