Question

Normally, if I want to start a new activity I can use

StartActivity(typeof(foo));

This is fine.

I can also set an intent

Intent i = new Intent(this, typeof(foo));
StartActivity(i);

Problem is this. I have Activity A. This fires off Activity B. However, I need to fire off Activity B after using PutExtra on an intent. If I do

Intent i = new Intent(this, typeof(ActivityB));

monodroid gets rightly annoyed as I’m defining a new Intent from within an Activity.

Is there a way to do this

(psuedocode)

[Activity]
public partial class A
{
   protected override void OnCreate(Bundle savedInstance)
   {
       SetContentView(Resource.Layout.layout);
       Button btnClick = FindViewById<Button>(Resource.Id.btnClicky);
       btnClick.Click += new EventHandler(button_click);
   }

   private void button_Click(object s, EventArgs e)
   {
       Intent i = new Intent(this, typeof(B)); // <- gets annoyed
       i.PutExtra("foo", 1);
       i.PutExtra("bar", true);
       StartActivity(i);
   }
 }

Any help here would be appreciated.

PFJ

Answer 1

Looks like I needed to add a using which wasn’t needed elsewhere.

Thanks for the answers and sorry for the delay in getting back 🙂

Promise that in future, I’ll make sure things are clearer.