Question

public class Activity1 extends Activity {

billreminder br;//billreminder is a function in activity2

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState);



setContentView(R.layout.main);

br.read(c);//c is a string

}

how do we call read function.

Answer 1

There are a couple of ways you can do this. You can make the function in activity2 a static function. You can then call it like so: Activity2.read(c)

Another way, is to pass an intent from Activity1 to Activity2 as follows:

in activity1:

Intent intent = new Intent(Activity1.this, Activity2.class);
intent.putExtra("c", c);
//this will put a callback in the onActivityResult method for the Activity1 class
startActivityForResult(intent, requestCode);//requestCode is an int

in activity2 inside its onCreate method:

Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();

if(extras != null) {
    c = extras.getString("c");
    if(c != null && !"".equals(c)) {
        read(c);
    }
    setResult(resultCode);//resultCode is an int
}

in activity1 again1:

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
   super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
   //detect resultCode or requestCode, and do whatever you want
   ....
}

Avoid subclassing the Application class. From the android docs:

There is normally no need to subclass Application. In most situation,
static singletons can provide the same functionality in a more modular
way. If your singleton needs a global context (for example to register
broadcast receivers), the function to retrieve it can be given a
Context which internally uses Context.getApplicationContext() when
first constructing the singleton.

Also, I think you are confused. You need to call a method on an object.

billreminder br;//billreminder is a function in activity2

is wrong. I think you meant that br is an object.