title: how to pass object from one activity to another activity in android Kotlin?
body: <p>I am new to android Kotlin. I am trying to Pass object from one activity to another activity I got stuck,</p>
  <p>MyClass :</p>
  <pre><code>data class MyPojo(val name: String, val age: String) : Serializable
  </code></pre>
  <p>FirstActivity :</p>
  <pre><code>class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
  
  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
  
      val editTextName = findViewById&lt;EditText&gt;(R.id.EditName)
      val editTextAge = findViewById&lt;EditText&gt;(R.id.EditAge)
  
      val button = findViewById&lt;Button&gt;(R.id.ButtonSend)
  
      button.setOnClickListener {
  
        val object1 = MyPojo(editTextName.text.toString(),editTextAge.text.toString())
  
          val intent = Intent(this,Main2Activity::class.java)
          intent.putExtra(&quot;Obj&quot;,object1)
          startActivity(intent)
      }
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  <p>SecondActivity :</p>
  <pre><code>class Main2Activity : AppCompatActivity() {
  
  override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
      setContentView(R.layout.activity_main2)
  
      val obj :MyPojo = intent.getSerializableExtra(&quot;obj&quot;) as MyPojo
  
      val textView : TextView = findViewById(R.id.textViewName)
      val textViewAge : TextView = findViewById(R.id.textViewAge)
  
      textView.setText(obj.name)
      textViewAge.setText(obj.age)
  
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  <p>Error :</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>6-28 19:35:58.625
  22192-22192/com.example.evalai.passingobjecttoactivity
  E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
  Process: com.example.evalai.passingobjecttoactivity, PID: 22192
  java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.example.evalai.passingobjecttoactivity/com.example.evalai.passingobjecttoactivity.Main2Activity}:
  kotlin.TypeCastException: null cannot be cast to non-null type
  com.example.evalai.passingobjecttoactivity.MyPojo
  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2379)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2442)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.access$800(ActivityThread.java:156)
  at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1351)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:211)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5371)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:945)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:740)
  Caused by: kotlin.TypeCastException: null cannot be cast to non-null type com.example.evalai.passingobjecttoactivity.MyPojo
  at com.example.evalai.passingobjecttoactivity.Main2Activity.onCreate(Main2Activity.kt:14)
  at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5990)
  at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1106)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2332)</p>
  </blockquote>