How do I get a button to open another activity?

Question

I\'ve added a button to my activity XML file and I can\'t get it to open my other activity. Can some please tell me step by step on how to do this?

Answer 1

Write code on xml file.

<Button android:width="wrap_content"
        android:height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/button"
        android:text="Click"/>

Write Code in your java file

Button button=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
    {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            startActivity(new Intent(getApplicationContext(),Secondclass.class));
           /* if you want to finish the first activity then just call
            finish(); */
        }
    });

Answer 2

A. Make sure your other activity is declared in manifest:

<activity
    android:name="MyOtherActivity"
    android:label="@string/app_name">
</activity>

All activities must be declared in manifest, even if they do not have an intent filter assigned to them.

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B. In your MainActivity do something like this:

Button btn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.open_activity_button);    

btn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {         
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            startActivity(new Intent(MainActivity.this, MyOtherActivity.class));
        }
});