On Android, how do you switch activities programmatically?

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It seems like every example I can find of switching between activities involves creating an Intent and passing in the context of a View via an OnClickListener associated with a button.

But what if you just decide you need to switch activities? In my case, a preference value is causing an Activity switch.

How do you create an Intent that can cause an Activity switch without an associated OnClickListener?

score 87 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 27 '17 at 09:37

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This should do it for you:

Intent myIntent = new Intent(this, MyActivityName.class);
startActivity(myIntent);

You can call that from anywhere in your current activity.

edited Apr 27 '17 at 09:37

Mateen Ulhaq

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answered Aug 28 '10 at 16:20

Chris Thompson

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is it possible to pass activity name as a String? – mhshams Aug 28 '10 at 16:28
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@Mohammad Not according to any of the public signatures I've seen, but what you could do is use `Class.forName(fully qualified class name)` to return a `Class` object and then pass that `Class` object to the `Intent` constructor. – Chris Thompson Aug 28 '10 at 16:31
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create a method that reads user input and uses it's substring as a parameter to call another class through reflection would be a terrible idea – Rafael Lima May 05 '18 at 17:11

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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It depends where you want to start the new activity in the code. You need the access to a Context reference to start a new activity( For example: onPostExecute in AsyncTask). Please have a look at this.

Even though it is basically this.

 Intent myIntent = new Intent(this, ActivityName.class);
 startActivity(myIntent);

It can be something like this as well

Intent myIntent = new Intent(context, ActivityName.class);
context.startActivity(myIntent);

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Oct 29 '14 at 02:48

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I found funny how you made the exact same typo as the accepted answer with the class name `AvitivityName` ;) You could have just point that in a comment you know :) – AxelH Nov 11 '16 at 13:37

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 15 '14 at 06:15

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I have the shortest Version

startActivity(new Intent(CurrentActivity.this,ActivityYouWantToOpen.class));

answered Jul 15 '14 at 06:15

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score 5 · Answer 4 · edited May 17 '17 at 13:53

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startActivity (new Intent (Thisactivity.this, Nextactivity.class));

Don't forget to add activity to your manifest

<Activity android:name=".NextActivity>

edited May 17 '17 at 13:53

answered May 17 '17 at 13:45

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 30 '10 at 11:40

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when ever u want to switch activity . u can call these code .

Intent intent = new Intent(this, MyActivity.class);
startActivity(intent);

You can write this code in PreferenceChangeListener.

answered Aug 30 '10 at 11:40

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you dupicated the other guys answer exactly ... come up with you rown answer. – Brian Dec 08 '16 at 13:56

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 20 '12 at 14:26

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You can create intent in the main activity like this

Intent intent = new Intent(FirstActivity.this, second.class);
startActivity(intent);

If you are waiting for result from the second then you should use

StartActivityforresult(intent,request code).

Request code can be any integer.

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answered Aug 30 '10 at 11:16

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 28 '10 at 16:21

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Use PreferenceChangeListener :)

answered Aug 28 '10 at 16:21

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 14 '18 at 11:07

Firstly you need to create UI for a button by using layout intro_activity_1.XML file. After that set id for button group using android:id="@+id/button"

Example:

intro_activity_1.xml

<Button    android:id="@+id/button"    
android:layout_width="wrap_content"    
android:layout_height="wrap_content"    
android:layout_weight="1"    
android:background="@android:color/transparent"    
android:text="NEXT" />

Now change your java class of first activity. In this example, we change java file of IntroActivity1.java

Example:

IntroActivity1.java

//header, import and package data


public class IntroActivity1 extends AppCompatActivity {


    Button next_btn;

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.intro_activity_1); 

           next_btn=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button);//button class

           next_btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(){
   public void onClick(View arg0){
       //Start new activity class
              Intent myIntent=new Intent(IntroActivity1.this,IntroActivity2.class);
             startActivity(myIntent);
      }
  });
}

For More details about activity changer visit : https://answerdone.blogspot.com/2018/01/how-to-change-new-activity-in-android.html

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