converting a string to a class

Question

I\'m trying to move between one Activity to another based upon some user input.

I\'m trying to use:

String myClass = \"some_user_input.class\"
Intent         


        

Answer 1

The reflection mechanism allows you to do it:

String myClass = "some_user_input";
Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(myClass);
Intent myIntent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), clazz);

Note that those classes should be included in the android manifest XML.

Also note that I didn't handle the exception in this example :)

Answer 2

This is my solution using Class.forName() method:

String myClass = "foo.class";
Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), Class.forName(myClass));
startActivity(i);