getIntExtra always returns the default value

Question

I am trying to pass an integer between activities using an intent. The source activity makes the calls info.id is the selected item from a ListView.

Intent intent = new Intent(myActivity.this, newClass.class); 
intent.putExtra("selectedItem", info.id); 
this.startActivity(intent); 

The target activity retrieves the intent using getIntent then calls

int iSelectedItem = intent.getIntExtra("selectedItem", -1); 

iSelectedItem is always -1 instead of the value passed to putExtra. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong or do I misunderstand the use of intents?

Answer 1

The problem is that info.id will be a 'long' and is not converting to an 'int'. Try

long iSelectedItem = intent.getLongExtra("selectedItem", -1)

Answer 2

I don't find putIntExtra() method. So I ended up with following:

intent.putExtra("jobId", 1);

and

Integer.parseInt(getIntent().getExtras().get("jobId").ToString());

Use try and catch to handle Exceptions.

UPDATE

Later I found that I was passing jobId as a string in putExtra() method, therefore getIntExtra() was always returning the default value.

So @Grant is correct. You must pass an Integer value in putExtra() method to use getIntExtra() method.