Question

In my Android project, I launch an application from another one, by using an intent, in this way:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
        intent.setComponent(new ComponentName("edu.dhbw.andar.sample","edu.dhbw.andar.sample.CustomActivity"));
        startActivity(intent);

And it works: the second application starts without problems.
Now, I wish to pass a text string from the first application to the second one. Is there a way to do that?

Thanks

Answer 1

Put an extra String in the intent (using intent#putExtra()) and read it in the new application:

In the first application:

intent.putExtra("IdentifierForYourString", theString);

In the second:

getIntent().getStringExtra("IdentifierForYourString");