Intent extras remain the same even when updated

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I am trying to pass a small bit of text between `Activity` instances using an `Intent` with extras. This seems to work fine whenever I navigate between them using the back button or navigation in the action bar. However, if I visit the home screen and then relaunch the application, the extras passed are ignored; the second `Activity` seems to use the old `Intent`, rather than the new one. The relevant code: Source activity ``` public class ActivityA extends Activity { protected void goToResults(String results) { Intent intent = new Intent(this, ActivityB.class); intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, results); startActivity(intent); } } ``` Destination activity ``` public class ActivityB extends Activity { @Override public void onResume() { super.onResume(); Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras(); String results = extras.getString(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT); // etc } } ``` I have tried a number of different things, including: ``` intent.setAction("action-" + UNIQUE_ID); ``` (as I understand that…

Accepted Answer

I remember running into this issue once, we solved it by either adding Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP to the intent you are sending:

```
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
```

or by implementing the following method into the activity you're intent is launching:

```
@Override
protected void onNewIntent(final Intent intent) {
        super.onNewIntent(intent);
        this.setIntent(intent);
}
```

I'm not 100% sure what fixed it again, believe it was adding the onNewIntent method. Good luck and let us know.

Intent extras remain the same even when updated

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