Is it more efficient to pass large parcelable or pass id and query db?

Question

Just like it says on the tin. I have a decent sized object, consisting of about 20 variables, some of which are themselves android objects (Calendar, Uri). An arbitrary numb

Answer 1

If the object in question is small (under 1MB), then going the Parcelable route should be more efficient. Basically, you avoid the disk I/O (and the accompanying complexity of trying to do that on a background thread when triggered by a broadcast).