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But i cannot find how am ı supposed to write to get arrayList

Short answer: you can't. You can only pass ArrayList and then retrieve it with

getIntent().getStringArrayListExtra("key");

But. If you want to pass custom objects via Intent your objects have to implement:

You can choose one of them. Both works same but have different implementations.

Parcelable interface:

If you choose Parcelable interface, your ItemDetails class have to implement Parcelable. Then you can put it as

intent.putParcelableArrayListExtra("key", value);

and retrieve it as:

getIntent().getParcelableArrayListExtra("key");

I won't write you Parcelable implementation because it requires a little more code. Here is nice example.

Serializable interface:

If you choose Serializable interface i suggest you to create class named for instance ItemDetailsWrapper that will wrap your ArrayList(s)

Both i.e. ItemDetailsWrapper and ItemDetails class have to implement Serializable interface. Now you are able to pass it via Intent like this:

getIntent().putExtra("key", ); // storing

getIntent().getSerializableExtra("key"); // retrieving

Example of implementation:

public class ItemDetailsWrapper implements Serializable {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

private ArrayList itemDetails;

public ItemDetailsWrapper(ArrayList items) {

this.itemDetails = items;

}

public ArrayList getItemDetails() {

return itemDetails;

}

}

public class ItemDetails implements Serializable {

private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

// getters, setters and properties

}

And how to pass through Activities:

ItemDetailsWrapper wrapper = new ItemDetailsWrapper(list);

Intent i = new Intent(, );

i.putExtra("obj", wrapper); // i.putExtra("obj", new ItemDetailsWrapper(list));

// retrieving

ItemDetailsWrapper wrap =

(ItemDetailsWrapper) getIntent().getSerializableExtra("obj");

ArrayList list = wrap.getItemDetails();