Question

I need to move an object from an activity to a service. This is my attempt at the Activity side.

      Waveform waveform = new Waveform();
      Intent intent = new Intent(this, StimulationService.class);
      Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
      bundle.putParcelable("test", (Parcelable) waveform);
      intent.putExtras(bundle);
      startService(intent);

I have placed this code in the onStart() function in the service.

        Bundle bundle = this.getIntent().getExtras();
        if(bundle!=null)
        mWaveform = bundle.getParcelable(waveform);

I’m getting errors for the function “getIntent” and “waveform” inside the getParcelable().
Any help or guidance is appreciated.

Answer 1

1. Services don’t have a getIntent method. Instead the intent is passed in as an argument to the onStart method. So you should use that parameter instead.
2. The getParcelable method takes a String, which in the case of your test code, should be "test".