Passing User input from mainactivity to a second activity in eclipse - eclipse

Question

I am bran new to this but I have successfully created a functional button.
I am attempting to pass user input (editText1 on activity_main) to Recipe (my second activity) The first code is my functional button. What am I doing wrong in the second round of code in my attempt at passing information to be displayed on the second activity layout?
package com.example.andrew;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button b=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
b.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v){
startActivity(new Intent(MainActivity.this, Recipe.class));
}
});
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
return true;
}
}
Second round of code: My attempt at passing information. First activity
package com.example.andrew;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Edit Text et = (Edit Text) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
String theText = et.getText().toString();
Intent i = new Intent(this, Recipe.class);//Recipe is my second class
i.putExtra("text_label", theText);//what is "text_label"? Where should it be?
Button b=(Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
b.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v){
startActivity(new Intent(MainActivity.this, Recipe.class));
}
});
}
}
And in my second activity I have:
public class Recipe extends Activity {
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.recipe_layout);
Intent i = getIntent();
uriStringi = i.getStringExtra("text_label");//is text_label on actv. 1?
startActivity(i);
}

Answer 1

You are adding data in the intent but while starting the activity you are not using it. Instead creating new intent.
Solution:
In your current Activity, create a new Intent:
Intent i = new Intent(this, Recipe.class);
i.putExtra("text_label", theText);
startActivity(i); // Write this in onClick()
Then in the Recipe, retrieve those values:
Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
if (extras != null) {
String value = extras.getString("text_label");
}