Check if extras are set or not

android android-activity android-intent bundle
jalv1039 picture jalv1039 · Nov 24, 2011 · Viewed 87.9k times · Source

Is there any way to check if an extra has been passed when starting an Activity?

I would like to do something like (on the onCreate() in the Activity):

    Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
    String extraStr = extras.getString("extra");

    if (extraStr == null) {
        extraStr = "extra not set";
    }

But this is throwing a java.lang.NullPointerException.

Thank you.

Answer

Michal Kottman picture Michal Kottman · Nov 24, 2011

Use the Intent.hasExtra(String name) to check if an extra with name was passed in the intent.

Example:

Intent intent = getIntent();

if (intent.hasExtra("bookUrl")) {
    bookUrl = b.getString("bookUrl");
} else {
   // Do something else
}

Also, use Intent.getStringExtra(String name) directly on the intent to handle the NullPointerException if no extras were passed.

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