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ColonelPackage
ColonelPackage

Reputation: 501

Can I pass an Account via an Intent to another activity?

Is it possible to pass an Android Account object from one activity to another via an Intent? If so, how? Is it good programming practice?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1420

Answers (3)

Divakar Rajesh
Divakar Rajesh

Reputation: 1210

You can send in the account to other activities through Intent

First get the account if the user is already signed in

GoogleSignInAccount account;
account = GoogleSignIn.getLastSignedInAccount(this);

Then pass the account as an Extra in the Intent

Intent intent = new Intent(this,ReceiverActivity.class);
            intent.putExtra("ACCOUNT",account);
            startActivity(intent);

And in the ReceiverActivity

GoogleSignInAccount account =getIntent().getParcelableExtra("ACCOUNT");

Then you can get other details from the user's profile like

String personName = account.getDisplayName();
            String personGivenName = account.getGivenName();
            String personFamilyName = account.getFamilyName();
            String personEmail = account.getEmail();
            String personId = account.getId();
            Uri personPhoto = account.getPhotoUrl();

Upvotes: 2

Squonk
Squonk

Reputation: 48871

If you mean android.accounts.Account then 'Yes', as it implements Parcelable, you can pass it as an extra of an Intent using the putExtra(String name, Parcelable value) method of Intent.

Whether it's good programming practice or not...that depends entirely on why you want to do it and what the Activity that receives it will do with it.

Upvotes: 3

olamotte
olamotte

Reputation: 917

Could you provide a code sample, and explain a little what exactly you are using this passing for ?

You might want to optimize the flow of your application, in order to process the account info directly, and create the account object when you need it.

Upvotes: 0

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