Permanently modify Intent that started an Activity

Question

I would like send an Intent to start an Activity. I would like to be able to modify that Intent. Then, when the activity is destroyed and recreated, I would like those modifications to still be present when I call getIntent().

Currently, modifying the intent works fine as long as the Activity has not been destroyed. If it has, then when the activity is recreated, it will get the original Intent that started it, and not the copy it received when it was launched the first time that may have modified.

Answer 1

Try that

activity.setIntent(activity.getIntent());

Works for me

Answer 2

This is not the right thing to do it. What you want to do is save data right ? In such a case you don't have to mess with intents, just change the values and then save them, the next time the app runs it will load the values from last time, here is some code:

How to save values:

//Create sharedPref (It's android's way of saving values)
SharedPreferences sharedPref = getActivity().getPreferences(Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = sharedPref.edit();

//Save Values here
editor.putInt(getString(R.string.saved_high_score), newHighScore);

//Commit changes
editor.commit();

How to load values:

SharedPreferences sharedPref = getActivity().getPreferences(Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
int defaultValue = getResources().getInteger(R.string.saved_high_score_default);

More info here: developer.android.com/training/basics/data-storage/shared-preferences.html