Android getIntent().getExtras() returns null

Question

I'm trying to pass a string between two activities. I've done this in other projects using the same method, but for some reason I'm getting a NullPointerException when I call intent.getStringExtra(String). I have also tried creating a Bundle for the extras via

Bundle b = getIntent().getExtras(); 

but that also returned null. Below is the code that I am currently trying to use.

Activity A:

Intent myIntent = null;      String select = "";             if (selection.equals("Chandelle")) {                 myIntent = new Intent(Commercial.this, Chandelle.class);                 select = "Chandelle";             } else if (selection.equals("Eights on Pylons")) {                 myIntent = new Intent(Commercial.this, EightsOnPylons.class);                 select = "Eights on Pylons";             }  // Start the activity     if (myIntent != null) {         myIntent.putExtra("selection", select);         Log.d("*** OUTBOUND INTENT: ", "" + myIntent.getExtras().get("selection"));         startActivity(myIntent);     } 

Here's the code in activity B that tries to pull the extra:

    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);       Intent i = getIntent();      if (i == null)          Log.d("***DEBUG****", "Intent was null");     else         Log.d("**** DEBUG ***", "Intent OK");      String MANEUVER_ID  = i.getStringExtra("selection"); //Exception points to this line     Log.d("*** DEBUG", rec + " " + MANEUVER_ID); 

I've tried pretty much every alternative way of passing extras, but they all seem to behave this way. What am I missing?

Answer 1

Add .ToString() to myIntent.putExtra("selection", select); so that it is myIntent.putExtra("selection", select.ToString());