Change intent bundle data before an activity is re-created after orientation change

android, android-intent, bundle

Solution

The (simple) solution is:

Instead of calling

bundle.remove("showMessage");

I now use

getIntent().removeExtra("showMessage");

which works as expected. Seems like getIntent().getExtras() returns a copy, not a reference.

Problem

I have a notification that starts my activity and passes a messages using the intent's putExtra() function. The message is then displayed to the user in the activity's onCreate function. When the application is restarted due to a orientation change, the message is shown again as it is still in the intent's bundled data. How can I remove the extra data? I tried the following: ``` Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras(); if (bundle.getBoolean("showMessage")) { // ... show message that is in bundle.getString("message") // remove message bundle.remove("showMessage"); } ``` But the message will still be shown after the orientation changed, seems like the intent used is not the one I changed, but the original one. The only workaround I found is to save the showMessage additionally in o`nSaveInstanceState()`. Is there another way? Or is this the way to go?

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