FAILED BINDER TRANSACTION while passing Bitmap from one activity to another

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user3691107 picture user3691107 · Jun 18, 2014 · Viewed 8.3k times · Source

I want to pass a image as a bitmap from one activity to another. And i want to know whether it is possible to do like that.

Sending Activity

Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), BitmapActivity.class);
                Bundle b = new Bundle();
                b.putParcelable("BITMAP", bitmap);
                intent.putExtras(b);
                startActivity(intent);

Receiving Activity

Bundle bb = this.getIntent().getExtras();
    b = bb.getParcelable("BITMAP");

But i am getting !!! FAILED BINDER TRANSACTION !!! Error

Answer

Balaji Dubey picture Balaji Dubey · Dec 6, 2014

You can use a global class with a static bitmap object in it, something like this:

public class Global { static Bitmap img; }

Before stating the activity by intent, assign your bitmap to this Global class attribute:

Global.img = your_bitmap_img;

After starting your activity, you can get back your bitmap by:

bitmap_in_new_activity = Global.img;

I know global variables are too dangerous for debugging but this technique helps us to transfer large data from one activity to another.The binder transaction buffer has a limited fixed size, currently 1Mb regardless of your device capabilities or your app.

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