Parcelable, what is newArray for?

Question

I am implementing Parcelable in order to transmit some simple data throughout an Intent.
However, There is one method in the Parcelable interface that I don\'t understand at

Answer 1

It is there to prepare the typed array without all the generics stuff. That's it.
Returning just the standard return new MyParcelable[size]; is fine.

It is normal, that you never call it yourself. However, by calling something like Bundle.getParcelableArray() you end up in this method indirectly.

Answer 2

newArray is responsible to create an array of our type of the appropriate size

Answer 3

this is a function to be called when you try to deserialize an array of Parcelable objects and for each single object createFromParcel is called.