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Android Build an Interactive Story App Intents and Multiple Activities Getting Data from an Intent

dimas aaron
dimas aaron
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Posted by dimas aaron
dimas aaron
6,660 Points

get***Extra, sure it was not a String

Had a bummer, fuelLevel is an int, what the right method to have? intent.getStringExtra() was not working.

FlightActivity.java 
import android.os.Bundle;

public class FlightActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    public int fuelLevel = 0;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_flight);

        Intent intent = getIntent();
        fuelLevel = intent.getIntegerExtra("FUEL_LEVEL", -1);


    }
}

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! You're doing great! The method you're looking for is getIntExtra, but you're using getIntegerExtra, which doesn't exist. You had the right idea, but just spelled out the entire word "Integer" :smiley:

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Balazs Peak
Balazs Peak
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Balazs Peak
Balazs Peak
46,160 Points

The method name is simply getIntExtra (not getIntegerExtra)

like this:

  Intent i = getIntent();
  fuelLevel = i.getIntExtra("FUEL_LEVEL", -1);