SmartIntent is a simple Intent wrapper that adds type safety for passing your data between Android activities in Kotlin.
A simple example:
SmartIntent.startActivity(this, SomeActivity::class.java, SomeActivity::testString to editText.text.toString)Basically, this library allows you to specify a custom initialization block for your new activity while allowing you to pass data safely to the new activity.
To execute the code in your startActivity, do this in your SomeActivity:
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
// ...
SmartIntent.unwrapIntent(this)
// testString is now set in this class to the correct value
// ...
}This library can be used in your project through Gradle:
Just add the dependency:
dependencies {
compile 'me.akatkov.smartintent:smartintent:0.4'
}There is progress being made on a SmartBundle class as well that will allow you to do a similar thing with Bundle during onSaveInstanceState.
Example:
override fun onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState)
if (savedInstanceState != null) {
SmartBundle.unwrapBundle(this, savedInstanceState)
// do any setup now that properties are set
}
}
override fun onSaveInstanceState(outState: Bundle) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(outState)
SmartBundle.saveInstanceState(this, outState, SecondActivity::testString to testString)
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