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PendingIntent does not send Intent extras

Asked 2013-08-03T22:38:25.823
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My MainActicity starts RefreshService with a Intent which has a boolean extra called isNextWeek.

My RefreshService makes a Notification which starts my MainActivity when the user clicks on it.

this looks like this:

    Log.d("Refresh", "RefreshService got: isNextWeek: " + String.valueOf(isNextWeek));

    Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(this, MainActivity.class);
    notificationIntent.putExtra(MainActivity.IS_NEXT_WEEK, isNextWeek);

    Log.d("Refresh", "RefreshService put in Intent: isNextWeek: " + String.valueOf(notificationIntent.getBooleanExtra(MainActivity.IS_NEXT_WEEK,false)));
    pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(this, 0, notificationIntent, 0);

    builder = new NotificationCompat.Builder(this).setContentTitle("Title").setContentText("ContentText").setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_notification).setContentIntent(pendingIntent);
    notification = builder.build();
    // Hide the notification after its selected
    notification.flags |= Notification.FLAG_AUTO_CANCEL;
    notificationManager.notify(NOTIFICATION_REFRESH, notification);

As you can see the notificationIntent should have the booleanextra IS_NEXT_WEEK with the value of isNextWeek which is put in the PendingIntent.

When I click now this Notification I always get false as value of isNextWeek

This is the way I get the value in the MainActivity:

    isNextWeek = getIntent().getBooleanExtra(IS_NEXT_WEEK, false);

Log:

08-04 00:19:32.500  13367-13367/de.MayerhoferSimon.Vertretungsplan D/Refresh: MainActivity sent: isNextWeek: true
08-04 00:19:32.510  13367-13573/de.MayerhoferSimon.Vertretungsplan D/Refresh: RefreshService 
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I think you need to update the Intent when you receive a new one by overriding onNewIntent(Intent) in your Activity. Add the following to your Activity:

@Override
public void onNewIntent(Intent newIntent) {
    this.setIntent(newIntent);

    // Now getIntent() returns the updated Intent
    isNextWeek = getIntent().getBooleanExtra(IS_NEXT_WEEK, false);        
}

Edit:

This is needed only if your Activity has already been started when the intent is received. If your activity is started (and not just resumed) by the intent, then the problem is elsewhere and my suggestion may not fix it.

answered 2013-08-03T23:31:23.270

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