android - Intent putExtra ArrayList<NameValuePair>

Question

Does anyone know how to add an ArrayList<NameValuePair> to an Intent as an extra?

ArrayList<NameValuePair> nameValuePairs = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("first_name", first_name));
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("last_name", last_name));
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("email", email));
nameValuePairs.add(new BasicNameValuePair("password", password));

/* Move on to step 2 */
Intent intent = new Intent(RegisterActivity1.this, RegisterActivity2.class);
intent.putExtra("nvp", nameValuePairs);
startActivity(intent);

Here is the class declaration for RegisterActivity2:

public class RegisterActivity2 extends Activity implements Serializable {
}

The error in the logcat is:

> Parcel: unable to marshal value first_name="whatever"

After implementing the suggestion by Ted Hopp, I still get an error. Here is the stack trace:

08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):
> java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity
> ComponentInfo{/.RegisterActivity2}: java.lang.RuntimeException:
> Parcelable encountered IOException reading a Serializable object (name
> = database.NVP) 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2070)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2095)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:135) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1201)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137) 08-04 22:10:16.095:
> E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4849) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511) 08-04 22:10:16.095:
> E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:795)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:562) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) 08-04 22:10:16.095:
> E/AndroidRuntime(5065): Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException:
> Parcelable encountered IOException reading a Serializable object (name
> = database.NVP) 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at android.os.Parcel.readSerializable(Parcel.java:2144) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> android.os.Parcel.readValue(Parcel.java:2016) 08-04 22:10:16.095:
> E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> android.os.Parcel.readListInternal(Parcel.java:2235) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> android.os.Parcel.readArrayList(Parcel.java:1655) 08-04 22:10:16.095:
> E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> android.os.Parcel.readValue(Parcel.java:1986) 08-04 22:10:16.095:
> E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> android.os.Parcel.readMapInternal(Parcel.java:2226) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> android.os.Bundle.unparcel(Bundle.java:223) 08-04 22:10:16.095:
> E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> android.os.Bundle.getSerializable(Bundle.java:1254) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> android.content.Intent.getSerializableExtra(Intent.java:4268) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> .RegisterActivity2.onCreate(RegisterActivity2.java:24) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5244) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     at
> android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1082)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2034)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   ... 11 more 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065): Caused by:
> java.io.InvalidClassException:
> org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair; IllegalAccessException
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> java.io.ObjectStreamClass.resolveConstructorClass(ObjectStreamClass.java:694)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> java.io.ObjectStreamClass.newInstance(ObjectStreamClass.java:655)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNewObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1816)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNonPrimitiveContent(ObjectInputStream.java:787)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:2003)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1960)
> 08-04 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):   at
> android.os.Parcel.readSerializable(Parcel.java:2142) 08-04
> 22:10:16.095: E/AndroidRuntime(5065):     ... 23 more

Answer 1

I had the same problem, trying to send objects in ArrayList without implementing Seiralizable in Object class.

The shortcut solution was to envelop ArrayList in Bundle.

So, in the first activity ->

ArrayList<Object> objects = new ArrayList<Object>(); 
// Object class does not implement Serializable interface

Bundle extra = new Bundle();
extra.putSerializable("objects", objects);

Intent intent = new Intent(getBaseContext(), ShowSpread.class);
intent.putExtra("extra", extra);

Second activity ->

Bundle extra = getIntent().getBundleExtra("extra");
ArrayList<Object> objects = (ArrayList<Object>) extra.getSerializable("objects")

Works fine.