Intent returning null value onActivityResult

Question

HI

I have a MainActivity Class which extends DashboardActivity Class. In Main activity class there are top action bar which when click will go to AddReminderActivity class. The action of the top action bar is defined in Dashboard Activity Class as

private void createReminder() {
    // TODO: fill in implementation
    Intent intent = new Intent(DashboardActivity.this,AddReminderActivity.class);
    Log.i("in OnActivityResult", "create reminder called");       
    startActivityForResult(intent, ACTIVITY_CREATE);
    Log.i("in OnActivityResult", "Start Activity called Result");       
}

 @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) {
        Log.i("in OnActivityResult", "Activity Result" + resultCode);       
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, intent);
        Log.i("in OnActivityResult", "Activity Result" + resultCode);    
        Log.i("in OnActivityResult", "intent Result" + intent.getExtras());    
        Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),resultCode, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        switch(requestCode){
        case ACTIVITY_CREATE:
              if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                String title = extras.getString(ReminderDBAdapter.KEY_REMINDER_TITLE);
                String content = extras.getString(ReminderDBAdapter.KEY_REMINDER_CONTENT);
                mDbHelper.createReminder(title, content);
                mDbHelper.close();
              }
        startActivity(new Intent(this,ListReminder.class));
            break;

        }
        // TODO: fill in rest of method

    }

On the AddReminderActivityClass I have called

btnSubmitReminder.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            Bundle bundle = new Bundle();

            bundle.putString(ReminderDBAdapter.KEY_REMINDER_TITLE, mReminderTitle.getText().toString());
            bundle.putString(ReminderDBAdapter.KEY_REMINDER_CONTENT, mReminderContent.getText().toString());
            if(mRowId != null){
                bundle.putLong(ReminderDBAdapter.KEY_ROWID, mRowId);
            }
            System.out.println(mReminderTitle.getText().toString());
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), mReminderTitle.getText().toString(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            Intent mIntent = new Intent();
            mIntent.putExtras(bundle);
            //setResult(RESULT_OK, mIntent);
            if (getParent() == null) {
                  setResult(DashboardActivity.RESULT_OK, mIntent);
            } else {
                getParent().setResult(DashboardActivity.RESULT_OK, mIntent);
            }

            Log.i("in OnActivityResult", "set result" +RESULT_OK);       
            finish();

        }
    });

But when returning back to OnActivityResult the intent returns null and following exception occurs. I cannot recognize what the problem is

05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): FATAL
EXCEPTION: main 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=0, result=-1, data=Intent { (has extras) }} to activity {com.babz.android.businessReminder/com.babz.android.businessReminder.MainActivity}: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID #0xffffffff 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:3515) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:3557) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2800(ActivityThread.java:125) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2063) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): Caused by: android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID #0xffffffff 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at android.content.res.Resources.getText(Resources.java:201) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at android.widget.Toast.makeText(Toast.java:258) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at com.babz.android.businessReminder.DashboardActivity.onActivityResult(DashboardActivity.java:68) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:3890) 05-16 17:25:09.686: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(441): at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:3511)

Pratik Purohit · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-16 12:26:51Z

1

Uncomment the setResult method call.

answered May 16, 2011 at 12:26

Pratik Purohit

5,0645 gold badges40 silver badges55 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

user755552 Over a year ago

The setResult method has been called in the conditional statement.

MrJre · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-19 08:52:13Z

1

as far as i can tell you get the exception when you try to get a value with a key that doesn't exist in the bundle, so in your case probably one of these:

String title = extras.getString(ReminderDBAdapter.KEY_REMINDER_TITLE);
String content = extras.getString(ReminderDBAdapter.KEY_REMINDER_CONTENT);

You can ask the bundle if the key exists by calling containsKey(String key) on the bundle, so i suggest you use that to find out if its the case or not.

answered May 19, 2011 at 8:52

MrJre

7,1917 gold badges56 silver badges67 bronze badges

1 Comment

user755552 Over a year ago

Thanks. But i have debug and the value is coming in bundle.

SMBiggs · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-17 12:20:13Z

1

As Guru said, you setResult() method is not being called. Thus the Intent is never being set.

I'm making a separate answer because there is a common problem that needs addressing: using the wrong setResult().

Make sure you use setResult(resultCode, intentData), NOT setResult(resultCode). I have to stress because many examples in many books use the latter, implying that the same intent that was sent into an Activity via startActivityForResult() will simply return that same Intent. ALL Intents MUST be added directly, or you'll get NULL for the Intent in onActivityResult() every time.

answered Oct 17, 2012 at 12:20

SMBiggs

11.8k6 gold badges74 silver badges91 bronze badges

Comments

David Wasser · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-26 14:25:06Z

1

Actually, the problem is in this line:

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),resultCode, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

This causes the exception because the parameter resultCode is an int and in this case the makeText() method assumes that the value is a resource ID (ie: R.string.something). In this case, however, the value is -1 and that generates this:

android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException: String resource ID #0xffffffff

You were actually hoping to call the makeText() method that takes a String instead. Try this:

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"ResultCode: " + resultCode,
                  Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

answered Apr 26, 2013 at 14:25

David Wasser

95.9k16 gold badges220 silver badges281 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Intent returning null value onActivityResult

4 Answers 4

1 Comment

1 Comment

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

4 Answers 4

1 Comment

1 Comment

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related