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Florian Walther
Florian Walther

Reputation: 6971

When to make an Object parcelable rather than just sending the primitive variables?

After researching for a while there is still something unclear for me:

When is it worth to implement Parcelable rather than just getting the variables and send them to a new Activity? If i search for example for something like "RecyclerView click open new Activity", almost everyone posts code that extracts the values with getter methods in Activity 1 and sends them via multiple .putExtra calls to Activity 2. Almost no one seems to suggest to implement Parcelable. I also fail to see where Parcelable saves effort or makes the code more maintainable, since i have to call .getXXX for every value in the target Activity anyways.

So let's say I have a RecyclerView, I want to open a new Activity on Button click and i want to send 3 variables out of 1 Object from 1 ArrayList. Should i send the variables directly over 3 .putExtra calls or implement Parcelable and send the whole Object?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 50

Answers (3)

Divij Sehgal
Divij Sehgal

Reputation: 655

Using parcelable for something as trivial as this would be an overkill as it involves the overhead of constructing a new object for only a few values. It would be better if you just add the .putExtra() calls for the values you need to share, that should be enough, as the others before me said. :)

Upvotes: 1

manmeet singh
manmeet singh

Reputation: 86

Don't use Parcelable if u have less no. Of data elements because serialization itself take some time. But sending them individually will be faster.

Upvotes: 1

HaroldSer
HaroldSer

Reputation: 2065

In your case sending the 3 primitive values with putExtra should be enough. Parcelable is to send objects. Normally these objects contain objects which contain other objects or array of objects. In summary it is used to send complex objects. It's also necessary if you need to send an object to your service as part of the body of a request.

Upvotes: 1

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