Android - TransactionTooLargeException

Question

Exception thrown launching activities in ProcessRecord{3c67ecf8080:com.example/u0a171} android.os.TransactionTooLargeException: data parcel size 572488 bytes

Passing data

Intent intent = new Intent(activity, SearchListActivity.class);
intent.putExtra(HRConstants.SEARCHLIST, searchResponse);
startActivity(intent);

Getting Data

Intent intent = getIntent();
searchResponse = intent.getParcelableExtra(HRConstants.SEARCHLIST);
searchLists = searchResponse.getSearchResults();

My minSdkVersion is 15 and targetSdkVersion is 26.

The response contained 1736 items followed by an exception. It works fine with fewer items.

Answer 1

This is because intents in Android can carry no more than 1MB of data. A workaround would be puting "searchResult" inside a public static object

Intent intent=new Intent(activity,SearchListActivity.class);
//intent.putExtra(HRConstants.SEARCHLIST,  searchResponse);
YourActivity.SearchResponse = searchResponse;
startActivity(intent);

In the SearchListActivity, instead of doing

getIntent.getExtras();

you can access your object now saved into

List<Search> list = YourActivity.SeachResponse;

Hope this helps