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Android Build an Interactive Story App (Retired) Intents and Multiple Activities Getting Data from an Intent

Manas Vijaywargiya
Manas Vijaywargiya
12,598 Points
Posted by Manas Vijaywargiya
Manas Vijaywargiya
12,598 Points

We previously added a FUEL_LEVEL to our spacecraft. Now in FlightActivity,

We previously added a FUEL_LEVEL to our spacecraft. Now in FlightActivity, we want to get the value that we put in the Intent. Start by declaring an Intent variable and getting the Intent used to start this Activity.

FlightActivity.java 
import android.os.Bundle;

public class FlightActivity extends Activity {

  public int mFuelLevel = 0;

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_flight);

    // Add your code below!
    Intent intent = getIntent();
    intent.getStringExtra("FUEL_LEVEL");


  }
}

2 Answers

adeelkothiwala
adeelkothiwala
1,776 Points
adeelkothiwala
adeelkothiwala
1,776 Points

Step one:

Intent intent = getIntent();

Step two: Change the String to an int and add a defaultValue -1

int name = intent.getIntExtra("FUEL_LEVEL", -1);

Hope this helps! :)

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points

It looks like you're on the 2nd step, getting the fuel level from the intent. You should note that the getExtra methods all use 2 argument, the 2nd being a default value. Also there are different getExtra methods that each return a different type and you should use the one that matches the type of data you're retrieving. Here it's an int.