How can I make my custom objects Parcelable?
You can find some examples of this here, here (code is taken here), and here.
You can create a POJO class for this, but you need to add some extra code to make it Parcelable
. Have a look at the implementation.
public class Student implements Parcelable{ private String id; private String name; private String grade; // Constructor public Student(String id, String name, String grade){ this.id = id; this.name = name; this.grade = grade; } // Getter and setter methods ......... ......... // Parcelling part public Student(Parcel in){ String[] data = new String[3]; in.readStringArray(data); // the order needs to be the same as in writeToParcel() method this.id = data[0]; this.name = data[1]; this.grade = data[2]; } @Оverride public int describeContents(){ return 0; } @Override public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) { dest.writeStringArray(new String[] {this.id, this.name, this.grade}); } public static final Parcelable.Creator CREATOR = new Parcelable.Creator() { public Student createFromParcel(Parcel in) { return new Student(in); } public Student[] newArray(int size) { return new Student[size]; } }; }
Once you have created this class, you can easily pass objects of this class through the Intent
like this, and recover this object in the target activity.
intent.putExtra("student", new Student("1","Mike","6"));
Here, the student is the key which you would require to unparcel the data from the bundle.
Bundle data = getIntent().getExtras();Student student = (Student) data.getParcelable("student");
This example shows only String
types. But, you can parcel any kind of data you want. Try it out.
EDIT: Another example, suggested by Rukmal Dias.
Here is a website to create a Parcelable Class from your created class:
IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio have plugins for this:
- ★ Android Parcelable code generator (Apache License 2.0)
- Auto Parcel (The MIT License)
- SerializableParcelable Generator (The MIT License)
- Parcelable Code Generator (for Kotlin) (Apache License 2.0)
These plugins generate Android Parcelable boilerplate code based on fields in the class.