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Android Android Lists and Adapters (2015) Using Parcelable Data Using a Creator and Reading a Parcel

Posted by John Shankland
John Shankland
1,973 Points

Is there a limit to amount of information one should put in a bundle?

I've just been wondering if we need to worry about how much data we put into a bundle.

1 Answer

Evan Demaris
Evan Demaris
64,262 Points

Hi John,

Yes, there is a limit. When transferring information between components using an Intent, bundles serialize the information into a binder transaction, which has a buffer limit of 1MB total (so multiple transactions can add up); you will throw a TransactionTooLargeException if you try to exceed this limit. You can get around this by saving the information and accessing it again, instead of using a bundle.

When saving the state of an activity, bundle size is just going to be limited by available memory.