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abautista
abautista

Reputation: 2780

How to pass data from an activity to a java class

I have reached the wall on the following. I am trying to pass a variable from my main activity to a java class that generates my database because I want to use this variable in one of my queries of that database to get a result and then pass it to the Main activity. Here's my piece of code:

//MainActivity

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private static RadioGroup selectedAvgStds;
     ...... //rest of the code/// 


    public void onClickListenerButton(){


    selectedAvgStds = (RadioGroup)findViewById(R.id.controlAverageOfLiving);

    showResults.setOnClickListener(


        int avgStdLiving        = selectedAvgStds.getCheckedRadioButtonId();
        selectedAvgStdsRb       = (RadioButton) findViewById(avgStdLiving);

        //variable that  I want to pass 
        String avgStdLivingText = (String) selectedAvgStdsRb.getText();

        switch (option) {
           case "one":
               Intent intent = new Intent(MainActivity.this,DatabaseHelper.class);
               Intent.putExtra("values",avgStdLivingText);
               startActivity(intent);
           break;

          }
    );
}

Piece of code of my database

//DatabaseHelper
public class DatabaseHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper{

public Cursor showResults(){

    SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();

    //the intent does NOT work
    Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();

    Cursor results = db.rawQuery("select * from "+TEMP_TABLE+"where value = " + selectedAvgStds , null);
    return results;
     }
}

The intent is not working despite the fact I have imported all the Intent libraries in the activity and the class. How can I achieve my goal? Why the Intents do not work here?

Any suggestion and idea will be enormously appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1095

Answers (2)

Gaurav Sarma
Gaurav Sarma

Reputation: 2297

The reason you are not able to get data using intent is that SQLiteOpenHelper class might not have the method definition for getIntent(). I would prefer you use Shared Preferences to store the data and retrieve it inside you SQLiteOpenHelper class.

Upvotes: 0

Ed Holloway-George
Ed Holloway-George

Reputation: 5149

As per your comment, why do you not simply make DatabaseHelper an instance variable and parameterize your showResults method as following:

public class MyActivity extends Activity {

    private DatabaseHelper myDatabaseHelper;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        //initialise your helper here
        myDatabaseHelper = ...
    }

    public void onClickListenerButton(){

        // All your other stuff here...

        // variable that  I want to pass
        String avgStdLivingText = selectedAvgStdsRb.getText().toString();
        myDatabaseHelper.showResults(avgStdLivingText);
    }

}

And then within the helper class you can simply do:

public Cursor showResults(String selectedAvgStds){
        SQLiteDatabase db = this.getWritableDatabase();

        Cursor results = db.rawQuery("select * from "+TEMP_TABLE+"where value = " + selectedAvgStds , null);
        return results;
     }
}

Upvotes: 1

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