check the addExtra methods on the Intent class
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:55, Emre A. Yavuz <eayl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Vinay,
>
> Yes, I meant some data of present activity. The trivial method would be
> using static variables as you have already mentioned in your reply. That's
> actually what I have been doing so far. Using database on the other hand
> seems to be an overkill. Anyway, I just wanted to find out whether there is
> a better alternative or not. Thanks for your comments.
>
> TreKing, thanks for your reply as well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Emre
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 14:44:22 +0530
> Subject: Re: [android-developers] How to pass a Context variable from one
> Activity to another ?
> From: vinayju...@gmail.com
> To: android-developers@googlegroups.com
>
>
> Not sure what you mean by context variables....
>
> Activity itself is a context... so while starting an activity you can pass
> "this" (wild guess) in the bundle. But why would to want to pass it to
> another activity?
>
> Or do u mean some data of present activity would be required in the next
> activity. Well then you can use bundle put extras. and then gather extras in
> the new activity.
>
> Or u can use static variables to share data between the two activities or
> activity and service. And if you are not comfortable with the static
> variables then data base is always there.
>
> Vinay Julme
> **************
>
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Emre A. Yavuz <eayl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Tab Layout which has two tabs that correspond to one Activity each
> ("A" and "B") . When I run my application, let's say by running
> MainActivity(), I expect it to display the first Tab and thus run Activity
> "A" by default and switch to Activity "B" when the second Tab is selected.
> Let's assume I'd like to pass a Context variable in my MainActivity to
> either Activity "A" or "B. How should I do it, what is the most efficient
> approach ? Any suggestions ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Emre
>
>
>
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