Question

Is it possible to put an instance of android.location.Address with Intent to another activity?

Address current_location;

I mean, I am trying to put current_location directly with the intent by:

1. IntentName.putExtra("current_location",current_location);

2. or indirectly by a bundle:

   Bundle b = new Bundle();
   b.put....("current_location",current_location);
   IntentName.put(b);
   

If none of the above strategy support “Address” then what should be the best approach to pass the Address instance to another activity?
If I declare,
public static Address current_location;

and try to access it from another activity then there is no guarantee that Android will hold current_location data. Or am I wrong?

In such situation, what approach should be followed?

Answer 1

You’ll want to pass it through as a parcelable. By looking at the API, I think they already conform to the standard.

Address
extends Object
implements Parcelable

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Address.html

So to package it up and send it you would do:

    String key = getResources().getString(key);

    startActivity( new Intent()
                        .setClass(this, YourActivity.class)
                        .putExtra(key, current_location )
    );

Then to reassemble it in your activity you would do:

   String key = getResources().getString(key);
   Address current_location = getIntent().getExtras().getParcelable(key); 

The key is simply the name you use to store the parcelable under.