onActivityResult not called

Question

There are many question here from people having the exact same problem as I, and I've looked though a million, tried different things for 2-3 hours now, and I still can't get it working.

Child Activity:

Intent resultIntent = new Intent(myColorPicker.this, WidgetConfig.class);
resultIntent.putExtra("key", appwidget_notecolor);
setResult(RESULT_OK, resultIntent);
finish();

Parent Activity:

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
  super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
  // Toast does not show
  Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "onActivityResult fired", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

  if (resultCode == RESULT_OK ) {
        // Toast does not show
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Result Recieved", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
}

I launch child activity from parent activity like this:

Intent myColorPickerIntent = new Intent(WidgetConfig.this, myColorPicker.class);
myColorPickerIntent.putExtra("appwidget_notecolor", appwidget_notecolor);
WidgetConfig.this.startActivity(myColorPickerIntent);

Did you use `startActivityForResult()` or `startActivity()` for launching the child activity? — Eng.Fouad, Apr 09 '13 at 22:53
@Eng.Fouad that was the problem, replacing startActivity() with startActivityForResult(), did fix it. Thank you — Jakob, Apr 09 '13 at 23:07
Good details for using `startActivityForResult()`: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10407371/2162226 — Gene Bo, Nov 30 '16 at 05:26

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '13 at 22:56

12

Of course you won't get the result, you're calling startActivity() instead of startActivityForResult().

answered Apr 09 '13 at 22:56

JoxTraex

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Thanks! that was it, I'll accept your answer when it allows me. Thanks – Jakob Apr 09 '13 at 23:00

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 22:54

5

You don't seem to be calling startActivityForResult() after creating the Intent.

answered Apr 09 '13 at 22:54

Yojimbo

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 09 '13 at 22:55

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Are you pass the intent to startActivityForResult() method?

answered Apr 09 '13 at 22:55

eltabo

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onActivityResult not called

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