onActivityResult() Intent data is always null

Question

Can somebody tell my why the Intent data is always null?

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
          


        

Answer 1

Make sure that your second activity is not finished before calling

setResult(RESULT_OK, getIntent().putExtra(ProfileActivity.USER_DATA_EXTRA, constructUser()));

i.e. you should call setResult before onPause, onStop, onDestroy, finish ... etc

Answer 2

Posting here as a possible answer though may not be your issue exactly

Ensure your activity returning passes back something like this:

Intent returnIntent = new 
returnIntent.putExtra("result", app);
returnIntent.putExtra("element", element);
if (app.getStatus() == 2){
    returnIntent.putExtra("update", true);
    // Tell the parent that everything went okay
    setResult(Activity.RESULT_OK, returnIntent);
    Log.i(TAG, "Returning, Result Success");
} else {
    // Tell parent that nothing changed
    setResult(RESULT_CANCELED, returnIntent);
    Log.i(TAG, "Returning, Nothing changed");
}
finish();

I spent a long time suffering from null intents being returned. For me it was because in onBackPressed I was calling super.onBackPressed() before the above code. When I put it after everything worked great. If onStop/onDestroy is called too early the opportunity to pass an intent back is blocked. This may be your issue

Answer 3

You must return some data from the called Activity to calling Activity while finishing it.