onActivityResult() Intent data is always null

Question

Can somebody tell my why the Intent data is always null?

@Override protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {     super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);  if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {     if (requestCode == UPDATE_PROFILE_REQUEST_CODE) {          if (data != null) {             User user = (User) data.getExtras().getSerializable(USER_DATA_EXTRA);             if (user != null) {                 notifyNeedUpdate(user);             }         } else {             Log.e("Dev", "data is null");         }      } } 

}

and this is how I set the result:

setResult(RESULT_OK, getIntent().putExtra(ProfileActivity.USER_DATA_EXTRA, constructUser())); 

constructUser() just creates an Object I need.

I always get Log.e("Dev", "data is null");.

Answer 1

Make sure that your second activity is not finished before calling

setResult(RESULT_OK, getIntent().putExtra(ProfileActivity.USER_DATA_EXTRA, constructUser())); 

i.e. you should call setResult before onPause, onStop, onDestroy, finish ... etc