Start intent with Serializable from within the serializable class

Question

I am trying to start up an Intent from within a class which implements Serializable. I get a IOException which says "Parcelable encountered IOException wrinting Serializable object". This is what i am trying to do from within a method in the class implementing Serializable:

thisOffer = this;

row.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {

    Intent intent = new Intent(applicationContext, ActivityOffer.class);
    intent.putExtra("offer", thisOffer);

    activity.startActivity(intent);
}
});

Everything works fine i take away the putExtra() method

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '12 at 14:19

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There could be some field within your class which is not implementing Serializable

answered Aug 14 '12 at 14:19

Ajay George

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Thanks that is the problem. Do i have to extend all those classes and make them Serializable, there are many classes. Maybe its better to just send Strings with the information i need. – AlexanderNajafi Aug 14 '12 at 14:48
Yes, you do need to make them Serializable or use a custom serialization strategy using writeObject and readObject. If you can keep your data limited to strings that would work just fine. – Ajay George Aug 14 '12 at 15:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 14 '12 at 14:20

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You cannot pass whole activity in putExtra like this....

in the putextra method you can pass basic datatype and some other class...

just show the 2nd argument of putExtra method......

answered Aug 14 '12 at 14:20

Hardikgiri Goswami

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the putExtra method can take in a object which implements Serializable. I am not trying to send an Activity object, this class does not even extend Activity. – AlexanderNajafi Aug 14 '12 at 14:49

Start intent with Serializable from within the serializable class

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