title: passing string values from one activity to another in android development
body: <p>hi im trying to pass string values that a user enters from one activity to another and have those values displayed in a table on the second activity, however when we move to the second activity the table is displayed but its empty, i was wondering if anyone could help me find where my problem is in my code,  </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;h1&gt;Activity 1 where user enters information&lt;/h1&gt;  
  
  `package com.example.scheduler;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
  import android.widget.Button;
  import android.widget.EditText;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  
  public class Save extends Activity implements OnClickListener
  {
      Button sbm,bk;
      EditText fname,lname,course,time,inst,title;
      private static final int table = 1810;
      private String newfname,newlname,newcourse,newtitle,newtime,newinst;
  
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
      {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.newb);
          sbm = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
          sbm.setOnClickListener(this);
          bk = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button2);
          bk.setOnClickListener(this);
          fname = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText1);
          lname = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText2);
          course = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText3);
          time = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText4);
          inst = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText5);
          title = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.editText6);
      }
  
      public void onClick(View v)  
      {
          v.getId();
          try
          {
          Intent launch = new Intent(Save.this,table.class);
          Bundle myData = new Bundle();
  
          if(sbm.isPressed())
          {
              if(fname.getText().toString().length()==0||lname.getText().toString().length()==0||course.getText().toString().length()==0||time.getText().toString().length()==0
              ||inst.getText().toString().length()==0||title.getText().toString().length()==0)
              {
                  Toast.makeText(this, "Please fill in all fields!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
              }else
              {
                  newfname = fname.getText().toString();
                  newlname = lname.getText().toString();
                  newcourse = course.getText().toString();
                  newtime = time.getText().toString();
                  newinst = inst.getText().toString();
                  newtitle = title.getText().toString();
                  myData.putString("fname", newfname);
                  myData.putString("lname", newlname);
                  myData.putString("course", newcourse);
                  myData.putString("time", newtime);
                  myData.putString("instructor", newinst);
                  myData.putString("title", newtitle);
                  startActivityForResult(launch,table);
              }
          }
          }catch(Exception e)
          {
              Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), e.getMessage(),
                      Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
          }
          if(bk.isPressed())
              {
                  finish();
              }
      }
  }
  `  
  
  
  
  
  &lt;h1&gt;Activity 2 where information is displayed&lt;/h1&gt;  
  
      package com.example.scheduler;
  
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  
  public class table extends Activity
  {
      TextView titletv,fnametv,lnametv,coursetv,timetv,insttv;
  
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstance)
      {
          super.onCreate(savedInstance);
          setContentView(R.layout.schedule_table);
          titletv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.titleTextView);
          fnametv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.fnameTextView);
          lnametv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lnameTextView);
          coursetv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.courseTextView);
          timetv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.timeTextView);
          insttv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.instructorTextView);
          try
          {
          Intent myLocalIntent = getIntent();
          Bundle myBundle = myLocalIntent.getExtras();
  
          String strfname = myBundle.getString("fname");
          String strlname = myBundle.getString("lname");
          String strcourse = myBundle.getString("course");
          String strtime = myBundle.getString("time");
          String strinst = myBundle.getString("instructor");
          String strtitle = myBundle.getString("title");
          titletv.setText(strtitle);
          fnametv.setText(strfname);
          lnametv.setText(strlname);
          coursetv.setText(strcourse);
          timetv.setText(strtime);
          insttv.setText(strinst);
          myLocalIntent.putExtras(myBundle);
          setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, myLocalIntent);
          }catch(Exception e)
          {
              Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), e.getMessage(),
                      Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
          }
          finally
          {
  
          }
      }
  }`
  </code></pre>