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Adnan
Adnan

Reputation: 63

Can I use Intent to launch the same Activity (Android)?

I am currently working on an app which takes a number of user entries. I want to have each EditText field on its own page, and instead of having a seperate activity for each entry, I wanted instead to call the same activity again. Is this possible, and if so, is it a feasible solution? Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2157

Answers (2)

Caspar Harmer
Caspar Harmer

Reputation: 8117

I would think that if your UI doesn't change (significantly) between views, then reusing your activity and displaying different data seems fine to me (I do this myself).

I keep an object on the Application class that contains a list of the sub-objects (Inputs in your case).

On the top level object, I keep the index of the current index.
This works very well, does not leak memory and is very fast to render as I swipe through my pages.

Upvotes: 0

Octavian Helm
Octavian Helm

Reputation: 39604

It is possible but I don't think it is the way to go. Basically if the next input is a separate action then it deserves its own activity.

That is the way you are supposed to do it.

You could store the gathered values either in the Application class as a temporary storage or you can save it using SharedPreference. However if it is only temporary data I advice you to use the Application class rather than writing it to a file.

Upvotes: 2

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