How To Pass Variables From A New Intent Back To The Class That Created It In Android

I know my title may be a little convoluted but I am really quite confused and couldn't think of a better title. My problem: I have a main class that creates a new intent. This new

Solution 1:

What you will need to do is a combination of things.

First, start the activity using:

Intentintent=newIntent("com.stevedub.GS.INPUTMPG");
startActivityForResult(intent, RETURN_CODE);

Then in your InputMPG class, set the Return value with the following:

IntentreturnIntent=newIntent();
returnIntent.putExtra("result", editText.getText());
setResult(RESULT_OK, returnIntent);

Finally to receive the data in your original Activity use the onActivityResult method:

publicvoidonActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (requestCode == RETURN_CODE && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
        //get value from intent
    } 
}

Solution 2:

Try to use startActivityForResult()